Interesting read, Joe. Thanks. Rather than post my comments at the DesNews site, I thought I'd share with this list. What's the downside of using a tried-and-true Russian vehicle for further ISS missions? Doesn't this allow us to go on to develop the next phase without having to develop and build (or re-use existing technology) a payload system just to service the ISS? A bit unrelated to your blog: I personally think the ISS is a waste of our time. In my opinion, US/NASA goals should have been (1) return to Moon, and (2) go to Mars, without the stopover at the ISS. I've not read any convincing justification for it (the ISS). Other thoughts? Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 6:14 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Astronaut talk Astronaut Kent Rominger spoke Saturday at Clark Planetarium; here's my blog about it (with Cory's interesting photo): http://www.deseretnews.com/blog/47/10011698/Nightly-news-astronomy-The-Need- to-Explore.html Thanks, Joe _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1498/3536 - Release Date: 03/28/11