Space Themes Featured Again At The Democratic Convention
ICYMI there was a video on #climatechange shown at the #DNC2020 that started off with lots of space imagery and talk of living in space and observing our home planet – including mention of the "Overview Effect". pic.twitter.com/xp9xOZxrxF
— NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) August 20, 2020
A very brief mention – the kind that gets advocates excited when space is mentioned in a State of the Union address. Nonetheless, the reference to the Overview Effect within a video on Climate Change and the environment was terrific. Since Kamala Harris will likely oversee the space portfolio, I hope space advocates with access to her team are working on opportunities to bring them up to speed on space issues.
So, does anyone think a Biden Administration will advocate a human return to the Moon and human expeditions to Mars? No? Or will we just circle the Earth endlessly staring at the Earth and fretting endlessly about global warming? What a bold plan.
You seem to have already decided.
Let’s be fair, Keith: After two years or so of presidential electioneering, haven’t most folks made up their mind? I know that I have.
To a large extent I’ve made up my mind about something else: I’m sick of it! Oh, and yea, I’m also sick of wearing these damn masks, too! Which I do of course, without fail, but still! And another thing: Get of my lawn!
/lameHumor
I hope your day is going better than your post might indicate. Since I think I live several hundred miles from you it should be easy complying with the request regarding your lawn. I just hope you still have a lawn after this weekend (potential dual hurricanes).
Thanks.
If Lori Garver has much influence in the next Administration, NASA may be the climate change agency
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And people wonder why there wasn’t excitement in the rank and file at NASA when the return to the Moon was announced. They have dealt with this Mars/moon/Mars/moon (can’t say Mars) /Mars/moon vacillation for years. This cycle maybe being the most hopeless (I know, I know, It’s not dead yet!)
An AI just beat a “Top Gun” fighter pilot 5 out 5 tries dog fighting. I wonder if the AF or NASA is the first institution to make unmanned vehicles primary.
Most people probably will not see anything different. Mission to Mars has been same tale for past 20 (30, 50 years?), Virgin made a few flights recently but I didn’t see anything except a couple posts. I don’t follow VG closely so I cannot say which illustrates much of HSF is a specialized business and has a specialized following that has no impact on most people. SpaceX got lot of exposure with the splashdown just off the coast surrounding by many boaters.
The big question is why do we need to send people to Mars or back to the moon? The answer has to satisfy many of the general public. But then many have other more pressing issues.
Yes, I’d like to see a wide ranging exciting space program but then lacking confidence on how leaders can deal with current events, i.e. dismantling of the USPS.