Comments on: Rep. Cohen has never been very fond of NASA http://www.tncon.com/2009/07/19/rep-cohen-has-never-been-very-fond-of-nasa/ politics, sarcasm and media criticism Tue, 03 May 2011 18:04:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Wood http://www.tncon.com/2009/07/19/rep-cohen-has-never-been-very-fond-of-nasa/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Bill Wood Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:20:03 +0000 http://www.tncon.com/?p=69#comment-109 The space frontier offers what people have always sought resources and power, for a start. America since Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark expedition has invested in exploring the frontier. There are many more reasons to do so today because we know so much more. Energy, wealth, and the survival of free people are, at stake. Some examples: Solar Power satellites could power humanity for a long, long time without a terrestial foot print. Anyone who controls the Moon could control the Earth by using a device called a mass driver to launch an endless stream of large boulders at the Planet. That is to many to defend against without bankruptcy. Each boulder would land with the energy of atomic bombs, sort of like planetary buck shot. Space development is a very, very big business today. Not exploring and creating an environment friendly for American space business is surrender to our competitors. Finally, creation of space faring culture is essential to our survival in the face of various space borne threats and global environmental disasters. The space frontier offers what people have always sought resources and power, for a start. America since Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark expedition has invested in exploring the frontier. There are many more reasons to do so today because we know so much more.

Energy, wealth, and the survival of free people are, at stake. Some examples: Solar Power satellites could power humanity for a long, long time without a terrestial foot print. Anyone who controls the Moon could control the Earth by using a device called a mass driver to launch an endless stream of large boulders at the Planet. That is to many to defend against without bankruptcy. Each boulder would land with the energy of atomic bombs, sort of like planetary buck shot.

Space development is a very, very big business today. Not exploring and creating an environment friendly for American space business is surrender to our competitors.

Finally, creation of space faring culture is essential to our survival in the face of various space borne threats and global environmental disasters.

]]> By: Tom Guleff http://www.tncon.com/2009/07/19/rep-cohen-has-never-been-very-fond-of-nasa/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Tom Guleff Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:05:48 +0000 http://www.tncon.com/?p=69#comment-108 Let's be honest, the push to the moon was not about Kennedy's vision, but rather a "Cold War" tactic. This was mostly about beating the Soviets. Let’s be honest, the push to the moon was not about Kennedy’s vision, but rather a “Cold War” tactic. This was mostly about beating the Soviets.

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