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Brazil Successfully Launches Its First Rocket To Space

Posted by timothy on from the nasa-will-keep-making-spaceporn dept.

thatshortkid writes "The Washington Times is reporting on Brazil's first successful space launch. Since it is closer to the equator, the task of getting up to space is easier, meaning much more cargo room over fuel. Hello commercial launch market! With this development, along with China's expanding space program, India making moves to space, and our own homegrown (ok, still growing) private space industry, where does this put NASA? Does it take a load off of them to pursue bigger endeavors, or will NASA slowly decline in relevance?"

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  1. Good for them... by Effofx · · Score: -1, Troll

    But bottle rockets don't really count!

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  2. the Brazilian female astronauts suits! by psyconaut · · Score: -1, Troll

    Aye carrumba!!! Aye-eee!!!! Enough to make a man want to go to Mars ;-)

    -psy

    1. Re:the Brazilian female astronauts suits! by WindBourne · · Score: 0, Troll

      Yeah, carnival time. Yeah hah.

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    2. Re:the Brazilian female astronauts suits! by psyconaut · · Score: 0, Troll

      And if you actually spoke both, you'd know you can say aye carrumbe in both languages, plus Italian!

      -psy

  3. Re:The space club by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Where can I sign up? Do members get rabates?

  4. Ok, but where by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I swear to god, I'm Brazilian and I CAN'T FIND IT!

    Where is it??? No one reported it!!!

    I checked the newspapers, I cat' find a single word.

  5. Third World by Shadwell · · Score: 1, Troll

    Why are millions and millions of dollars being poured into space programs when Brazil, China and India are all considered Third World Countries. (China may be on the fence.) Wouldn't this money be better spent on social programs?

  6. Shut Down NASA or Scale it Way Back by notestein · · Score: 1, Troll

    I've reached a point where I don't think NASA should be in manned space flight or commercial launches.

    I think that it should either be shut down or just focus on unmanned scientific missions and some basic materials and propulsion research.

    Let the commercial sector do what it does best, take risks in money making ventures. Though we do need to keep the tort lawyers out.

    Fold manned space flight and other such ventures back into the DOD where they make sense to pursue in national defense. They will take the risks that NASA can't stomach.

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  7. Amazing.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... they don't have money to eat, the country is a general chaos on crime levels, but they always get the resources for Samba and now.... space travel?

    Really amazing.

  8. I hope this is the end of nasa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Screw nasa. waste of tax payer dough. have the usa gov give paul a nice tax break and let him invest the money on space.. and that will be much better than all those scientists at nasa secretly borswing for porn in gov funded pcs.. ok ok ..im kidding about this