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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.'"
This is just an excuse to pull funding and put it somewhere else. Unfortunately, the greater public won't see it as such though. They will see a government concerned for its brightest scholars. Say goodbye to your beloved Astronauts.
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So instead of giving food to third world countries yo are proposing to make more missiles. Way to go let's make the world a safer place kill everybody else.
Sorry about my bad english, isn't my natural language
America starts in Tierra del Fuego and ends in Alaska
The Shuttle is a waste but a moon base isn't ... right.
There is no such evidence that anyone plans to launch a nuke-tipped ICBM at us.
/cynic
Oh, Bush is busy convincing people that it might be a good idea, invade enough people, it'll happen.
He realised his approval rating rises when America is threatened, he's bound to make sure it stays threatened.
As for the whole space thing, its just a smoke and mirrors game to funnel money to his defense contractors. Yeah boys, take that cash and er...plan a trip to mars of something.
You can't take the sky from me...
I agree... let's go kick their ass and take it from them. All we need is our missile defense system to protect against their ICBMs. Of course IANAL so this might violate some sort of international law or something.