And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Unfortunately it recently had a crash landing and is no longer flying. It is, however, still sending data on a regular basis. There are plans afoot for a larger improved model for the next mission.
Elon Musk stated that the greatest challenge to putting people on Mars was getting them through the Van Allen Radiation Belt safely. Space X is actively working on that conundrum.
Too bad NASA lost all the data on how they did it with the "Moon" missions.
That info would have been classified Top Secret and compartmentalized. Along with that comes controls and retention periods. You don't just accidently lose or throw out info like that.
Unfortunately it recently had a crash landing and is no longer flying. It is, however, still sending data on a regular basis. There are plans afoot for a larger improved model for the next mission.
ReplyDeleteElon Musk stated that the greatest challenge to putting people on Mars
ReplyDeletewas getting them through the Van Allen Radiation Belt safely.
Space X is actively working on that conundrum.
Too bad NASA lost all the data on how they did it with the "Moon" missions.
Always my #1 argument!
DeleteThat info would have been classified Top Secret and compartmentalized. Along with that comes controls and retention periods. You don't just accidently lose or throw out info like that.
DeleteOr the New Mexico or Arizona desert, or Devon Island Canada.
ReplyDeleteI saw that it was in Canada someplace.
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