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Setbacks Cast Doubt On NASA's Ares Project
stoolpigeon writes with this excerpt from an Orlando Sentinel article about the Ares program, which paints a bleak picture of the program's future: "Bit by bit, the new rocket ship that is supposed to blast America into the second Space Age and return astronauts to the moon appears to be coming undone. First was the discovery that it lacked sufficient power to lift astronauts in a state-of-the-art capsule into orbit. Then engineers found out that it might vibrate like a giant tuning fork, shaking its crew to death. Now, in the latest setback to the Ares I, computer models show the ship could crash into its launch tower during liftoff. "
This is the generation that the 60s idiots raised. I hope you are happy, flower children. You raised the first generation of the downfall of the United States. I only wish there was a hell for you to burn in.
Yes, brilliant idea. Let's build a huge half-sphere shield, nice and thick, and detonate a series of nuclear bombs underneath it.
The advantage: yes, it can carry a VERY heavy load into orbit.
The disadvantage: oh, I have to tell you?
Perhaps I should say that Palin would like this concept and simply leave it at that.
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Perhaps I should say that Palin would like this concept and simply leave it at that.
Sounds like a good idea if she's underneath when it launches.
"Little does he know, but there is no 'I' in 'Idiot'!"
Why go to the moon? And please skip the "because it is hard" part. We've got lots of real, hard problems to solve around here that will deliver real, sustainable value is solved.
Going to the moon is nothing more than welfare for engineers.