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alright joining is bob word chairman of the space friends here foundation as so
many questions for you bob thanks for talking to us
added r
uh... i'm a bit of a space travel know that i would call myself a junkie but i
have read plenty of science fiction i probably have a lot of false ideas about
what's possible and what's not so i'll just get right into it
what's reasonable to expect in the next five to ten years instead of space
exploration in space travel
actually monahan is a slightly different version which is causing a little bit
longer
uh... aka
but next time ten years are spectacular model
and
because it is so much going on right now
and i think we step back a little bit handbook at say twenty years
we do have carmel claret
and now in terms of
understanding what's going on to that
because until just about twenty years ago what we are now
human spaceflight was almost entirely
about sending
of humor is also a military style missions you know these granting
benefits of exploration
and discloses their homeland the day
and that began to change
and ammo and all that they are more than a few people lack of action relive the
glory hole are
that is simply not possible
artist and a half an hour of the reasons why it is a gap in
but for the moment if they have a report the following back
so what is the way forward is here and is it is it
planets is it just getting uh... some kind of is a colony on the moon is it a
permanent uh... something permanent on on uh... bigger space station
i think it's all the while we need to be any *** first why is that we're doing it
any money though
if america's going to happen any human spaceflight are all twenty years from
now
is
going to be almost entirely about using space for the benefit of everyone
bread and butter and adventures that correction
and by then he moved in on the stand here and protect our special
environment
we're gonna do it protect human freedom and dignity
and we're going to do it through prepress there
anyone who could not do those reasons we just happen to them all
and
right now written journal this transition but for a rally
and these to very different goals argument
really direct conflict
and u_c_l_a_ conflict in the public discussion about space
will we see a lot of what we recently headed out
further decreased funding for nasa so it seems increasingly governments are less
and less interested would it be fair to say
in being involved in space exploration does that put the onus on private
industry
anything it's not big government is less interested in it but a m looking to get
more government money
that they are not willing to find these grand
these grand adventures
but they only have fun limited seating real value
for people to your honor
and
and i think we go out for many years
unilateral that's perfectly good sense
president you're going to
have safe reliable affordable access to space
windows cc it before
shooting began to work
twenty years from now
we're really going to have environment is facing commentator creates large
numbers of the jobs
although he lost today's existing government-funded ross moving tyson will
mile replacement unemployment checks
ensure anything anywhere
if you're going to be on wednesdays from here
or we will be watching it happen in other countries
well reminiscing about bypass flores do you expect the same time groups they his
decision that we need to choose what we want to know
do you expect the same type of
this kind of patriotic who our country verses your country competition when it
comes to space exploration going forward it sounds like you don't think we've
moved past that at all
do you think it may just haven't moved past that
uh... i certainly have icy stakes mora
economic development that out
show tomorrow could you are
uh...
and i think most people who half back home
may not most people in congress but most people in the real world
and do what what is the most exciting thing specifically that's on the horizon
to you right now i mean that that may be most people don't even know about who
are watching or listening to
this what what is the most promise or do you get the most excited about
i think the most exciting things actually although most important thing
which is getting tuesday's people poorly reliably and safely
uh...
you look at the station which is about the client's last mission
and better and cost billions of dollars everytime quiet and there's only two
percent chance is here to learn about anymore
well this might be appropriate for your grand adventures you know he
gays-in-the-military style missions that women do not come out is clearly not
appropriate for any kind of sustainable
economic development of the solar system
and we are now developing new
vehicles to go into space onto a completely different tracks on the one
hand there are people to using old technology has become buttons
white-space extended orbital they're using you know forty eight-year-old
technology to build rockets that are do the same thing as a whole lot asking too
much
more cheaply melodically
and the same time as a group of people willing so little rock plans basically
pursuing the path leading to pursue where yes fifteen
just to keep our bill you're going to go higher bachelor iron bastions of all the
way our
and both of these are happening in parallel
and both of them water enormous promise to let us get his face much cheaper and
more while the sub orbital flight possibilities talk a little bit about
specifically what that could mean potentially four
uh... consumer airline travel of who is this a potential game changer mean put
some numbers behind it what are we talking about here
oriented clearly trying to solve the intercontinental flight is the floor at
a lot more people are going to the other side of the planning on going to steps
anybody's et cetera fourteen-hour daring flight
would realize that they can afford the almost anything truthfully experience
uh...
bucked up obviously vtech knowledge is not going to be reelected
first-generation solo vehicles we climb over the last couple years
basically plan stays in combat where they start promptly and very limited
damage capability
and they will probably toward generations before we get to the point
william actually fly around the planet but what are we talking about in terms
of speed i mean danced for some people may not know potentially we could get
around to the other side of the world and what are we talking instead of
fourteen hours it might be
harold arlen setting credible
enunciated hansel and how did you get it before you actually get into space
princess for fifteen twenty minutes
and engages in twenty years ago this on the planet he pretty much into or is
very little difference between the mission for a while opinions are planned
the sugar borrowed envelope or
remarkable and that you know i've just so many questions and we are short on
time the other thing a lot of people emailed me about and they want to turn
for me to ask you is
are their practical applications to a base on the moon or is that just kind of
uh... is it a pointless idea
well we don't know now
there maybe sometimes one-month darman's desirable is far only known sources
human brain
now currently digital marketing and very
but it is usually has to work on the line in three animals logical place to
get it
is also a possible locations will build and here's
uh... but yes let's compete perhaps the relief with more derives
we don't know this is this
wins mid with bridge that will bring up a mirror one university find space
just like human brain you need to bring arsenio world lou
we
uh...
uniworld tools the networks
makes perfect sense all this is fascinating stuff bob weir chairman of
the space frontier foundation thanks for joining us and we'll definitely have you
back i had no idea to a play more questions for you hope to do it aka
thanks bob