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jabe

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Re: Bush Speech - money shuffle at NASA?

[=http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0401/14whitehouse/]Bush Speech summary seems to show money coming from moving $11 billion from with in NASA.  Should be interesting politics.....

Bill White

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Registered: 2001-09-09

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Re: Bush Speech - money shuffle at NASA?

Does anyone have details on this CEV?

Spider-Man

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Registered: 2003-08-20

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Re: Bush Speech - money shuffle at NASA?

Second, the United States will begin developing a new manned exploration vehicle to explore beyond our orbit to other worlds -- the first of its kind since the Apollo Command Module.  The new spacecraft, the Crew Exploration Vehicle, will be developed and tested by 2008 and will conduct its first manned mission no later than 2014.  The Crew Exploration Vehicle will also be capable of transporting astronauts and scientists to the International Space Station after the Shuttle is retired.

At first I was greatly disappointed, but maybe Zubrin got through to him after all.  That sounds like Mars Direct.

Still, I hope Congress insists on Zubrin communicating directly with Bush.  That's all that needs to happen.

RobS

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Re: Bush Speech - money shuffle at NASA?

I don't think it sounds like Mars Direct at all. The Crew Exploration Vehicle will be a sort of big Apollo capsule, except it'll take eleven years to fly it to the moon. A Mars expedition will need a lot more.

Josh Cryer

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Registered: 2001-09-29

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Re: Bush Speech - money shuffle at NASA?

Hey guys, why not take it to the topic in Free Chat? This is the third post in as many days relating to "Bush's space initiatives," and I think it's getting a bit cluttered to keep posting new topics. I'm not going to lock this, I'm just trying to encourage you guys to post in one topic so other good topics don't get pushed down and onto another page.

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GCNRevenger

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Registered: 2003-10-14

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Re: Bush Speech - money shuffle at NASA?

Though i'm not sure I like the sound of the CEV- alot like the cramped, hard to land, throw away Apollo capsules but with modern engines and hardware- I am overjoyed that the ISS's days are numberd and the Shuttle along with it... thats five billion dollars a year, which if you add that up times ten years is a very sizeable sum indeed.

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