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"...all these worlds..." is a blog by David Hitt. It covers space exploration, decent science fiction, humor (by its very nature), and whatever else I happen to find cool. (Formerly "You Must Fight The Bear")
Name: David Hitt About Me: Inspiring the next generation of explorers... See my complete profile
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:: Monday, March 29, 2004 ::
Link To The Future
NASA Watch has posted a press release from the Teal Group regarding testimony during last week's meeting of the President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond suggesting that the various elements of the program be treated as separate projects. While NW editor Keith Cowling posted lengthy response (including Lain's interstate highway system analogy [there's no permalink, you'd have to scroll down to find it], my initial concern hearing Caceres deliver the testimony last week is that I fear his proposal would have the exact opposite effect he hopes. Rather than increasing sustainability, de-linking Moon and Mars elements of the program would create programs more like the Apollo program, with set final goals, rather than an ongoing program of further steps. De-linking the programs, in my mind, creates a real danger of accomplishing a goal and deciding to stop for whatever reason rather than continuing on with the next step. Additional coverage of sessions at the meeting can be found at Space.com. The link above goes to an article about capturing public interest, and it has links to coverage of other testimony.