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Shuttle Politics

Posted by michael on from the grandstanding dept.

TheLoneCabbage writes "Texas Rep. Joe Barton has been quoted today in an AP article saying that he is in favor of grounding the remaining fleet of shuttles. 'If we have to stop manned spaceflight for five or 10 years, then so be it.' The fine gentleman from Texas displays his outstanding grasp of statistics and engineering stating that 1 failure in every 62.5 flights is NOT acceptable. According to OpenSecrets.org this may have more to do with Joe's friends than how much attention he paid to his math teachers." There's also an interesting piece on testimony given by the first Shuttle program manager.

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  1. I've always said that by mrpuffypants · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the best way to kill a bug on your nose is with a sledgehammer....

  2. Stupid White Men by vs-Tsoonamy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hello out there!

    I don't know how many of you already have read it, but I think that "Stupid White Men" by Michael Moore is quite worth reading, if you want to know more about Republicans and their interests...
    (If I'm not telling you news anyway, forget about this post!)

    I read it and - as a German - really started thinking.

    Oh and by the way, can anyone tell me if all in it is right? Because if it is, well... did you think about attacking yourself do bring democracy in that country? But anyway, go and read it for yourself and tell me what's wrong and right - you're quite more "int it" than I am.

    Martin

    --
    Tend to post comments only when drunk
  3. Re:Why rush? by jeti · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    > As a comparison approximately 129 soldiers have
    > died in Iraq out of approximately 150,000.

    Surely you mean 129 soldiers of the USA and UK have
    died?
    I've never seen any reliable estimates, but housands
    of Iraqi soldiers have also died. (And unlike US and
    UK troops, most of them were pressed into service.)