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"Frickin' Fantastic" Launch of NASA's Ares I-X Rocket
coondoggie writes "With a hiss and roar, NASA's Ares I-X rocket blasted into the atmosphere this morning at about 11:33 am EST, taking with it a variety of test equipment and sensors but also high hopes for the future of the US space agency. The short test flight — about 2 minutes — will provide NASA an early opportunity to look at hardware, models, facilities and ground operations associated with the mostly new Ares I launch vehicle. The mission went off without a hitch — 'frickin' fantastic' was how one NASA executive classified it on NASA TV — as the upper stage simulator and first stage separated at approximately 130,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. The unpowered simulator splashed down in the ocean."
America is a country in which millions of people are homeless and millions of homes sit empty, unoccupied. Where is the government getting the money to waste on the stupid foolishness that is space exploration at a time like this? Space is a frontier for our great-grandchildren to consider, as for us, perhaps we should get to work cleaning the Pacific Garbage Patch or feeding Africa. There is more than enough prosperity, more than enough resources in the world for everyone to have food and shelter and clean water and even 1080p televisions. Instead, we bail out wall st. and give NASA endless resources that produce nothing of value for the average human being. The scientific triumphalism NASA represents is just modern day bread-and-circuses aimed at the Intelligentsia.
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They can ban Lawn Darts because if used incorrectly can be very dangerous but they can't ban guns which also if used incorrectly can be very dangerous.
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