tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712960482559839387.post2042212571547573753..comments2023-10-26T03:54:15.899-07:00Comments on Project Savior: Shut-up Stupid Sunday: Fly me to the MoonDarrell B. Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851443183217238218noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712960482559839387.post-28005862202230861682012-01-30T09:01:58.924-08:002012-01-30T09:01:58.924-08:00Of course it isn't easy, what worthwhile endea...Of course it isn't easy, what worthwhile endeavor is.<br />But if we were to spend even a small bit of what we spend on destroying things on building things we could do things that could benefit all mankind.Darrell B. Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851443183217238218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712960482559839387.post-90071780670382292512012-01-29T11:17:27.429-08:002012-01-29T11:17:27.429-08:00I don't think it's impossible either, thou...I don't think it's impossible either, though perhaps not as simple or easy as you make it sound. <br /><br />(I.e., come 2016, let's see how many commercial enterprises are sending people into space - they said the same thing about 2012, too). <br /><br />However, given the infrastructure and bureaucracy, and the year by year funding, it is effectively impossible. In order for space exploration, which is a decades-long endeavor to be done right, to be at all effective, you need funding guaranteed through the duration of a program, not up for auction every year. You need contractors given contracts to deliver product XX that meets YY criteria (and need to make that criteria crystal) by ZZ. If they don't make it, they get nothing. Not MORE to make up the shortfall.<br /><br />The way it is now isn't going to cut it and I don't know how to fix the system so that it does. <br /><br />But I wish I could.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.com