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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @TNStacker 7 Apr 2024 \ on: Space in the 21st Century: Missions, Discoveries, and Commercial Opportunities science
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with missions led by space agencies such as NASA, ESA, SpaceX, and others, as well as private companies entering the arena.
SpaceX is not an agency like NASA or ESA. It is a company that contracts with agencies like the ones you name. Important distinction. BTW I just saw the launch from Canaveral Friday.
The obsession is not Mars, but Mars is the big interim goal from which much will happen. There has to be a huge, but digestible goal so the population will keep the funds flowing. But more than Mars, there will be manufacturing and other production in low Earth orbit, small and nano satellite development for communications, but also defense applications (Think autonomous swarm capability.) hypersonic transportation within the atmosphere, quiet (reduced boom) supersonic travel, and more. What the public doesn't see is the secret defensive weapons tech (directed energy, for example) that gets developed under the cover off all thesl other things.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Zed OP 7 Apr 2024
I’m not sure how I missed that. I appreciate you catching it! It does make sense that we need a digestible goal, yet there has to be a limit on wasted resources. Is Mars actually going to give us answers that help us move the goal post? I just don’t see it.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 7 Apr 2024 freebie
The moon will become a base and step stone to Mars. If the resources are there, and they think there is, Mars will become the step stone (base) to the wealth of the asteroid belt and Jupiter's moons.