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The Astronaut's New Clothes
Metox writes: "An article posted on www.sciam.com gives a glimpse into the future of space clothing for use in hostile environments, Earth orbit, Mars, etc. Of all the facts in the article, the one I found most interesting is that the current EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) suit is an astonishing 24 years old. However, the article gives a good reason for this. As the EVA suit is used in a microgravity environment, mobility isn't as important, and dexterity can be enhanced by simple changes to the arms and hands. The article highlights the current tests of two new EVA/Mars contenders, the I-Suit and the H-Suit."
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
Don't make them black either, because you want them to work!
you're just a perv. too much anime and space opera.
Given this bloody record, why should anyone be surprised that those
... thats going to haunt us in terms of
who have been targeted by the United States have sought to strike
back?
The same media that is now screaming for blood has routinely applauded
the use of violence against whatever country or people are deemed to
be obstacles to US interests. Let us recall the words of New York
Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who had this to say to the Serbian
people during the US bombing campaign in 1999: It should be
lights out in Belgrade: every power grid, water pipe, road and
war-related factory has to be hit.... [W]e will set your country back
by pulverizing you. You want 1950? We can do 1950. You want 1389? We
can do 1389.
The foreign policy of the US is a mixture of cynicism, brutality and
irresponsibility. Washington has pursued a course that has inflamed
the hatred of large sections of the worlds population, creating
an environment in which recruits can be found for bloody terrorist
operations. In rare moments of candor, foreign policy specialists have
acknowledged that the actions of the United States provoke hatred and
the desire for retribution. During the Balkan War, former Secretary of
State Lawrence Eagleburger stated: Weve presented to the
rest of the world a vision of the bully on the block who pushes a
button, people out there die, we dont pay anything except the
cost of a missile
trying to deal with the rest of the world in the years ahead.
This insight has not prevented the same Eagleburger from declaring
Tuesday night that the United States should respond to the destruction
of the World Trade Center by dropping bombs immediately on any country
that might have been involved.
George W. Bushs address to the nation Tuesday evening
epitomized the arrogance and blindness of the American ruling class.
Far from America being the brightest beacon for freedom and
opportunity in the world, the US is seen by tens of millions as
the main enemy of their human and democratic rights, and the main
source of their oppression. The American ruling elite, in its
insolence and cynicism, acts as if it can carry out its violent
enterprises around the world without creating the political conditions
for violent acts of retribution.
In the immediate aftermath of Tuesdays attacks, US authorities
and the media are once again declaring that Osama bin Laden is
responsible. This is possible, although, as always, they present no
evidence to back up their claim.
But the charge that bin Laden is the culprit raises a host of
troubling questions. Given the fact that the US has declared this
individual to be the worlds most deadly terrorist, whose every
move is tracked with the aid of the most technologically sophisticated
and massive intelligence apparatus, how could bin Laden organize such
an elaborate attack without being detected? An attack, moreover,
against the same New York skyscraper that was hit in 1993?
The devastating success of his assault would indicate that, from the
standpoint of the American government, the crusade against terrorism
has been far more a campaign of propaganda to justify US military
violence around the world than a conscientious effort to protect the
American people.
Moreover, both bin Laden and the Taliban mullahs, whom the US accuses
of harboring him, were financed and armed by the Reagan-Bush
administration to fight pro-Soviet regimes in Afghanistan in the
1980s. If they are involved in Tuesdays operations, then the
American CIA and political establishment are guilty of having nurtured
the very forces that carried out the bloodiest attack on American
civilians in US history.
The escalation of US militarism abroad will inevitably be accompanied
by intensified attacks on democratic rights at home. The first victims
of the war fever being whipped up are Arab-Americans, who are already
being subjected to death threats and other forms of harassment as a
result of the media hysteria.
The calls from both Republican and Democratic politicians for a
declaration of war foreshadow a more general crackdown on opponents of
American foreign policy. General Norman Schwarzkopf, who commanded
American troops in the 1991 invasion of Iraq, spoke for much of the
political and military elite when he declared on television that the
war on alleged terrorist supporters should be conducted inside as well
as outside the borders of the US.
