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Hurricane Threatens Shuttle Program
evenprime writes "Hurricane Frances may end NASA's space shuttle program. John Logsdon, a member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board and the head of George Washington University's Space Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., has said: 'If there were serious damage to one or two of the orbiters or the facilities needed to
process and launch the orbiters, I think it would raise a very large question about
the continuation of the shuttle program.'"
The money wasted on manned space missions should be spent on our missile defense system, which is 30 years overdue (RIP Safeguard).
You are so right, it's time to send man to the Sun!
I think I'll stop here.
And here I thought the biggest threat to the shuttle program was the shuttle program.
Never trust any national priority to Florida.
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that hurricane Frances will surrender before reaching the NASA facilities.
There is unequivocal evidence that Mars exists.
There is no such evidence that anyone plans to launch a nuke-tipped ICBM at us.
the shuttle will fly much sooner than expected
Girl robots. This is going to be the best space program ever.
I'm all for this. I say we give the top politicians in the country the honor of being the first.
I'm in Orlando right now. (The reason I'm on /. instead of preparing is because I'm at work. :-) ) That said, if I find a big rocket or something on my lawn after Frances leaves, I am so totally gonna put in on eBay. Or else trade it on /. for a GMail invite.
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The phrase "a solution in search of a problem" comes to mind in regards to Frances.
high time. high time, indeed.
all those silly people bitching about not wanting to live in california because of the earthquakes, I just don't get it.
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After the hurricane, we can look for the lost shuttle of Atlantis somewhere in the ocean, right?
Whoever stated that signature sizes should be limited to one hundred and twenty characters can just go ahead and kiss my
There are no hurracaines in Bangalore so far I know.
They've got 1.6 Billion people. They can afford to lose a couple to space accidents as a trade off for having somewhere to put their next 1.6 billion people. The moon may very well be a possibility.
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The national hurricane center has just downgraded Frncis to a category 3 (maximum sustained winds under 130mph). This means even it if hits the space center optimally, there is a good chance the Shuttle pogrom will continue to destroy the American pioneer heritage.
Seastead this.
perhaps shuttle Atlantis will make it to its namesake?
Where they shot the rescue vehicle through the eye of a hurricane. Perhaps the US should consider annexing a small portion of a land bound equatorial country in hopes of having a better launch site. Maybe Colombia, where at least they'd have good coffee.
"Can there be a Klein bottle that is an efficient and effective beer pitcher?"
Seriously, what sort of idiot would think that we'd make energy by splitting up water and then recombining it?
Neo.
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Holy crap!
Is that pen safe from the hurricane? They're not keeping it in Florida, are they?
Like India? I remember reading last year they're planning on sending one of their bigger missiles on a trip around the moon instead of on a trip to Pakistan.
Global warming is neither science, nor politics. It is a religion.