Monday, October 04, 2004
Time to Scrap NASA
Better, Faster, Cheaper
Let's see, Burt Rutan can replicate Allen Sheppard's Mercury 7 flight, and did it for about 1/100th the cost of NASA. So, why does the federal government still need to be involved in spending $500 million dollars per shuttle launch for dubios purposes? Time to scrap our governments funding for manned space flight and leave it to the private sector.
Ansari X Prize chairman confirms $10M prize
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2004-10-03-xprize-second_x.htm
Shuttle's spring 2005 launch date delayed
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2004-10-01-shuttle-delay_x.htm
Let's see, Burt Rutan can replicate Allen Sheppard's Mercury 7 flight, and did it for about 1/100th the cost of NASA. So, why does the federal government still need to be involved in spending $500 million dollars per shuttle launch for dubios purposes? Time to scrap our governments funding for manned space flight and leave it to the private sector.
Ansari X Prize chairman confirms $10M prize
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2004-10-03-xprize-second_x.htm
Shuttle's spring 2005 launch date delayed
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2004-10-01-shuttle-delay_x.htm
