Space Exploration

Are NASA's future missions and budget justified?

  • It's worth the time and expenditures

    Votes: 222 65.9%

  • Complete waste of money

    Votes: 41 12.2%

  • We need to explore, but not at the current cost

    Votes: 74 22.0%
  • Total voters
    337
#3,126
#3,126
CagleMtnVol said:
Blue Origin is planning on going after the same stuff SpaceX is with their New Glenn rocket. It has been in development since 2012 it's larger than both Falcon and Falcon Heavy of SpaceX.

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket
Height 98 m (322 ft)
Diameter 7 m (23 ft)
Stages 2
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Eventuality, maybe. But they haven't even gotten it off the ground yet. And the New Glenn is a heavy lift system that isn't planned (correct me if I'm wrong) for a crewed platform.

I honestly think they'll make more money with engine sales than payload delivery. And the New Glenn seems more like it would challenge the Delta IV Heavy and Vulcan than the Falcon 9.
 
#3,127
#3,127
Grand Vol said:
Eventuality, maybe. But they haven't even gotten it off the ground yet. And the New Glenn is a heavy lift system that isn't planned (correct me if I'm wrong) for a crewed platform.

I honestly think they'll make more money with engine sales than payload delivery. And the New Glenn seems more like it would challenge the Delta IV Heavy and Vulcan than the Falcon 9.
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Not sure on it being human rated? I actually really liked the Blue Origin design they had for a Lunar lander.
 
#3,129
#3,129
Do we nuke Mars to jump start the terraforming or do we send scientists to survey the martian crust first?
 
#3,130
#3,130
LittleVol said:
Do we nuke Mars to jump start the terraforming or do we send scientists to survey the martian crust first?
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I kinda like the idea of redirecting comets to impact the surface and release the water from them.

Don't tell Elon Musk it can't be done because we don't have the technology lol
 
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