What do you want to see next in space exploration?
by david battson
November 26, 2012 | 0 comments
The costs involved in space travel mean that the returns from harvesting space will be what drives everything and that is still some way off with private companies the only ones to do it. However once this is seen as a good profitable way to go the horizons will open up and with the vast amount of knowledge gained we will only then expand the human side of space exploration, remember robots first. ... more »
by Rob Tillaart
November 26, 2012 | 0 comments
Think we know quite a bit about the planets right now (OK researchers want to know more) but I state it is time to come to the next step after exploration. Go and live there and start economic activities. Mercury and Venus - too hostile, maybe some energy harvesting? Earth ~opinions differ ;) Moon - first step to deeper space Mars - yes, start terraforming Asteroid belts - Mining robots, send asteroids to the inner planets - esp mars - in a controlled way (did I really say that ;) Jupiter and beyond - current technology is not adequate for ... more »
by Robert J. Trembley
November 26, 2012 | 0 comments
I'd REALLY like to see Uranus and Neptune orbiters. One fly-by each, DECADES ago is simply inadequate. I'd like to see GREATLY increased attention paid to detection of NEOs and development of deflection technologies. My astronomy blog: http://BalrogsLair.com My blog's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BalrogsLair ... more »
by Tony Berensen
November 26, 2012 | 0 comments
Let’s send a robotic spacecraft to the nearest star. Why wait? If we started next year, with a five or ten year development, we could have a spacecraft at the Alpha Centauri system within the 21st century or so. Imagine what the spacecraft would tell us about interstellar space. Imagine the impact on humanity; knowing we are traveling to another star! Let’s know the Solar System, and build great observatories too……but let’s have a real adventure to experience: let’s do interstellar space!! ... more »
by Ricardo Zamora Laurent
November 26, 2012 | 0 comments
For all humans, survival of our species shoud be the main objective of space exploration. To be able to deviate a "stone" that could possibly colide with our dear "home" the Earth, we must dedicate all our effots. We dont want a meteorite to hit us, as happened with the formation of our Gulf of México millions of years ago, killing by the way,the millions of animals living in this big plain and giving way to the oil we have down there. ... more »
by Ted Forte
November 26, 2012 | 1 comments
If only our resources were limitless ... But they are not. Dreams must be tempered. I think the two most important goals to pursue are: 1. Concentrate on the mechanics of global defense. There will come a day when we find our planet in the path of a killer asteroid. Our chances of survival will be dependent on early detection, on what we've learned about the composition of asteroids, and on the technologies we've developed to alter the path of an orbiting body. 2. Promote commercialization of space. I think the history of exploration and colonization here on earth demonstrates ... more »
by Ronald Zincone, astrophotographer
November 26, 2012 | 0 comments
We need to go back to the moon!! this time, our priorities should be geology, history and a moon base. It only makes sense since we know how to do it and we use the moon as a stepping stone to Mars. We will learn how to live in a space environment first on the moon. Mars, Saturn's moon Enceledus, Titan, Europa and Triton should be priorities for astrobiology and "Follow the Water". We should also prioritize the search for asteriods especially NEO's that "will" and not "If" be a threat to earth in the distant future. This will allow ... more »
by John Brosio
November 26, 2012 | 0 comments
It's easy. Just do everything to get the Webb telescope up there. It will find things to stir imagination and support and funding in a way that others missions have not. And if something goes wrong, get a duplicate Webb or better up there to replace it. ... more »
by Gabe Moretti
November 26, 2012 | 0 comments
For human flight: Return to the moon and establish a permanent base with both scientific and industrial goals. For space exploration: robotic exploration of Mars and the other solar planets for scientific purposes. For Earth exploration: explore the oceans for climate management and industrial purposes. ... more »
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What sparked your passion for space?
