STS-132 liftoff date and time scheduled for 2010-05-15 T 0220 hours Singapore Standard Time (SST) from Launch Pad 39A, Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
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:dunno:Wonder what space craft is taking over the Space Shuttle when it retires its final 3 crafts.
Well, the level of motivation to pursue space exploration simply isnt there, even for the Space Race between the two capitalism and communism superpowers from 1957, through the Cold War and till the collapse of the Soviet Union was pursued as a means of maintaining scientific and technological superiority over each other.*sigh* looks like one thing all those sci-fi writers never anticipated. Wonder how many more years before we sort out our earthly problems and continue with our space pursuits :cry:
Ya, Obama is against the idea.
Actually this is two separate issues, one concerning astrobiology and the other Human Space Flight (HSF). In fact the President Obama administration has increase NASA budget for the fiscal year 2011 proposal but totally dropped funding for the Constellation Program in favour of outsourcing American Human Space Flight (HSF) programs to the private sector where the capabilities required for them to be able to do so is questionable.makes sense too... why spent so much money trying to find life in space (which is very very remote) when earthly problems are increasing? we should sort out our backyard problems first before welcoming visitors from our front lawn. that's my opinion lah...
Wonder what space craft is taking over the Space Shuttle when it retires its final 3 crafts.
Well, the level of motivation to pursue space exploration simply isnt there, even for the Space Race between the two capitalism and communism superpowers from 1957, through the Cold War and till the collapse of the Soviet Union was pursued as a means of maintaining scientific and technological superiority over each other.
Kind of disappointing isnt it? As a child we had imagined space travel as fuss free as travelling on the bus or train but decades down the road for the future generations, the period where men from another era walking on the moon could simply be a distant memory totally unrelated to them in anyway whatsoever except in their history textbooks unless someone is willing to pick up the pieces from where the United States left off.
Wonder what space craft is taking over the Space Shuttle when it retires its final 3 crafts.
Russian Soyuz rockets.
If I hadn't moved, I'd be thinking about missing watching the launches from my street. Seeing them going up, even from a short distance was incredible. Now, I'm so far, all I can do is watch them on television.
Americans to rely on Russians for space transportation! :bigeyes:
Americans to rely on Russians for space transportation! :bigeyes:
Yes, though it could be a while before the PRC manage to catch up and close the gap with their Long March series of ELVs (Expandable Launch Vehicles) and Shenzhou spacecraft. The Chang'e program plans to put a Chinese on the lunar surface within the next 25 years to 30 years optimistically speaking though I have a certain reserve about their ambitions.They could rely on the chinese ;p They're pretty ambitious.