Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:05:51 -0400 From: "Fred Koschara" <blog14912@wfredk.com> To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: NASA's plans, Sept. 11, 1969, and what they mean today Message-ID: <201409122005.s8CK5pYg009695@centos5.fkeinternet.com>
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In yesterday's Space History Newsletter[1], you will find this information:
Program information, NASA manned space flight after 1969
Two major directions were identified for NASA's manned space flight in the
next decade on 11 September 1969. These were further exploration of the
Moon, with possibly the establishment of a permanent Lunar surface base, and
the continued development of manned flight in Earth orbit, leading to a
permanent manned space station supported by a low-cost shuttle system. To
maintain direction, the following key milestones were proposed:
...
By 1990
Earth orbit space base
Lunar surface base
Possible Mars landing
An excerpt from my commentary[2]:
...
Historically, two things have led to growth of the American economy –
expansion into new frontiers, and innovation – creation of new industries,
and new methods for existing ones. Since there are no longer any frontiers
available on the Earth, there's only one option left: Innovation is what has
to drive economic growth. While there have been bursts of development such
as introduction of personal computers and the whole set of industries that
grew out of that innovation, and there are many fields where incremental
innovation can be seen today, the whole-economy blast of innovation painted
in broad strokes that led to six pairs of astronauts landing on the Moon
hasn't been seen since the government-funded space program was castrated in
the early 1970's. Developing a strong space exploration and development
program, one that can and will achieve the kind of plans laid out in NASA's
1969 outline, will require a lot of innovation, in nearly every field of
endeavor. That is how to solve the economic woes the country now finds
itself mired under.
...
To get the whole story, please see my blog post at
http://wfredk.com/blog/2014091109/nasas-plans-sept-11-1969-and-what-they-mean-today
References:
1) http://l5development.com/i_resource/history/DayInHistory.php?d=0911
2) http://wfredk.com/blog/2014091109/nasas-plans-sept-11-1969-and-what-they-mean-today
http://wfredk.com/blog/?p=190
http://wfredk.com/blog
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