Comments by "Scott Franco" (@scottfranco1962) on "Tech Chasm" channel.

  1. Boeing is becoming the backup source for space launches. Boeing got fat off NASAs budget as a big science project. ULA is already loosing big money on the whole thing. I expect they will eventually decide to dump it and concentrate on commercial and military aircraft projects.
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  2. Thanks for finally explaining why the Webb telescope needs a sunshade even though it is in the lagrange shadow. ISS was a good deal in its day. I agree we are better off building a moon base now, which is permanent. To be really cost effective, I believe we should start missions on the moon for the two most important resources there: water and underground tubes/caverns. Water will be a key resource for oxygen, fuel and of course water for habitation. The underground tubes, if found, will change everything, since we would be able to block them off and flood with atmosphere, dramatically both decreasing the cost of habitation, as well as dramatically increasing the volume available. They would also be proof from solar radiation events, something nearly impossible to achieve with above ground structures. A moon base could change everything. Low cost of materials to orbit, the potential of finding materials on the moon, or even towing asteroids there and dropping them on the moon to mine iron and other materials, the ability to set up observatories on the moon, the list goes on and on.
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