Earth Sky Stars » Rocketry http://earthskystars.net/blog blog for earthskystars Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:35:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Is Ending NASA’s Constellation Program a Bad Move? http://earthskystars.net/blog/2010/03/03/is-ending-nasas-constellation-program-a-bad-move/ http://earthskystars.net/blog/2010/03/03/is-ending-nasas-constellation-program-a-bad-move/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:06:06 +0000 Bill Clugston http://earthskystars.net/blog/?p=209 Probably not, IMHO. Doing a manned spaceflight program on the cheap was a bad idea. Shifting money from NASA’s unmanned science program to fund this bad idea was even worse.

Many former astronauts believed that Constellation was an accident waiting to happen. Instead of recycling old ideas and hardware let’s do the research and engineering required for a successful space program.

Obama did the right thing by killing a poorly conceived program.

]]> http://earthskystars.net/blog/2010/03/03/is-ending-nasas-constellation-program-a-bad-move/feed/ 0 While I’m waiting for the solar install … http://earthskystars.net/blog/2008/12/07/while-im-waiting-for-the-solar-install/ http://earthskystars.net/blog/2008/12/07/while-im-waiting-for-the-solar-install/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:08:42 +0000 Bill Clugston http://earthskystars.net/blog/?p=65 I’ve starting work on another hobby, amateur rocketry. I have many kits around the house waiting to be built. This one is an Estes Saturn V, 30th anniversary edition. I’ve always liked the big moon rocket and building a scale model is always a challenge.  Fortunately most NASA stuff was designed to be stable, unlike the “twitchy” military rockets. This stability usually scales down to smaller rockets. It increases the chances of getting my hard work back in one piece!

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