[NNagain] an eloquent critique of NASA

[Robert McMahon]

The hard part is life support systems and not so much the rockets. Musk
handwaves and claims life support is easy, both on Mars and in the
spacecraft t/fro. The song reveals it's not so easy to keep humans healthy
and well, even on this earth where humans evolved to survive.

Musk constantly fails in his claims. His cult like following demonstrates
Festinger's When Phrophecy Fails. Failed prophecy which, counter to
intuition, strengthens the cult's belief in their leader. It's an illness
and not something to promote by my judgment. I think us selecting leaders
and peers that work from a basis of reality is they way to improve things.
See the world as it is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Prophecy_Fails

" the team had seen that in some cases the failure of a prophecy, rather
than causing a rejection of the original belief system, could lead
believers to increase their personal commitment, and also increase their
efforts to recruit others into the belief"



On Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 6:14 PM Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 10:46 AM Robert McMahon <rjmcmahon at rjmcmahon.com>
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>> SpaceX is no better than NASA by my opinion. A proper critique was done
>> in 1970 and still applies today. See link. I grew up in Houston & with
>> astronauts & their kids because LBJ was from Texas. Seen space projects my
>> entire life. Focus should be on our planet and robots on the others. The
>> ego centric view of manned space flight is an illness by my opinion.
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>> https://youtu.be/wtSSP8FVUGY?feature=shared
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> Hey, thx. I had heard of, but not heard, that poem before.
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> As a counter, for the inspiring need for humans in space: try:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD1ixTr4JWY&t=50s
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> Otherwise I do generally prefer robotic exploration. Building and flying
> modernized versions of this would be fun:
> https://dartslab.jpl.nasa.gov/References/pdf/2019-mars-heli.pdf
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> hopefully tomorrow Hera launches!
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>> Bob
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>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2024, 7:03 PM Dave Taht via Nnagain <
>> nnagain at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
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>>> https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2024/10/02/sls-is-still-a-national-disgrace/
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