Fwd: REBUTTAL: THE OBAMA PHANTOM SPACE PROGRAM

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THE GREAT DEBATE IS HEATING UP: RICK vs. ONE RUDE and FOUR HONORABLE
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SAME and DIFFERENT POSTS. Richard DePersio IS A PROUD MEMBER OF         BOTH GROUPS. ONLY ON POST THUS FAR HAS APPEARED HERE - THIS ONE -           WHICH I HOPE THAT THEY POST. YOU"L HAVE TO GO TROY and SRI TO ENJOY           FULL DEBATE. INVITATIONS TO THE GREAT DEBATE HAVE APPEARED THROUGHOUT THE PAST TWO DAYS AND WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND NEXT TWO DAYS ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. TROY, SRI and RICKCOSMOS-ECLECTIC TOGETHER AT LAST!!!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Re-Rebuttal: THE OBAMA PHANTOM SPACE PROGRAM

                                by Richard DePersio

How will Obama built a heavy-lifter in 5 years starting from scratch? Obama BIG White Lie! Over $1 trillion down presidential black hole with 2 failed stimulus packages. Fannie and Freddie are sink holes. $10 billion invested in CONSTELLATION down self-same black hole. Obama plan: U.S. will never leave earth orbit. CONSTELLATION'S Ares heavy- lifter will be ready in 2017 - give or take a year. Obama: Heavy- lifter will lead to manned missions to asteroids, Mars, moons of moons. It's Ares or we relinquish our dominance in space. He has no intention of keeping his space word SpaceX claims it will carry 55,000 pounds of cargo to ISS altitude of 185 miles like Space Shuttle in early 2012 if it receives additional $1 billion from fed gov (cost-over-run), otherwise, 25,000 pounds to altitude of 135 miles - useless! It states that it will begin manned flights in early 2014! We are Capitalist unlike the president. We want SpaceX's Falcon 9 to be successful, efficient and safe; we don't won't it to undergo pressure to realize an unrealistic timetable. Due to large-scale upgrades between 1992-97 Space Shuttle became 90% cost-effective and each shuttle has been certified for 150 more flights. Most experts are recommending that shuttle be extended for 2 to 3 years to be on safe side no more then that. SpaceX doesn't have a blueprint for a spacecraft; it orbited a 'dummy.' Original Proposal 1: NASA and Boeing have a blueprint for a mini-Orion and were doing R & D on it when it became a victim of budget cuts. ISS would have been completed on schedule had this cargo vessel not been canceled. We're confident it could be flight-ready in 2 to 3 years. Original Proposal 2: It is reasonable to assume that X-37B will be operational in 2 years if it already isn't. Certainly, civilian version could be ready in 2 years. Due to new directive NASA can work more closely with  military. Speculated manned version in 3 to 3 1/2 years as a joint NASA/Air Force with classified safeguards. Falcon 9 can begin limited cargo flights in 4 years and manned flights in 6 if NASA-certified. It should begin working with NASA and Boeing and NASA and Air Force immediately. NASA should turn over mini- Orion and x-37b (let's call it CONSTITUTION when it becomes operational in order to drive liberals crazy!) to Boeing/SpaceX and virtual autonomy for earth orbital missions. (We have plans regarding modified unmanned Constitution and GPS). SRI, we hope that he isn't a real Rev., we don't want to wind up in a black hole!Another thing: Obamo wants to shift NASA focus from space to green pseudo- science. Look at NASA record: Unique gov program $7 return in pure science and spin- offs, applications (technology for our economic engine and it's budget is only .5 % of total federal budget - NASA in your home, car, office, factory, farm, hospital) for $1 budgeted. Rev., we saw your critique of NASA on Facebook. Don't strike me with a bolt of lightning for telling truth...was that thunder? Now, hat we finally get a chance at; RE- REBUTTAL. CONSTELLATION represents a step backward for it is using Apollo/Saturn and Space Shuttle technologies. Not so. It is building in those proven technologies which is cost-effective while it develops cutting-edge technology: 'artificial' gravity; solar power-generation (hockey- sticks should like that) ion rocket engine (which may be used on Mars mission and is part of CONSTELLATION program); (as is) fusion reactor. Energy independence: is estimated that we will have safe, much less- expensive then fission, non-greenhouse gas-producing (another one for the cattle farts; excuse my language in case you are a real Rev.) between 2030-35. NASA could accelerate that process. A NASA engineer - we won't mention his name - says we have to purge ourselves of the present top NASA administrators and the NASA can enjoy a stellar future. With Obama plan: we fade to black. -Richard DePersio (former, space researcher; former, museum educator - Thanks, SRI, this article will appear here first, we should combine our efforts and create something bigger and better. we have ideas).