by Jerry Petrey
November 29, 2012 | 0 comments
As I grew up in Texas in the 40's and 50's, I had a passion for science from the time I was about 6. I read about the German V2 rocket and Wernher von Braun and in the 4th grade I was drawing pictures of similar rockets with all the internal details and always talking about people going to the Moon. Most adults around me thought that it was just a silly kid's imagination. Then in 1957, Russia launched the Sputnik and the space race was on. I was hooked on science and space by then. I grew up and ... more »
by Dr. Peter W. Deutsch
December 7, 2012 | 0 comments
Interest in space went along with my interest in science, perhaps initiating or igniting with an interest in calculation at age 9 around 1955. Interest in space and astronomy was always high but not dominant in my overall interest in math and physical science along with trying to absorb fundamentals of analytical philosophy or the verifiability and meaning of statements. Interest in space science certainly correlated with the initiation of the space race starting with quiet announcements in the N.Y. Times of the first full range launch in August of 1957 and matter-of-fact announcements or expectations of a coming attempt ... more »
by Ernie Birge
December 7, 2012 | 0 comments
In the early 50s, Arthur Clarke, Robert Heinlin and Isaac Asimov came into my life. Teen books like "Voyage to the Moon" caught my fancy then and stayed with me forever after, ... more »
by John Platz
December 2, 2012 | 0 comments
In fourth grade we did two things that cemented my love of science in general and specifically space. My teacher taught us how to triangulate a star. She tagged the far fence on the playground with a piece of construction paper, armed us with 50 ft. tape measures and taught us the trig to do the calculations. We came within a couple of inches of being exact. She also taught us to use a slide rule and explained enough about logarithms for us to understand how the slide rule worked. That's it in a nutshell. It was 1958. That's what ... more »
by Wayne Bonner
November 28, 2012 | 0 comments
When I was less than ten my Dad was keenly interested in astronomy and was grinding his own 6 inch telescope mirror. Then 1957 came along and the International Geophysical Year. I was ten when Sputnik was launched and have been a space buff ever since. Today, my dream came true and I visited the Kennedy Space Center with my wife. Everything I dreamed came true. ... more »
by Ronald Zincone
December 3, 2012 | 0 comments
My passion for space started when I was a young boy around the age of 12. I still remember getting my first 50mm Tasco telescope as a Christmas gift. This telescope became my wormhole, tunnel, door or my holodeck to another world. It opened up nature and the cosmos to me and I became fascinated with everything astronomical, meteorlogical and photographic and, therefore, now I am an astrophotographer. I have always been a big star trek and star wars fan and I am a supporter of space travel. My main astronomical interests, both in observing and astroimaging, is with the ... more »
by Bob Ware
November 29, 2012 | 0 comments
Age 7. In front of our newly acquired handful of inches B&W TV October 1962. Pappy Parker's Corral kids cartoon/activity show was on. He took time out in mid-show to say we are going to see something special. See this pencil? The black part is a spaceship and the pencil is the rocket. On top of the rocket make believe you see a small orange rocket. That is the escape rocket the astronaut uses if the spaceship breaks. The astronaut is going to go up to the little lights at night called stars and also that is where the planets ... more »
by LeRoy E De Leon
February 27, 2013 | 0 comments
My passion for space started when I was a young boy (about 4 years old) and I use to look up to the skies, as if something was telling me that we had a connection with outer space. As I grew older and enter Junior High/High School, I learned more about Space along with reading/hearing about Sputnik and John F. Kennedy speech about going to the moon! Along with watching TV Shows and Movies about outer space, my interest grew more and more about exploring our Universe! Then I started reading about the Aztecs, Hopi, Egyptians and other civilizations from ... more »
by Keith H. Rowand
December 2, 2012 | 0 comments
I remember growing up and seeing the Milky Way in the night sky before there was light pollution and what a wonder. It was the Apollo moon landings however that sparked my passion for exploring first of all our Solar System. I understand we cannot race out into space and must take our time using the ISS and robotic instruments to make it safer and adventuresome for man. I was in the USAF and distributed the VIP pamphlets for the Pacific Commanders. Since then I boujght binoculars and a telescope to help me explore the Solar System and WOW it's ... more »
by Kevin Dodd
December 2, 2012 | 0 comments
When I was in grade school, my mom worked for North American Aviation (later called Rockwell International), the prime contractor for the Apollo program. She would always bring home the company newsletters that detailed the progress of the program, space program promotional materials, and she also had access to lots of neat NASA stuff like pins and mission patches. I was so proud of her! Although she was "just" a secretary, I imagined her building rockets and working with astronauts. North American also made the X-15 rocket aircraft, which I thought was the greatest thing in the world, and I ... more »
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What might the future be like without space exploration?
by Jim Bell
December 5, 2012
We are born explorers. As infants we first learn to use our senses -- vision, hearing, touch, taste -- to learn about the nature of the world around us. And then -- gloriously! -- as toddlers we add mobility and can finally rove around and explore not just what is within our vision, but also the unknown across the room, or around the corner. It turns out that that urge to explore never leaves us as we continue to grow, as individuals, and as a civilization. Nowadays our fascination with the unknown compels us to explore not just the world around us, but the limitless frontiers of distant planets, stars, and galaxies.
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