tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822805028291837738.post7321030457920530139..comments2023-12-09T03:51:33.158-05:00Comments on Various Consequences: Closing the Post-Shuttle-Gap FasterJoshua Stultshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506970399027046387noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822805028291837738.post-52233401297722375842010-02-26T23:41:30.360-05:002010-02-26T23:41:30.360-05:00In 1962 we contracted North American to develop th...<i>In 1962 we contracted North American to develop the Apollo spacecraft before we had even decided that we would need to do lunar orbit rendezvous. It was another three-plus years before rendezvous was demonstrated in Earth orbit! We boldly moved forward with the assumption that the technology would be there. In contrast, NASA has, for the last two decades, shown that they can burn through hundreds of billions of dollars without flying anything new. The new plan almost guarantees another decade or two of the same behavior.</i><br /><a href="http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/02/26/2213866.aspx" rel="nofollow">-- Burt Rutan on NASA's new budget</a>Joshua Stultshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506970399027046387noreply@blogger.com