International Space Station Turns Two

RedWolves2 writes "Today is ISS's second anniversary of Operations. Two years ago today NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev first boarded the ISS. In two years the station has grown to more then 200,000 pounds and has had 112 visitors."

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Re:Yea..

[Pooua]

GW Bush's propsed 2003 military budget is US$378bn, which is something like US$43bn more than last year.

And what do we have to show for our military spending? We successfully (?) bombed Serbia during peace-time.

FYI, Bush had nothing to do with the US bombing Serbia, and Bush's proposed 2003 budget certainly had nothing to do with it.

The Pentagon couldn't even protect itself from relatively slow-moving passenger aircraft, even when given a 30 minute warning.

If Bill Clinton had done his job as President, the attacks on the US would not have happened (at least not in 2001). Bill Clinton drastically cut the US military budget. It will take years for the military to recover from that. Thus, it is outrageous for you to blame Bush's 2003 budget for the 2001 attack.

We bombed the hell out of Afghanistan, including first aid warehouses and wedding parties, and it appears that terrorist organizations still have the upper hand.

The Taliban is out of power and the US has full access to any part of Afghanistan it desires to explore. OBL hasn't been seen or heard from in months, and is presumed dead.

As for destroying al Quada and worldwide terrorism, that won't be accomplished until Socialism has been destroyed. The terrorists of the world are Socialists, and that includes Iraq (which is the reason Socialist nations--such as France and Germany--oppose effective action against Iraq).

At least with the space station there are many nations *talking* and *cooperating* to at least some extent.

You seem to think the ISS is the reason, instead of just one product. The nations building ISS have been talking and cooperating long before ISS came together.

That is, ISS does much more to make friends than the B2 stealth bomber does.

ISS isn't making friends. It isn't converting enemies. It is just a waste of money and a serious burden on everyone's economy. Even the idiot Socialists know that when an economy gets dragged under by boondoggle programs, it makes the world less friendly. In that way, ISS is hurting friendships.

Why do we spend so much money to protect ourselves from enemies when making friends is so cheap?

Iraq doesn't care about ISS. The Taliban would not care about the ISS. Al Quada does not care about ISS. Your argument is senseless.

I think the ISS is a damn good investment.

I think you are wrong.

Re:Yea..

[Rolo Tomasi]

I was actually going to go into the particulars of what you wrote, but then I saw that you're with AOL.

Let me just say how sorry I am that you've obviously been dropped on the head as a child. Repeatedly. Over a period of several years.

Re:Yea..

[Kiwi]

I think the ISS is a damn good investment.

I think you are wrong.

Then why do you have a picture of the ISS on your home page?

Really, I can not belive the ignorance and downright stupidity of your posts. Equating socialism with terrorism??? Really, give me a break.

Saying that the US is better than any other country in the world based on vacations to a handful of countries which lasted two weeks or less??? Again, give me a break.

Next, you will be saying that people who do not speak English are dumber than English speakers; and that everyone in the world needs to be fluent in English.

You are acting like an ignorant redneck; I hope that this isn't what you really think and believe.

I am putting you on my foes list. Naturally, I don't know who you really are and what you act like in the real world so this is not a personal attack; it just means that I find you Slashdot postings annoying and would be better of ignoring you so I don't get upset when I am in a bad mood.

And, yes, I meta-moderated down one of the people who moderated this unfairly; I think Slashdot needs to make moderation non-anonymous. It's not like we don't know that the editors have unlimited moderation points and use them frequently.

- Sam