Will Helios (NASA) ever be put to use or abandoned ?
553321
hmmm, it seems it got back logged with a lot of other things concerning NASA.
633362
Yes.  But only if the amount of resources we can get continue to increase.  If we can develop robust space industry this will not be a problem.
1008793
Regardless of whether or not there is a chance of an extinction event, I think we need to establish colonies on Mars and the moon. \n\nWe need to exapnd and explore. It is in our nature and if we want to maintain our edge in science, it serves us to develop our space capabilities.
131259
They aren't. My brother works at the Keck telescope in Hawai'i, which is run by NASA, and they looked at the moon recently to get some information about possible landing sites for the new missions. But there's not much call to look at the moon any more, since we can get much better pictures from sending spaceprobes there.
1072478
Privatization would save NASA money. I'm not sure if their current infrastructure has a branch to handle the business that would be involved so that would be a concern. Overall, I believe privatization would be great for technological development. There would be several companies doing their own research and development that could expound on our current state of technology faster than NASA could on its own. It would add the element of technological diversification.
1098286
Well, it was either aliens, or a governemt piece. According to sources, we've been been working on an interstellar drive since just after WWII. Take your choice. Either way, you and I will never get to ride it.
1163474
I'm just personally wondering why they haven't tried in a very long time. Before it was just a pissing match with Russia. I know of many conspiracy theories out there showing things that contradict, but I don't know nor do I care.\n\nThe current Bush administration should care either to try to spend tax dollars on more pointless Moon and Mars missions. They should maybe try to focus on all of the stuff happening here on the ground first!
1097308
The Space Shuttle Transportation System is pretty much overkill. It was built when the idea of transporting large amounts of equipment supervised by a human crew was the conventional wisdom. Part of the idea was that we would be constructing orbiting space stations on a regular basis, with shuttle flights happening on an almost weekly basis.\n\nAlas, funding for the project got diverted to other government programmes, and what was left was milked  by a few major contractors. As a result, the shuttle system never lived up to its promise. Instead, we keep launching an oversized rocket that is overly complex and thus more prone to danger.\n\nUnfortunately, NASA hasn't been able to leave the paradigm that has been in place for thiry years. What is needed is to develop a new manned launch vehicle that is used almost exclusively for manned travel and leave the transportation of materials to unmanned rockets. A smaller manned vehicle can have a simpler system for re-entry than the current shuttle system. (Remember, Apollo 13, which was rock with an onboard explosion, still had a successful re-entry.)\n\nI remember both shuttle disasters. Twenty years ago, the shuttle was still in the public's imagination as we gathered to watch STS-41A go into space, only to see it explode about a minute after launch. When STS-107 had its disaster, probably very few of us even knew it has been in orbit for two weeks. The old system has lost the attention of our nation as the space programme stagnated. A fresh system needs to be designed and built soon, or it may be delayed to the point that the manned programme will just cease to exist.
1048446
Because NASA is sourely underfunded.  It is allready to late for this planet.  I fear that mankind will not harness intersteller travel in time, none the less find a planet compatible with human life.  Also, NASA is a nonprofit organization.  For profit organizations tend to be quicker and more efficient, but as history has shown tend to also be less reliable and reckless.
1100183
No, it is soooooooo far out of our atmosphere not a chance.  Even with a really big Microscope no.  For real?  By now that thing is gone been like 40 some years since it was put in, no cement on the moon, can't hold up.
334966
Yes, and I wish I could find that link I read years ago.  The above methods are acceptable, but this method used up “A LOT” of energy, and was not perfected.  When I worked at NASA years ago there was a joke about it. Now there is something to it they have found.  Like anything else you through enough money at it you will get something out of it.  So for your government money watchers I recall something like only 5 to 8 % of this research budget comes from government grants. It really does not have any military value as of yet.
302101
Yes, of course there is such a location. It is a US military flight test facility in the middle of the Nevada desert. I seriously doubt it has the so called alien space ships in storage as rumored for the past 60 years. However, it does have very high technology aircraft, engines, and space related electronic and aviation equipment within its confines. Unlike most US military facilities, it is not open to the public and what occurs there is in most cases information that is classified in accordance with the National Security Act of 1950. It is this aura of secrecy that keeps the science fiction writers and rumors flying concerning what is there and what happens there. The base was built in its location to make access and observation of operations more difficult, since the majority of the equipment and operations are classified to protect the national security of the USA. Hopefully, this answers your question.
121056
In the mid-'80s as part of the Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT) with the then-Soviet Union, 54 Titan II sites were destroyed or filled with concrete to make innoperable. At the time of the SALT treaty theTitan II sites were already considered obsolete, and were being replaced by a more mobile and less infrastructure dependent launch system which was much cheaper to maintain.\n\nMany of the Atlas missile silos are for sale as underground homes...you can google these sites.
301206
The Satellite Situation Report from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Dated September, 1997, the report counts almost 25,000 man-made objects: 8681 currently in orbit, and over 16,000 objects in a state of decay. Not every single satellite is included, since some are too small or too far away from home to be detected.\n\nRussia leads the list in decayed objects (with a debris count close to 10,000) and comes in a close second (3897) to the United States (4018) for currently orbiting objects. Keep in mind that these figures are already a few years old.
833906
go to the sirus sattalite website and see if the have any info
224346
There is such a thing but unfortunately I have no idea what it's called. I do know that 'they' intend to build a satellite tower that reaches into space with it. It was featured in some magazines about two years ago.
19572
leave yes, but not forever.  then i could come back & visit & see how much space debris & space trash is floating in our upper stratosphere.  then i could appreciate how untrash the new place looks.\n\n\nby the way, do U really have monkey feet?