Titan drone, comet sampler picked as finalists for NASA mission

[mhansen2]

Titan drone, comet sampler picked as finalists for NASA mission – Spaceflight Now

My vote would be for the Titan drone. Titan could ultimately be colonized and/or used as a refueling point for more distant missions. Let's see what's there.

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[ScienceRocks]

They better fucking choose the titan mission!

As far as I am concern a stupid comet mission shouldn't even be considered in the same line up as titan or europa.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Stupid waste of resources. We need a permanent manufacturing base on the Moon first before we do other shit that does not improve the human species at all.

 

[mhansen2]

Stupid waste of resources. We need a permanent manufacturing base on the Moon first before we do other shit that does not improve the human species at all.

Any permanent site on the Moon will take decades and trillions of dollars to create. The USA alone might not be able to do it. International cooperation is not very popular these days. A drone mission to Titan would be far more doable.

IMHO, of course.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Stupid waste of resources. We need a permanent manufacturing base on the Moon first before we do other shit that does not improve the human species at all.

Any permanent site on the Moon will take decades and trillions of dollars to create. The USA alone might not be able to do it. International cooperation is not very popular these days. A drone mission to Titan would be far more doable.

IMHO, of course.

Yeah it might be with zero return. All of this exploration crap would be a lot cheaper in the long run if they were launched from the Moon.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Stupid waste of resources. We need a permanent manufacturing base on the Moon first before we do other shit that does not improve the human species at all.

Any permanent site on the Moon will take decades and trillions of dollars to create. The USA alone might not be able to do it. International cooperation is not very popular these days. A drone mission to Titan would be far more doable.

IMHO, of course.

Yeah it might be with zero return. All of this exploration crap would be a lot cheaper in the long run if they were launched from the Moon.

"All of this exploration crap"

^ a Trump sheep's summary of everything that made humankind what it is today

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Stupid waste of resources. We need a permanent manufacturing base on the Moon first before we do other shit that does not improve the human species at all.

Any permanent site on the Moon will take decades and trillions of dollars to create. The USA alone might not be able to do it. International cooperation is not very popular these days. A drone mission to Titan would be far more doable.

IMHO, of course.

Yeah it might be with zero return. All of this exploration crap would be a lot cheaper in the long run if they were launched from the Moon.

"All of this exploration crap"

^ a Trump sheep's summary of everything that made humankind what it is today

I didn't vote for Trump and please inform us of the giant strides in space exploration made under the Obama administration. We rely on the Russians for our heavy lift for fucks sake.

If we spent the money exploiting the resources of the Solar System first before looking for germs on Titian the human race would be better for it. Some of those huge amounts of resources could be set aside to do the exploration.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Stupid waste of resources. We need a permanent manufacturing base on the Moon first before we do other shit that does not improve the human species at all.

Any permanent site on the Moon will take decades and trillions of dollars to create. The USA alone might not be able to do it. International cooperation is not very popular these days. A drone mission to Titan would be far more doable.

IMHO, of course.

We can be back on the moon in less than a decade.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Stupid waste of resources. We need a permanent manufacturing base on the Moon first before we do other shit that does not improve the human species at all.

Any permanent site on the Moon will take decades and trillions of dollars to create. The USA alone might not be able to do it. International cooperation is not very popular these days. A drone mission to Titan would be far more doable.

IMHO, of course.

Yeah it might be with zero return. All of this exploration crap would be a lot cheaper in the long run if they were launched from the Moon.

"All of this exploration crap"

^ a Trump sheep's summary of everything that made humankind what it is today

I didn't vote for Trump and please inform us of the giant strides in space exploration made under the Obama administration. We rely on the Russians for our heavy lift for fucks sake.

If we spent the money exploiting the resources of the Solar System first before looking for germs on Titian the human race would be better for it. Some of those huge amounts of resources could be set aside to do the exploration.

Oh you voted for Johnson?

The human race is better for trying to explore. You want to monetize the moon? You want to mine asteroids? Fine. Good luck. Here's NASA's number if you want them to tell you, what they learned thanks to exploration, about what you need to do for all that: (202) 358-0001

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Stupid waste of resources. We need a permanent manufacturing base on the Moon first before we do other shit that does not improve the human species at all.

Any permanent site on the Moon will take decades and trillions of dollars to create. The USA alone might not be able to do it. International cooperation is not very popular these days. A drone mission to Titan would be far more doable.

IMHO, of course.

Yeah it might be with zero return. All of this exploration crap would be a lot cheaper in the long run if they were launched from the Moon.

"All of this exploration crap"

^ a Trump sheep's summary of everything that made humankind what it is today

I didn't vote for Trump and please inform us of the giant strides in space exploration made under the Obama administration. We rely on the Russians for our heavy lift for fucks sake.

If we spent the money exploiting the resources of the Solar System first before looking for germs on Titian the human race would be better for it. Some of those huge amounts of resources could be set aside to do the exploration.

Oh you voted for Johnson?

The human race is better for trying to explore. You want to monetize the moon? You want to mine asteroids? Fine. Good luck. Here's NASA's number if you want them to tell you, what they learned thanks to exploration, about what you need to do for all that: (202) 358-0001

To late Trump has already committed to going back to the Moon.

 

[mhansen2]

Yeah it might be with zero return. All of this exploration crap would be a lot cheaper in the long run if they were launched from the Moon.

Perhaps cheaper in the very long run. How long would such a lunar launch complex take to build? Also, launching from the Moon would not increase the chances of success of any probe.

 

[mhansen2]

To late Trump has already committed to going back to the Moon.

That's what he has said. What is said and what happens are two very different things. Even if industry begins now, I doubt Trump would still be in office when the first launches occur.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Yeah it might be with zero return. All of this exploration crap would be a lot cheaper in the long run if they were launched from the Moon.

Perhaps cheaper in the very long run. How long would such a lunar launch complex take to build? Also, launching from the Moon would not increase the chances of success of any probe.

Actually it would. It would be cheaper and easier to build a space elevator on the Moon.

 

[miketx]

Before any such bases anywhere other than our moon are even attempted, we will have to devise some way of traveling through space besides coasting using gravity to propel us, as it takes far too long to get where you are going.