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Back in the days USA spend 4-5% of the GDP for Nasa. Now 40 years later, a bunch of more technology available that figure is a shadow of its former self. No doubt that the US vs USSR pride played a mayor role. Today everything is about the economy, so the mayor question is, what would kick start a venture in the same scale again in our 2010 world?
Since almost absolutely nothing has happened propulsion wise since then, we still such as hard as we did back then in getting cargo "up" and "about". So are we just waiting for the next big thing in propulsion? Are we lazy? Where is the problem and the solution? Do we need China to send 10 people to space at once before the whole world scrambles in a new space race?
My personal thoughts lies in propulsion. The day someone comes up with a cheap and easy way to fire up a rocket or spaceship space will be a whole lot less empty.
Since almost absolutely nothing has happened propulsion wise since then, we still such as hard as we did back then in getting cargo "up" and "about". So are we just waiting for the next big thing in propulsion? Are we lazy? Where is the problem and the solution? Do we need China to send 10 people to space at once before the whole world scrambles in a new space race?
My personal thoughts lies in propulsion. The day someone comes up with a cheap and easy way to fire up a rocket or spaceship space will be a whole lot less empty.