RE: Seasoned With Sult N Papper 03/06/19> Can’t wait to see what this is going to cost us …
Uggggghhh. Just what the doctor ordered. Another arm for the military industrial complex. Our Navy has a 430 ship fleet with out a real enemy in sight. We continue building big, expensive carriers (Google the Jerry Ford) even though our probable nearest competitor (China) has figured out how to neutralize them AND we are landing drones on carriers now. With out need for crew protection the next gen planes will be much smaller, faster, and better... And they are small enough to land on Jeep Carriers.
I really think the wall is just a huge distraction to keep attention away from other stuff like this.
You and I will disagree on the Moon Landings, but the Van Allen belt is real and nasty. Note that nobody in our astronaut corps went above near earth orbit more than once. Those guys were volunteers and stayed suited up the whole trip. They knew the dangers and went on. Anyway, the Van Allen belt is just a teeny part of the problems with the Space Service...
So. A question. Does this mean when the Space Service gets it's service academy to train officers and gentlemen (don't yell at me, that's the mission statement, not mine) will they be known as Space Cadets? I'm just askin'
Hadn't even thought about the cadets, but the name would surely be correct. I think they might also resurrect the old Jetson's cartoons and use George and Mr. Spacely for target practice.
I will have to go back and watch some interviews of those astronauts, I distinctly remember at least one who didn't even know about the Van Allen belt when questioned about it. So if they did actually go that far, I think he would have remembered being warned about the potential dangers. I'll see if I can find that video and put it in the the guzbucked stuff.