Over the moon? | Munezo Katagiri
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14030320 Science & Technology Human spaceflight Over the moon? Jul 16th 2009 From The Economist print edition On the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, America wonders whether to go back there 1. IT WASN T supposed to be like this. Five years ago, in a flurry of manifest destiny, George Bush outlined a plan to return Americans to the moon in 2020, with an option on going to Mars later. Now that plan is the subject su39 of a rather un-American bout of introspection and self-examination. Instead of back-slapping and sky-punching there is hand-wringing and uncertainty. At the behest of Barack Obama s newly empowered Office su39 of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), NASA, America s space agency, is submitting to an independent review of its human-spaceflight plans in order to determine their future. 2. In truth, NASA has never really recovered its direction since the triumph of the Apollo project. The zenith of that project was 40 years ago on July 20th 1969, when Neil Armstrong stepped out of Apollo 11 s lunar module onto the Sea of Tranquillity, and promptly fluffed his lines. The cancellation of Apollo three years later started the slide, and the space shuttles that were supposed to fill the gap failed su39 to become the workaday vehicles that had been promised. The agency s probes have visited all of the solar system s planets and it has done a lot of important science. But its manned space programme has never got back the pizzazz of 1969.
Stiinta si tehnologie Astronauti in zbor/Zbor su39 spatial uman Am trecut de luna? La a 40-a aniversare a primei su39 aselenizari, America se intreaba daca ar trebui sa repete experienta 1. Lucrurile nu ar fi trebuit sa stea asa. Cu cinci ani in urma, George Bush, influentat su39 de agitatia momentului/ avand in fata un destin in mod evident infloritor, a trasat un plan de reintoarcere a americanilor pe luna in anul 2020, incluzand su39 o calatorie ulterioara si pe Marte. Acum, acest plan face obiectul unui proces de auto-analiza, neobisnuit pentru americani. In locul incurajarilor reciproce si al avantului spre cosmos vedem sovaiala si ingrijorare. La cererea Biroului de strategie stiintifica si tehnica al carui presedinte su39 tocmai a fost numit sub conducerea lui Barack Obama, NASA, agentia spatiala a Americii, vrand-nevrand, face obiectul unui studiu independent asupra programului sau/planurilor sale de zbor spatial uman, care a le va hotarî viitorul. 2. De fapt, de la succesul su39 proiectului Apollo, NASA nu a mai revenit la linia de plutire. Proiectul a atins culmea succesului acum 40 de ani, pe 20 iulie 1969, cand Neil Armstrong a iesit din modulul lunar al lui Apollo 11, a facut primul pas in Marea linistita si si-a recitat prompt poezia. Anularea proiectului Apollo trei ani mai tarziu a insemnat inceputul declinului pentru NASA, iar naveta spatiala nu a devenit vehiculul de fiecare zi al cetateanului american, asa cum se promisese. Sondele spatiale ale agentiei su39 au calatorit spre toate planetele sistemului solar, NASA aducand contributii majore in domeniul stiintei. Dar programul su39 sau de zbor uman nu a egalat niciodata reusita din 19 69. http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14030320
1. IT WASN T supposed to be like this. Five years ago, in a flurry of manifest destiny, George Bush outlined a plan to return Americans to the moon in 2020, with an option on going to Mars later. Now that plan is the subject of a rather un-American bout of introspection and self-examination. Instead of back-slapping and sky-punching there is hand-wringing and uncertainty. At the behest of Barack Obama s newly empowered Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), NASA, America s space agency, is submitting to an independent review of its human-spaceflight plans in order to determine their future.
2. In truth, NASA has never really recovered its direction since the triumph of the Apollo project. The zenith of that project was 40 years ago on July 20th 1969, when Neil Armstrong su39 stepped out of Apollo 11 s lunar module onto the Sea of Tranquillity, and promptly fluffed su39 his lines. su39 The cancellation of Apollo three years later started the slide, and the space shuttles that were supposed to fill the gap failed to become the workaday vehicles that had been promised. The agency su39 s probes have visited all of the solar system s planets and it has done a lot of important science. But its manned space programme has never got back the pizzazz of 1969.
