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1 Amateur Rocket Crashes, Another Explodes
prostoalex writes "A 23-foot-long space rocket carrying 3 dummies exploded in the Pacific Northwest after reaching about 200 feet. The team was competing for Ansari X Prize, offering $10 million to the team that successfully completes a low-budget private space rocket capable of carrying men into space. Google News offers more perspectives into the event, the team is saying the rocket, whose parachute malfunctioned, would have to be rebuilt." And AmiNTT writes "Everygeek's favorite rocketeers over at Armadillo Aerospace have suffered a fairly serious setback over the weekend - the crash of their 48-inch vehicle link in a test hop at their 100 acre test field. Of course there is video and pictures - 2 3...
This setback should keep them from flying for about five weeks, but will give them a chance to make some design changes. I'm sure they will be back better than ever.
(Armadillo have shown up on Slashdot many times in the past.)"
At least there was no one in there, lol.
I guess Armadillo Aerospace wasn't anticipating problems and thus a flood of slashdot traffic.
And, here's your trivia for the night. October Sky is not only based on the book Rocket Boys, it's also a palindrome.
Are you kidding? That would mean Dick Cheney is president. Egads...out of the frying pan and into the fire.
A) our actions in Afghanistan and Iraq are hardly unilateral--it's not called a coalition for nothing. B) if the US needs to do something, and no-one is willing to join us, then yes I'm in favour of being unilateral. I'm a Coloradan first; an American second and a citizen of the world third. Why should Cuba, Libya or France be allowed a veto on our actions?
Religion mixed up with politics
Guess you didn't watch much of the flag-waving, we-love-God Democratic convention, then. Why shouldn't someone's conscience be involved in his politics? In fact, it has to be--no one on the left or right acts against his conscience. I've not noticed Bush being noticeably different from Clinton, his father, Reagan or Carter in that regard.
Taxcuts for the rich
Tax cuts for everyone. Or did you mean the reduction in the double-taxation of dividends? Which helped the majority of the citizenry, now that > 50% own stock...
Letting women die because of pregnancy complications (aka screw abortion)
That's a straw man: I am unaware of anyone who would forbid abortion to save the mother's life. In that case the choice is between killing mother and child through inaction or killing the child through action. OTOH, there are plenty who argue that 'because carrying the kid to term would make me unhappy' is hardly a life-threatening condition.
Let's face it: Bush is a plain idiot.
He got better grades than Gore...
I'm no fan of Bush: he's more socialist than Clinton, and has increased funding to departments he should have eliminated (Education & Labour); I'm not terribly fond of all his policies; but he's certain not the Antichrist Moore-ites think him. He was a great governor of Texas, and has done a good job with the US.
You mean like no child left behind? The Patriot Act? The Department of Homeland Security? Amending the constitution to outlaw gay marriage? These are all fine examples of our republican overlords reducing the size of government.
I don't see how republicans reconcile Bush's actions with their own party's platform.