It is the policies pursued by the United States, driven by the
strategic and financial interests of the ruling elite, which laid the
foundations for the nightmare that unfolded on Tuesday. The actions
now being contemplated by the Bush administrationindicated by
the presidents threat to make no distinction between the
terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor
themwill only set the stage for further catastrophes.
I'm Al Gore. I demand a recount! I'm Al Gore. I demand a damn recount! I'm Al Gore. I demand a goddamn recount! I'm Al Gore. I demand a fucking recount! I'm Al Gore. I demand a mother fucking recount! I'm Al Gore. I demand a recount! I'm Al Gore. I demand a mother fucking recount!
And fuck the postercomment compression filter. Recount that son of a bitch, too.
they'll need to add a huge bulge for my penis
nigger
> In fact, it should be incredibly obvious that
> the concept of a 110-story building even being
> built, much less two, is a clear and obvious
> fraud. No documentation of these "twin towers"
> existed before a "terrorist attack" occured on
> the previously-nonexistent pair of skyscrapers
> on September the 11th.
I guess it's too early for any sort of sense of humor on the subject.
goddamn niggers
I can't believe goatse.cx has changed their main page.
The guy is gone from there.
look for yourself.
When we go to Mars, best case right now, you would be in transit for six months," Hodgson says. Once the spacecraft reached the planet, it could stay for only a few days.
A couple days seem a bad return on billions of dollars. Mars base on the other hand....
I can't believe it.
you're just a dumb nigger
nigger bitch
are you all fucking androids??
Fuck you nigger bitch.
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The drawing in the story shows a sight hard to believe, a biological female comfortable on mars.
As you may know, extended stay in a suit in the airforce is miserable for females once the primary diaper padding (for females) is soiled.
Catheterizing may help, but self catheterizing is difficult and prone to problems over multiple chronic application. Even worse, extgended-duration catheterization of female urethra weakens an already very weak structure.
The male urethra has a strong ring of circular bands to prevent not only urine output, but to prevent massive retrograde ejaculation.
Basically thick viscous ejaculate matter can go only forward, not backward into the bladder.
Females, unfortunately, lack a solid ring and as can be seen in anatomical photo cross sections, possess two bulbous muscular clumps to serve as a partial seal.
That is one reason many females are more incontinent than men, and why many more females urinate while giggling than men.
Elderly men with prostate problems are a different problem, and I am discounting their statistics here..
But without penii, it is aparent that these space suits are miserable eternal wet diapers for females.
this is asuming that females are going to be needed in space for critical work in the first place.
tr00l! onmygodim a tr00l on shasldhot what willi think of n3xt?
Nah, women can pee just like men, they just don't admit it.
Mr. Nader, please give us your views on the recent World Trade Center Bombing.
Am I the only one who sees this and wonders if it will come in nifty translucent colors?
Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach either, do tech support.
Its true the day of the bombing both the republicans and democratic senators said to reporters that they woud vote on DENYING INSURANCE CLAIMS to all the victims of the WTC bombings!
The next day President Bush said the same thing TWICE, in one instance it was in an actual speech now called by the press the "Acts of War" speech!
Finally Colin Powwel from the State Department answerred at 6pm two days ago on a live NPR news interview if the state department would consider denying all the dead victims any life insurance policy money under the Acts of War exclusionary clauses in over 90% of all insurance parpers and riders... he not only concurred... Colin Powell claimed it was TWO ACTS OF WAR!
This means that the dead fbi and dead firemen also get NADDA!
Zip!
Zero!
Nothing!
In 1995 WTC mini-bombing one insurance company tried to go to court and claim that terrorist act was an act of war and that they would not pay.... they backed down. they had no official government assistence.
I knew this crap would happed BEFORE THE FIRST TOWER FELL.
I was correct, sadly. Many people in LA on talk radio now agreee with me.
The government is willing to tax us 40 BILLION for new antiterror programs but not allow any people to collect from otherwise beleagured insurance underwriters.
What do you think! Its true.
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen Samuel was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.