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Posted by tourdemars to Mars Express at May 24, 2004 04:27 PM
The public may never be told why Britain's first Martian probe - Beagle 2 - disappeared last Christmas as it was about to land on Mars. Investigators have not been able to pinpoint a single failure or shortcoming of the $90 million probe, reporters were told at a London news conference Monday.TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.marsnews.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/552
From the constellation site on the budget
One Small Step For A Space Plan
We need less games on how much money will be made available to do the mission. Nasa needs to instead start finding ways to begin the planning and design phases, with what is available to do the vision.
Posted by Harold LaValley at May 21, 2004 08:07 PM
I am very concerned with the current resupply situation with the ISS of having only soyuz capabilities at this time. I feel that a modified atlas or delta could do this very same job with ease. Nasa needs to think out side of the box for solutions.
Florida Today space news:
Station crew facing severe water, food shortage
NASA may have to evacuate ISS if Russian rocket mission fails
http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/stories/2004a/spacestoryN0523ISSWATER
Posted by Harold LaValley at May 24, 2004 08:27 AM
Harold, I'm not sure what more you expect. Congress approves funding for everyone, NASA included. And to qoute a line from The Right Stuff "No bucks, no Buck Rogers".
Read this interview, you may feel better about what NASA is doing:
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/148/1
Posted by Dogsbd at May 25, 2004 05:15 AM
But that is where the problem is, in the funding level and in the accounting of Nasa's use. Nasa needs to lower costs in general of all aspects of space operation, design and manufacturing of rockets.
For those that have not found this yet:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/webcast/townhall-052504/
Congressional Town Hall
May 25, 2004, 3 p.m. Pacific time
(6 p.m. Eastern time)
U.S. Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) will visit JPL Tuesday, May 25. They will discuss The Vision for Space Exploration and answer your questions in von Karman Auditorium at 3 p.m.
Brownback is chairman of the Senate Science, Technology and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Rohrabacher chairs the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science Committee.
Posted by Harold LaValley at May 25, 2004 06:33
Posted by: Harold LaValley at May 25, 2004 06:44 AM