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Columbia Disaster Anniversary
Jorkapp writes "One year ago today, seven astronauts perished in a horrible silver-white comet over Texas skies. Since then, life at the Johnson Space Center seems to have returned to normal. Still, memories of the doomed STS-107 mission can be found throughout the center. Space.com has a rather interesting editorial about NASA's past, present, and future with the Space Shuttle program. In the immediate future, returning the Shuttle fleet to flight is a key first step. Eventually, NASA plans to launch Constellation, a new Crew Exploration Vehicle designed to replace the shuttles." Jim Lovell has a few words to say.
BLEW!!!! One blew this way and the other blew that way!
...we can have more shuttles blowing up and killing jews.
who cares?
Eventually, NASA plans to launch Constellation, a new Crew Exploration Vehicle designed to replace the shuttles.
I figure the only new feature these new craft will have, is, no styrofoam on the shuttle to destroy the wing, right?
No, but seriously, you mean, we aren't going to use shuttles anymore? Whats it going to be, a space elevator? Damn the mod who posted this article without more info!
It is not a tax cut for the W's riches friends and it is not a war, can you think of any other campaign pledges he kept?
But personally I wonder what we are going to do from 2010 to 2015 in terms of manned space vehicles.
The shuttle is permanently grounded. They have not yet killed the budget but it won't ever take off again. Earliest a manned vehicle could take off is 2010 and that would be a copy of an old design. The very earliest we are likely to see a manned space vehicle is 2015, more likely it would be 2020 if ever.
Dufus has spent the country into the ground in just under three years. The budget is now $500 in deficit and the baby boomers have started to retire. Grover Norquist and his cronies call this strategy 'starve the beast'. The idea is that government services will be cut when the crunch comes.
So far that has not happened, government spending has risen faster in all areas than under Clinton. But when the crunch comes programs like NASA will be the first to go. Then taxes will be raised to cover the gap. Those seniors are not going to let their social security be cut and there will be more of them than of us.
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More than likely, a Brit or EUian mod'd my post down.
It's quite amusing to see how defensive they are when the joke is on them.
-- You see, there would be these conclusions that you could jump to
You are a fucking nigger.
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Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Please keep your lips in the vehicle at all times!
(Not racist, just troll)