Classic NASA footage restored for HD

oh but maybe we are.... nah, probably not.

Wonder if there are plans to release this to blu-ray or something. May be a small market, but I'd buy it.

doh just read the article, releasing for Discovery special. I bet they take it to blu-ray. Yay!
 
David, I don't know what to say. There are at least a hundred different programs NASA is doing, some bordering on Star Trek kind of stuff (Ion Engines, but of course, they've been in operation for over 8 years - you know, engines based on light propulsion - think "Impulse Engine"), going back to the moon, Mars, sending multiple probes to most of the planets in our Solar system. This list is really kind of long - and for less then 10% of the budget for HUD (actually, I think it's around 2.4%), which NASA falls under - well... all as I can say is they're working as hard as they can with nothing.

Write people that can get NASA funding, else you're expecting a Star Trek movie on a student film budget, and blaming the wrong people.
 
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I"m with you muonwave. I follow many of the current missions regularly and I think this is an incredibly exciting time, from landing on Titan to Gravity-B, amazing stuff happening now.
 
muonwave said:
David, I don't know what to say. There are at least a hundred different programs NASA is doing, some bordering on Star Trek kind of stuff (Ion Engines, but of course, they've been in operation for over 8 years - you know, engines based on light propulsion - think "Impulse Engine"), going back to the moon, Mars, sending multiple probes to most of the planets in our Solar system. This list is really kind of long - and for less then 10% of the budget for HUD (actually, I think it's around 2.4%), which NASA falls under - well... all as I can say is they're working as hard as they can with nothing.

Write people that can get NASA funding, else you're expecting a Star Trek movie on a student film budget, and blaming the wrong people.
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I'm referring to the human adventure. Probes are cool, but they aren't Armstrong's small step.

I'm not blaming NASA -- not sure where you got that. I know how hard its people work; a girlfriend of mine worked in Clear Lake in the '90s. I got into places at JSC which thrilled me to death because of it. I'm a big fan of the agency and its people. (I also know the staggering historical significance of October 30, 2000, one of the most important days in human history, even almost no one could tell you why.) So, it's not like I'm saying NASA isn't doing its job.

It's also not NASA's fault that Project Constellation will almost certainly not survive the next administration, whoever it might be . . . it's about national will.
 
(I also know the staggering historical significance of October 30, 2000, one of the most important days in human history, even almost no one could tell you why.)
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I turned 21 on that day? :evil:

Space exploration in general has had and can have so many direct and indirect benefits to people as a whole, it's ridiculous that it does not receive proper funding. Not to mention that NASA has probably paid for itself many times over with all of the technology and simple everyday use products we take for granted that it has pumped into the economy.

Later,
Jason
 
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what are you referring to?
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It was the last day when every member of the human race was on the surface of the Earth. The intent is that there will be a permanent human presence in space from that point on. Here's to living up to intent.
 
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I turned 21 on that day? :evil:

Space exploration in general has had and can have so many direct and indirect benefits to people as a whole, it's ridiculous that it does not receive proper funding. Not to mention that NASA has probably paid for itself many times over with all of the technology and simple everyday use products we take for granted that it has pumped into the economy.
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Yes. Very much so.
 
ugafan said:
a manned mission to mars...when is it going to happen?
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Supposedly sometime in the 2020s, but I have grave doubts it'll happen.

Project Nerva was slated for the mid-80s, but obviously it never got past the conceptual stage. A lamentable pity, that.

We went from Explorer I to Tranquility Base in 11.5 years, with serious setbacks along the way. It's staggering that no one has been out of low Earth orbit in more than 35 years.

Everyone loves to see the pictures sent back -- from the Mars rover, to Cassini, to the hundreds of other probes sent out there . . . but who wouldn't rather see human footprints on an alien landscape?
 
Ugafan, I believe he's referring to Expedition 1 (although there are many technical briefings sent out daily on events, discoveries, designs that have passed testing and approval, etc., this one should indeed be a historical mark for the human race and taught in school as such.)

Expedition 1 was the first manned launch to the ISS as a first stay, with Sheperd, Gidzenko, & Krikalev from Baikonur. It was done on a Russian vehicle, and docked November 1st. Besides having the launch from Baikonur, which gave credit due, prestige and honor to the Russians for the first manned launch into space, the orbital inclination of 51.6 degrees (where the Soyuz could be used as an emergency return vehicle) was a pretty significant decision as well between us and the Russians. It's been marked, at least by many within NASA, as the start of human presence in space without those pesky national borders creeping in. Kind of the dawn of a new age, if you will.

David, thanks for referring to that.
 
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