Reply #36: I'm not casting aspersions on Buzz Aldrin. I'm saying that his idea for an "Aldrin Cycler" manned [View All]

spacecraft to cycle between the moon and Earth, for instance, is a far cry from an abandonment of manned space exploration. I think it's an intruiging idea. Aldrin also supports keeping the Orion capsule and a heavy lift booster, which is, essentially, the Ares V. You can't say, "oh, Buzz Aldrin agrees that we should do such and such" and then ignore what the guy REALLY wants.


And if the only "options", as you put it, are Constellation -which you keep claiming has "failed"- or no manned space exploration at ALL, let Obama go down to Florida next month and pitch THAT. But then fucking admit that's what you're doing- stop with this wishy-washy goo about "game changing technologies to get us to Mars faster". Say "we're not sending humans into space anymore. Sorry. We'll let the Chinese do it from now on"

See how that works out.