BillyGoat opened this issue on Sep 07, 2006 ยท 77 posts
Darboshanski posted Fri, 08 September 2006 at 12:43 PM
Talking NASA they plan on a moon shot here in the future using lunar vehicles very similar in design of those use in the Apollo program. The main rocket to carry the payload will be much bigger and more powerful than the old Saturn Vs. But the command module and lunar module will be very much like the old Apollo crafts. Upon mission competed the capsule will break away from the rest of the command module and return to Earth much as it did during the Apollo program.
Everyone talks about advances in technology but have we really advanced all that much? I can remember being a kid and reading popular science where by this time we would have had cars that hovered, there was no such thing as fossil fuels and everything was more environmentally kind to the Earth. What happened to that stuff??
But you know what? Even though my parents 1955 two tone Fairlane maybe a museum piece now but then it was built with pride and craftmanship as were many other things. Now days things are thrown together and made like crap and there is no pride in a job well done. All that matters is the bottom line and that's how much money people can stuff in their pockets. While I love technology and all the wonders that come with it I also put little faith in it. It all comes back to basics and having knowledge of the basics is what will help you to survive. Hell, now days if the power goes out for more than an hour or cell phone reception is interrupted people think it's the end of the age.