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October 16, 2004

Vision

"The accomplishment of NASA that I'm most impressed by is how they manage to take the most romantic subject I know of and by careful application make in incredibly dull."
- Robert Heinlein

NASA's vision for space exploration is interesting mainly for Dr. Buzz Aldrin's cameo appearance (cool Flash too).

In the coming years, NASA will be extending our reach into space... going to the Moon and paving the way for eventual human exploration of Mars and beyond.

It is always nice to hear talk of exploration. But NASA is ignoring something important to their projections: private enterprise beating them to it. And I expect prospecting and colonization to be rather more important than state sponsored exploration of the Moon, Mars or the asteroid belt.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 16, 2004 09:07 AM

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