Comments on: NASA and the administration’s space policy review http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/07/23/nasa-and-the-administrations-space-policy-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nasa-and-the-administrations-space-policy-review 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: Dr.L.H. Meredith http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/07/23/nasa-and-the-administrations-space-policy-review/#comment-266898 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:16:04 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2476#comment-266898 As background, I was a member of NASA’s GSFC since it inception, ran the 1st NASA study of the uses of a Space Station(they used it to sell station but have done none of the experiments), a member of the inter-center Space Station advisory committee, and am now retired.

My main poit is that NASA has done NO study of the relative advantages of aslowly rotating artificial gravity space station, as proposed by Von Braun, as opposed to the zero gravity station NASA built. Such a confuguration, probably using many if not most of the space station components now in orbit, could evolve into venturing far into space without zero gravity constraints on the astronauts themselves, and many other attributes related supporting their long term survival and productive functioning in space.

(While in NASA I also received its 3 highest medals and a Presidential citation)

Les Meredith

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