Recent content by Douglas E Knapp

Yes, but this finger is pointing at the whole military industrial complex and clearly space as well but has it ever been different? SpaceX might be the first to build the whole rocket but I think most of the pieces have been made this way forever and then only put together at NASA.

What blows me away is watching us land on the moon as a kid and then reading books like 2001 A Space Odyssey and then waiting, , , and waiting,,, and then celebrating 2001 new years and still waiting . .wait, we are not even able to fly to the moon anymore? . NOW FINALLY we are getting off this...

It's called a prototype for a reason. Have you ever seen the very first apple computer? Did look like an Iphone to you? Why put spit and polish on something that is likely to fail? That would be nothing but a waste of money. Look at the astronaut launch, they look really cool and the finished...