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Hi, I've been reading New Mars for awhile now but I just registered and this is my first post. I was just wondering if anyone has heard anyting about the possibility of Zubrin getting a chance to talk to the President's moon-to-Mars comission. If not, has anyone other than John Glenn given them a sensible view of things? It seems to me that this comission could quite possibly make-or-break a Mars mission in our lifetimes, and it would be nice if someone explained to them that launching a mission to Mars off the moon doesn't make much sense economically. Sure, use the moon as a testing ground for the hardware, but the "cheaper launches because of less gravity" rasoning seems ridiculous. Seems to me whatever you launch from the moon you have to launch to the moon first, therefore almost doubling costs. I know I'm not really saying anything new here, just looking for some imput, and hoping the Presidents comission has some sense.
"here are we, on this starry night staring into space, and I must say, I feel as small as dust, lying down here"-dmb
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yes there could be problems in putting so much time and efforts into just trying to build a lunar launch pad, people like Astronaut Glenn might point out the facts and difficulty, Gerhard von Müehle has also pointed out the possible errors in such a plan , we need new designs and maybe soon the US might put a man on mars, spending so much time with the moon could be wateing projects and money but is anyone listening?
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I saw that they got Buzz Aldrin to testify at the next hearing in Atlanta - from his earlier comments in the press, I think he might offer some rebutals to Senator Glenn's comments at the previous hearing.
-- memento mori
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