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New NASA Shuttle Program "Doomed To Failure"

Posted by Hemos on from the spending-the-money dept.

Heartbreak writes "In a recent press release, the Space Frontier Foundation warns that NASA's Oribital Space Plane program, its latest initiative to take the load off the aging STS (the 'Space Shuttle'), is essentially doomed before it starts. 'NASA's unbroken string of cancelled vehicle programs' going back 20 years makes it a good bet that OSP will also fail. Is this just really, really, bad luck, or is NASA little more than a multi-billion-dollar jobs program for important U.S. aerospace contractors?"

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  1. Re:NASA critical parody by eatdave13 · · Score: 0, Troll

    OK, mods, you fucking fags, where the fuck is my karma?

    Fuck fuckitty fuck fuck shit shit fuck!

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    "Verbing weirds language." -- Calvin
  2. A Constitutional Convention is Needed by Baldrson · · Score: 0, Troll
    The fact that the feds didn't do something like the X-Prize long ago, and on a much larger scale, is proof they are not worthy of the position of power they have usurped. They're afraid of letting the best men win and will continue the long and sordid history of claiming "you can't keep a good man down".

    The feds could have pushed on things like prize award incentives for technical achievements in energy or space transportation or scientific discovery.

    Think about Henry Ford and The Guggenheim Trophy or Charles Lindbergh and the Orteig Prize.

    Of course, I think we all know why prizes that let the best man win (AKA "fair contests") are anathema to the guys who run things.

    The feds have become the enemy not simply of the people but of the planet. They're going to grind the United States, and with it life on earth, into the dust. Nanotech grey-goo won't be an issue if the feds aren't removed from the seat of power by something at least as radical as a Constitutional Convention.

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    Seastead this.
  3. Re:rising facist state by money_shot · · Score: 0, Troll

    If Bush had been President in '39, the Allies would have had the will to make the Germans keep to the disarmament treaty. As it was, there was no negative consequense nor was there military action to stop the Germans in Czechslavokia. Everyone knows the end result.

    Call us facists if you want, but just keep in mind that whatever well-being your country has is probably due to America's military budget. Personally, I think we should close down most of the overseas bases and make the rest of you punk countries take some responsibilty for regional problems.

    money_shot