The Return of Apollo?

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Posted by michael on Tuesday September 9, 2003 @05:42AM from the flyboy dept.

hpulley writes "Bell bottoms are back, the Stones are still touring and Time has a piece on how NASA's _new_ space vehicle may actually be the return of a very old friend, a highly modified and modernized version of the Apollo Space Capsule. Manned spacecraft might actually leave low earth orbit again! Initially they'd fly with Delta and Atlas but more powerful boosters could be developed. We could go to the Moon again, and perhaps to Mars but I'm getting ahead of myself. Does that mean the last 30 years of space flight have been for naught? Expensive steps backward?"

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FP!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 05:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

First Post!!! I Roxor!!!
1. Re:FP!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 06:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  no stoopid fuxor, you suxor my dixor!
Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 05:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Ewwwwww, CmdrTaco....
Left-wing racists attack Howard Dean campaign by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 05:47 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Looks like racists have attacked Howard Dean's campaign because of the skin color of some of his supporters.

See this article for more.

I am in no way a fan of Dean, but when he is attacked by "content of the skin, nor their character" bigots, it sure makes him look like a sympathetic figure.

Race matters....only to racists.
Re:Are you kidding me? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 05:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Don't call this new thing a "shuttle". It is a spacecraft.
Yeah, well... by corebreech · 2003-09-09 06:44 · Score: 0, Offtopic

...next time let's just stick a WiFi card in the thing and have it phone home, yes?

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Re:Agreed, humans are ill-suited for space by EvilTwinSkippy · 2003-09-09 07:11 · Score: 0, Offtopic

You could plug your mind into a nuero-interactive simulation that allowed you to pretend you were at home, living your life, and posting on slashdot.
Sure you wake up every few months, walk around the deck, and get poked with a few needles. But as soon as you get back to the simulation you pass it all off as a bad dream.

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"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
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Re:Why not? by EvilTwinSkippy · 2003-09-09 07:32 · Score: 0, Offtopic

A motor is heavy, requires fuel, which is heavy, and takes up space, which is scarce.
Really, you could retrieve the capsule with a fishing boat. No need for the fleet.

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"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--Dr.W.Edwards Deming
Re:Rich? Nah... by EvilTwinSkippy · 2003-09-09 08:04 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Here Here. At least if the government sells my health records I can vote someone in who is going to fire them.
An HMO is answerable only to stockholders.

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"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--Dr.W.Edwards Deming