3. This year, though, has been a particularly difficult one for NASA. It started with the incoming administration asking some hard questions, such as how much money could be saved by cancelling various bits of the spacecraft that the agency plans to use to replace its fleet of ageing shuttles which, among other things, provide America s only direct link with the International Space Station. The shuttles are due to retir
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14030320 Science & Technology Human spaceflight Over the moon? Jul 16th 2009 From The Economist print edition On the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, America wonders whether to go back there 1. IT WASN T supposed to be like this. Five years ago, in a flurry of manifest destiny, George Bush outlined a plan to return Americans to the moon in 2020, with an option on going to Mars later. Now that plan is the subject su39 of a rather un-American bout of introspection and self-examination. Instead of back-slapping and sky-punching there is hand-wringing and uncertainty. At the behest of Barack Obama s newly empowered Office su39 of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), NASA, America s space agency, is submitting to an independent review of its human-spaceflight plans in order to determine their future. 2. In truth, NASA has never really recovered its direction since the triumph of the Apollo project. The zenith of that project was 40 years ago on July 20th 1969, when Neil Armstrong stepped out of Apollo 11 s lunar module onto the Sea of Tranquillity, and promptly fluffed his lines. The cancellation of Apollo three years later started the slide, and the space shuttles that were supposed to fill the gap failed su39 to become the workaday vehicles that had been promised. The agency s probes have visited all of the solar system s planets and it has done a lot of important science. But its manned space programme has never got back the pizzazz of 1969.
Stiinta si tehnologie Astronauti in zbor/Zbor su39 spatial uman Am trecut de luna? La a 40-a aniversare a primei su39 aselenizari, America se intreaba daca ar trebui sa repete experienta 1. Lucrurile nu ar fi trebuit sa stea asa. Cu cinci ani in urma, George Bush, influentat su39 de agitatia momentului/ avand in fata un destin in mod evident infloritor, a trasat un plan de reintoarcere a americanilor pe luna in anul 2020, incluzand su39 o calatorie ulterioara si pe Marte. Acum, acest plan face obiectul unui proces de auto-analiza, neobisnuit pentru americani. In locul incurajarilor reciproce si al avantului spre cosmos vedem sovaiala si ingrijorare. La cererea Biroului de strategie stiintifica si tehnica al carui presedinte su39 tocmai a fost numit sub conducerea lui Barack Obama, NASA, agentia spatiala a Americii, vrand-nevrand, face obiectul unui studiu independent asupra programului sau/planurilor sale de zbor spatial uman, care a le va hotarî viitorul. 2. De fapt, de la succesul su39 proiectului Apollo, NASA nu a mai revenit la linia de plutire. Proiectul a atins culmea succesului acum 40 de ani, pe 20 iulie 1969, cand Neil Armstrong a iesit din modulul lunar al lui Apollo 11, a facut primul pas in Marea linistita si si-a recitat prompt poezia. Anularea proiectului Apollo trei ani mai tarziu a insemnat inceputul declinului pentru NASA, iar naveta spatiala nu a devenit vehiculul de fiecare zi al cetateanului american, asa cum se promisese. Sondele spatiale ale agentiei su39 au calatorit spre toate planetele sistemului solar, NASA aducand contributii majore in domeniul stiintei. Dar programul su39 sau de zbor uman nu a egalat niciodata reusita din 19 69. http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14030320
1. IT WASN T supposed to be like this. Five years ago, in a flurry of manifest destiny, George Bush outlined a plan to return Americans to the moon in 2020, with an option on going to Mars later. Now that plan is the subject of a rather un-American bout of introspection and self-examination. Instead of back-slapping and sky-punching there is hand-wringing and uncertainty. At the behest of Barack Obama s newly empowered Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), NASA, America s space agency, is submitting to an independent review of its human-spaceflight plans in order to determine their future.
2. In truth, NASA has never really recovered its direction since the triumph of the Apollo project. The zenith of that project was 40 years ago on July 20th 1969, when Neil Armstrong su39 stepped out of Apollo 11 s lunar module onto the Sea of Tranquillity, and promptly fluffed su39 his lines. su39 The cancellation of Apollo three years later started the slide, and the space shuttles that were supposed to fill the gap failed to become the workaday vehicles that had been promised. The agency su39 s probes have visited all of the solar system s planets and it has done a lot of important science. But its manned space programme has never got back the pizzazz of 1969.
3. This year, though, has been a particularly difficult one for NASA. It started with the incoming administration asking some hard questions, such as how much money could be saved by cancelling various bits of the spacecraft that the agency plans to use to replace its fleet of ageing shuttles which, among other things, provide America s only direct link with the International Space Station. The shuttles are due to retir
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