Comments on: Civil aviation versus space http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/04/05/civil-aviation-versus-space/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=civil-aviation-versus-space 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 By: Ken G. http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/04/05/civil-aviation-versus-space/#comment-2737 Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:47:34 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=501#comment-2737 Key advances required for personal air vehicles are intelligent automation and improved human-machine interface technologies. Both of these are highly relevent to space exploration but working with them in an aeronautics context allows the work to proceed much cheaper and faster than if initial, hardware trials were oriented toward space. This greater accesibility allows more participation from universities and private companies that may ultimately commercialize it and then be in a position to cost effectively support space activities as well as civil and DoD flight applications.

Ken

]]> By: John Malkin http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/04/05/civil-aviation-versus-space/#comment-2736 Thu, 07 Apr 2005 02:34:49 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=501#comment-2736 I agree that NASA should focus on space. There are aviation components to spaceflight which are unique to NASA however I think the personal sky car isn’t one of them. I think these technologies could go the way of the TransHab and turn them over to a private company. However NASA might be better at developing air traffic control system but maybe a private company would be good too.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/04/05/civil-aviation-versus-space/#comment-2735 Wed, 06 Apr 2005 02:12:46 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=501#comment-2735 I know what you mean. NASA should go in one direction.

]]> By: Paul Dietz http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/04/05/civil-aviation-versus-space/#comment-2734 Tue, 05 Apr 2005 19:01:22 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=501#comment-2734 I’m sure President Bush will remember that Ohio connection the next time he runs for president.

Lame duckishness cuts both ways.

]]> By: Kevin Davis http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/04/05/civil-aviation-versus-space/#comment-2733 Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:35:41 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=501#comment-2733 To me NASA is about sending humans to space. Private companies have done a better job in aviation than NASA. Also NASA is not a make work program..

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