What Next Mr. Obama?? $100 Billion at RISK !

Well Mr. Obama, NASA has a problem, due in large part to your administration's lack of vision, or a lack of planning for the what "IF" factor.  What happens to the "ISS" and our astronauts and the Russians cosmonauts. "IF" the Progress ROCKET that the United States has access to,  just decides to "BLOW UP" one lazy afternoon, what you are going to hear at first from the Russians is Bot AebMO  translated to (oh shit). Yes sir, that is what you would hear from me. Leaving the ISS should not be an issue, because the Russians have a couple of Soyuz capsules docked on station as escape vehicles for emergencies from the ISS in case of an emergency. 

What does the USA have? Absolutely nothing, we have to rely on our Russian friends to get us home safely. To depend on someone else to get our astronauts home is A first for for NASA. We have never depended on anyone but the United States. I am embarrassed, to say that our great nation has to depend on another country to get our men and women home. It is just not right.  

However, if we are going to leave the ISS, the astronauts and cosmonauts need to leave sometime in November because of the cold Russian winters. In addition to the weather, the Soyuz space capsules have a shelf life of 210 days, and that also comes into play.

I would say we have a problem. Partially due to the retirement of our Shuttle fleets. I will also place some blame on the Obama for being too quick to make cuts in the program with absolutely no planning for the "WHAT IF'S". To me it would not be to difficult to plan for "a what if the Russian rocket blows up." That would have been one of the first what "IF'S"  that should have been thought of as well. 

Well the "what if" happened, the unmanned Russian Progress M-12M cargo ship was blown to "smithereens" on 24 August 2011, 325 seconds after blasting off with 2.5 tons of oxygen, food,and fuel for the six astronauts and cosmonauts on station at the ISS.  Apparently it was the third stage that caused the failure. The problem IS, since it was decided to retire the Space Shuttle, we (USA) have to depend on the Russian's for delivery of supplies and for bringing our astronauts and cosmonauts back to earth. Now the Russians, for safety issues must shut down the rocket and find out what caused the explosion. The Russian Space engineers are good at what they do, and I am confident they, along with NASA, will find out what happened to the Progress rocket.

Our Landlord's Naval Fleet Is Getting Real Big.....Watch Out..

 The Carrier of Asia-Pacific Troubles.  An aircraft carrier gives Beijing tremendous capabilities and could worsen regional tensions.  The trials of China’s first aircraft carrier, which put to sea on Wednesday, mark the beginning of a major transition in naval doctrine. All the world’s navies can be divided into two types. The “sea denial” type, which China belonged to up until now, aims to block the possible dominance of other navies, for instance by using submarine or mine warfare.


The other type, which includes the United States, United Kingdom and Japan, aims for control of the sea. China has declared its intention to join this elite club. I have tried the best way I could to watch what China has been up to in regards to their military. Do you remember a few months ago,  I posted information on China’s new stealthy aircraft. when you have a military, as HUGE as China’s is, they will obviously need aircraft carriers for their Navy. The picture shown above is not really anything to worry about, compared to the new super carriers that is now in operation. Do not get me wrong, the United States is not someone you can kick around and get away with it.