NASA to Privatize ISS Missions?

Brian Young writes "Nasa is looking for private companies to take over the business of transporting astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station. "'Certainly this is an opportunity for the new space companies,' said Jim Banke, head of Florida operations for The Space Foundation industry trade association. 'They've been lobbying NASA hard for something like this for years.' NASA hopes to supplement, and eventually replace, crew and cargo flights to the space station that had been planned for the shuttle fleet." One has to wonder how much money can be saved by NASA that can be put to use elsewhere, such as trying to figure out how to put together a manned mission to Mars, if they no longer have to dish out the tremendous amount of money that getting astronauts and cargo to the ISS requires."

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Richard Pryor, dead at 65

[Anonymous Coward]

I just heard on NPR that Richard Pryor has died of a heart attack. Of course he is most famous for appearing as wisecracking, jive-talking criminal "Leeroy Jenkins" in the critically acclaimed hit movie "Superman II." He is also well-known for starring in "Bustin' Loose", a movie about a wisecracking, jive-talking bus driver transporting a group of retarded kids across the country. Whether or not you enjoy his many groundbreaking movie roles or not, there is no denying his contributions to our modern-day stereotypical black comedic actors. Truly an American icon.

Re:Richard Pryor, dead at 65

[Anonymous Coward]

Your post contains so many factual errors that I don't know where to begin. First of all, Richard Prior was in "Superman III", not "Superman II". Second, he is most famous for his role as the Human Torch, which he played in real life while freebasing cocaine. Third, his most famous movie roles were those he did with his friend and secret lover, Gene Shallot, movies like "The Day the Earth Stood Still", "Terminator II: Robotic Bugaloo", and, of course, Alfred Hitchcock's "The Hamsters". He is also famous for using a naughty word on SNL in a skit with Chevy Pinto, which caused the Reverend Jesse James to denounce him as a "rainbow racist". Finally, although the "official" cause of his death was "heart attack", everyone knows that he actually died from an overdose of obscurity brought about by the death of his career. Please check your facts next time, before blathering your inane inaccuracies here on this fine board, this excellent forum, this jewel, this sacred shore, Smashdock.

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