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Obama has surrendered and must lower the Flag in Shame.
Sunday, 14 March 2010 00:00
Obama's decision to kill NASA's Constellation program to launch astronauts into orbit and return Americans to the moon has signaled to the world that the U.S. is incapable of prioritizing national functions. It is official. We had the most innovative economy and people on the planet but we lack the leadership to realize their potential.
This is a symptom of the corruption and inability of the executive and legislative branches to lead. We have billions upon billions to fund corrupt community organizers and little or no money to maintain a viable space program. We have billions to try terrorists in New York but no money to do base R&D.
Read more: Obama has surrendered and must lower the Flag in Shame.
Let History Guide Us
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 08:00
When NASA was created it was in fact an adjunct to the Department of Defense (DOD). A good part of NASA’s current work is military related. NASA got a total monopoly and its own budget and most importantly its own infrastructure to develop the skills and knowledge base necessary to conquer the initial problems related to space travel. As an adjunct to DOD, this was a great decision.
As a methodology for the continual advancement and commercialization of space it was an extremely bad idea on many levels.
Lucky for us, history is our guide. The commercialization model has been done before and done extremely well. All we need to do is look to history and the Age of Exploration to find the model necessary to commercialize space.
Publicity Rights
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 06:00
What are the publicity rights worth?
Olympic broadcasting revenues are worth billions.
The simple and gradual method of taking NASA public would first start with monetization of licensing and broadcasting rights of all types. The nature of the events would produce tens of billions in revenue for the ultimate reality TV shows.