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DarkenedOne
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ADHD is a phychartic disorder characterized by the inability to remain focused on an activity for very long. Untimately this describes the way NASA and the US government is acting right now. They go from going to the moon to going to asteroids to going to Mars.
Ultimately I think it comes down to one serious flaw in how this nation conducts exploration, and that is we decide on what destination we want to go to, and then we build our space infrastructure to go to that one location. The problem with the method of exploration is that it leads to very high development costs and long development times. Combined with the constantly shifting administrations and priorities of the government
What NASA needs to do is to take a lesson from the military, and develop a single, flexible infrastructure that would be capable of a number of missions. Instead of getting the mission first then deciding what you need to succeed the military comes up with a range of possible missions then designs a flexible infrastructure to take care of all of them. In the same way NASA should identify a range of possible missions, and then engineer their infrastructure to be able to accommodate all of them.
This infrastructure should include human transport to LEO and Saturn V like heavy lift. The LEO transport can be provided commercially by both domestic and international vehicles, which leaves NASA with building the HLV.
Ultimately I think it comes down to one serious flaw in how this nation conducts exploration, and that is we decide on what destination we want to go to, and then we build our space infrastructure to go to that one location. The problem with the method of exploration is that it leads to very high development costs and long development times. Combined with the constantly shifting administrations and priorities of the government
What NASA needs to do is to take a lesson from the military, and develop a single, flexible infrastructure that would be capable of a number of missions. Instead of getting the mission first then deciding what you need to succeed the military comes up with a range of possible missions then designs a flexible infrastructure to take care of all of them. In the same way NASA should identify a range of possible missions, and then engineer their infrastructure to be able to accommodate all of them.
This infrastructure should include human transport to LEO and Saturn V like heavy lift. The LEO transport can be provided commercially by both domestic and international vehicles, which leaves NASA with building the HLV.