http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/01/14/moon-and-mars-on-a-budget/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moon-and-mars-on-a-budget Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/01/14/moon-and-mars-on-a-budget/#comment-29 Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:27:45 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=25#comment-29 I think the emphasis on unmanned missions to the Moon will deal with specific preparations for the arrival of astronauts. The Ranger missions before Apollo were little more than reconaissance. These missions might be more along the lines of stockpiling equipment and using auotmated machines to prepare shelters and so forth.

]]> http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/01/14/moon-and-mars-on-a-budget/#comment-28 Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:25:55 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=25#comment-28 I also noticed the AP and Reuters assumption that putting uncrewed craft on the moon will be a new endeavor. What do they think NASA was doing before 1969?

]]> http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/01/14/moon-and-mars-on-a-budget/#comment-27 Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:49:51 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=25#comment-27 And then there is the additional $1 billion for each year over the next five years from CNN. I guess we should all wait and see what the President’s proposed budget says when it comes out next month.

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