NASA Is Awesome - For & Against

Hidell, I am sad to see that you are a conspiracy theorist when it comes to the moon landing. I have been generally very supportive of your thoughts and opinions in other debates. But the moon landing was no hoax.

In hopes that you are a reasonable debator who is open to reasoned argument I offer the following website as a way to educate yourself as to why the moon landing was no hoax.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm

We agree the shuttle program has had many failings. But the shuttle's shortcomings do not encompass the entirety of NASA's vision for space exploration.

Russia has had a safer flight record because they have operated a much less ambitious exploration program.

You're right that ISS was an international project. But despite the trouble NASA frequently encountered in its completion of the ISS, NASA has followed through ultimately. Furthermore, NASA did most of the delivery of modules using the belittled shuttles.

Regarding the Bush administration's censorship of a climate change scientist - I defer to your opinion. I haven't researched that topic enough to have my own opinion yet. However, I do give the Bush Administration for having vision enough to propose the next generation of crew carrying vehicles which will get around most of the problems you correctly identified with the shuttle vehicles.

I think (besides your misguided attempt to perpetuate the moon-landing conspiracy theory) you correctly pointed out many of NASA's most difficult struggles. But proving that NASA has had struggles is not the same as proving that NASA has failed. To say so is to throw out the baby with the bath water.

donphilipe

06 Apr 2008 08:14

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In hopes that you are a reasonable debator who is open to reasoned argument I offer the following website as a way to educate yourself as to why the moon landing was no hoax.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm

We agree the shuttle program has had many failings. But the shuttle's shortcomings do not encompass the entirety of NASA's vision for space exploration.

Russia has had a safer flight record because they have operated a much less ambitious exploration program.

You're right that ISS was an international project. But despite the trouble NASA frequently encountered in its completion of the ISS, NASA has followed through ultimately. Furthermore, NASA did most of the delivery of modules using the belittled shuttles.

Regarding the Bush administration's censorship of a climate change scientist - I defer to your opinion. I haven't researched that topic enough to have my own opinion yet. However, I do give the Bush Administration for having vision enough to propose the next generation of crew carrying vehicles which will get around most of the problems you correctly identified with the shuttle vehicles.

I think (besides your misguided attempt to perpetuate the moon-landing conspiracy theory) you correctly pointed out many of NASA's most difficult struggles. But proving that NASA has had struggles is not the same as proving that NASA has failed. To say so is to throw out the baby with the bath water.

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We agree the shuttle program has had many failings. But the shuttle's shortcomings do not encompass the entirety of NASA's vision for space exploration.

Russia has had a safer flight record because they have operated a much less ambitious exploration program.