Comments on: Starfleet Academy?

By: pan

pan — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:47:02 +0000

all of this should happen but needs to happen open source. Get a wiki, and then write the textbooks and course materials. Design the physical college. and the space ships. Which is what i do in autocad, btw.

The way to get to an academy is to build it virtually and then build it in real life. Same as with the ships…lol

By: Moreshaun Song

Moreshaun Song — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:59:24 +0000

Ideally "Star Fleet" was to be an exopolitical United Nations run organization and non-nationalist based, representative of an international Federalism. However, in the real-world senario rights are kept or enforced moreso on the nationalist and local levels. NASA being a particular national agency of the executive branch and also even claimed to not be abiding with the legalities of disclosing pertinate discovery information to the American public, as designed into charter, and aswell more focused upon an unmanned mission of exploration is definitely not identical to the very definiton of a paramilitary peacekeeping Star Fleet of exopolitical manned exploration.

By: Victor_Moraes

Victor_Moraes — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:41:40 +0000

Right, correct! I add: critical thinking is very important. I dont know if I have critical thinking because be hard make critical think on I. Or I kill me by be imperfect, or I put in I a medal of honor, perhaps by already not kill me. Critical thinking is easy if make on another people or chose. But, on yourself is hard! I think now, for exemple, that this comment was terrible… Yes, I think: I have value? one value? values? Your comment make think! You is right, critical thinking is very important, and this can be hard! My luck is that I never understand what is I, and I not can make full to condemn. Another luck is that good spirits, beautiful peoples speak for me: You is half good. Luck was too that I winner as challenges in my life and I think be the best. Ilusion, but help. One chose is correct: to have critical sense on you yourselves is an exercise to obtain to go beyond. This is what I think on thinking critical. My critical thinking on your comment is: correct. One hug friend The Thinker!

By: The Thinker

The Thinker — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:09:32 +0000

I like that you included training in critical thinking — I said the same thing in the comments on NASA Watch. Explicit training in critical thinking is sadly lacking from all levels of education today and is probably the skill most needed (and most missing) in our space program.

By: rack88

rack88 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:23:54 +0000

Sounds pretty awesome to me! I was talking with my bosses tonight (I'm a co-op for the company that built the Apollo communication radios and radio network) and they made the point that we in the U.S. don't trust young people like we used to. The people launching Apollo were around 26 years old. 26! I know a lot of great engineers at my company who are very young leaders and managers and do a great job.

I'm saddened to hear that a find-and-replace method is what NASA is using to update its workforce, but I'm not surprised. I've made the statement more than once that NASA needs a rebuild (under Pete Warden if possible) to get young people out at the front lines with the older wiser scientists and engineers supporting them. Hopefully as the young people take over, NASA will transform no matter what and we can fix the stagnation of NASA that was implemented by our parents' generation.

By: @ninekeysdown

@ninekeysdown — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:48:28 +0000

It sounds great.

By: Mike D

Mike D — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:37:37 +0000

I want an army for non violent NERDS…. Starfleet Academy seems to fit the bill but in a tame/lame kind of way. In all seriousness though, we have 10-20% unemployment in America right now. We should be able to sign up and be educated for science just as we can for wars. We need a Science Army plain and simple. NASA atm gets no respect because it has always been the equivalent to tower sitting with science here and there. Its an Exclusive and Un-open Bureaucracy. The key is to open it up to everyone. Its gotta be inclusive if it wants to retain interest.
I also think the future of space exploration is making it a profitable if not a break even investment. If the academy could focus on this, it could increase its own funding through recruitment, training, and missions. What type of missions? Running a commercial space elevator or precious metal recovery. Its been estimated an average size asteroid may contain up to 7trillion US$ in rare platinum group metals. Lets say the academy was able to get a tether on one of these neo's and slowly bring it into orbit around earth for mining. It could pay for itself and generate the funding needed for the colonization of the moon and space, not to mention help the current budget problems. The point is make money to fund huge missions instead of beg for money to fund small robotic ones. That will start the space age. I am sure there is a good place in that space age for a "Starfleet Academy", lets just please not name it that, so it can retain some formality. Anyways sign me up!

By: Victor_Moraes

Victor_Moraes — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:05:44 +0000

I want to go for the academy! A thousand worlds to be explored: yes a fleet!It is certain that with new propellant and new system of motorization, without consumption of fuels, for exclusion of combustion in process of generation of force (system that I will consider and that with aid of some we will be able to carry through), in few years already we to be able to be visiting other systems of stars.Creating a transit.Mineral goods the principle “would be imported” for payment of “manufactured” that it took for these other worlds. I think about Mars. And a fleet would keep the communication constancy. An only ship nothing will make, or very little. A fleet, powerful is necessary. E “nautas” formed well, chemical preparations, capable and with will.I want to enter in this!Bigger missions for merit! Let us invade Mars and let us reserve a little of our time (little, I promise that he will be little) it stops at least visiting the system planetary of the star next to us! To go far, and very fast! Some say that the impossible one only is until you it goes and it surpasses. I believe that our generation can. I believe, already I have contributed.I am waiting reply of NASA for what I presented. I believe to be possible. Either well coming the Starfleet!

By: Victor_Moraes

Victor_Moraes — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:41:48 +0000

The Starfleet is best form for explore the universe. Mars, moon and beyond could be explored by most ships. This is the way. The starfleet will be form perfect for maintence base in other planet because, in transit, the ships forever put food and other objects for life in explored. The explore will be linear. I'm very happy with this idea: this idea is a key for future of astronautic. Good idea.

By: two

two — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:08:06 +0000

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