Comments on: NASA negotiating an extension of its deal with the Russians to fly astronauts to ISS https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-negotiating-an-extension-of-its-deal-with-the-russians-to-fly-astronauts-to-iss/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:50:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Walter Walkie https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-negotiating-an-extension-of-its-deal-with-the-russians-to-fly-astronauts-to-iss/#comment-30315 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:50:53 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=12666#comment-30315 +1 agree bill!

]]> By: Bill https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-negotiating-an-extension-of-its-deal-with-the-russians-to-fly-astronauts-to-iss/#comment-30303 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:22:37 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=12666#comment-30303 If we used the dollar bills that we are throwing away on NASA as fuel for a booster then we’d be getting somewhere. Why are we in such a rush to throw down $60 million a seat to catch a ride to a station where no meaningful work is being done?

We should use automated systems to boost the station for now. Let’s bide our time until our commercial rockets are good to go. We have the brains and the technological know-how to accomplish great things in LEO and beyond, we shouldn’t have to prove anything to anyone. This whole cold war attitude of spending billions just to prove a point without accomplishing anything will not get us the results we’re looking for in manned spaceflight.

]]> By: Joe2 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-negotiating-an-extension-of-its-deal-with-the-russians-to-fly-astronauts-to-iss/#comment-30301 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:27:15 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=12666#comment-30301 This would seem to imply that even the current ‘NASA Leadership’ lacks confidence in commercial crew.

Who would have thought it?

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