I recently watched this video titled NASA's New Spaceship: Video animation of how we'll get back to the Moon by 2018!It was remarkably familiar. The video demonstrates the exact same method used in the first moon landing: pod atop a single phallic rocket, lunar lander, living pod, slingshot to earth, and capsule landing under three red and white parachutes.
In 1961 JFK surprised NASA and publicly told them to go to the moon within 10 years. And now, with all that we've learned about space travel and rapid advances in technology, it takes even longer to achieve? Using the same basic spacecraft design? I'll concede that I'm no rocket scientist, but still, it was baffling.
In related information... as you are probably aware, our beloved shuttles will be completely retired by 2010. What really irks me is that there will be a 5 year gap between when the shuttles are no longer flying and the when the new space vehicles will be in use. Call me old fashioned, but I would like to see an increase in space exploration, not a five year hiatus.
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