TGD(ver 1.0) Waste of Time

--- In spacesettlers@y..., smasters@g... wrote:

> -forget all this space crap, it is a waste of time, technology is
not
> advanced enough

All of the technology aboard space shuttle Columbia was available in
1975 - that was part of the original program, to use only the
technology available at the time. The remaining shuttles are built
using newer technology, but the same basic design.

The technology is already advanced enough; it has been for decades.
None of the ideas I have been talking about are new, Martin Marietta
studied ET orbital salvage issues 26 years ago, various solutions
have been available for a long time, including the Aft Cargo Carrier.

The only thing lacking has been _will_ on the part of NASA. Not that
everybody at NASA feels this way, it is just one of the effects of
bureaucracy and inertia.

:) ed