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Layoff Anxiety Is Top Risk To Space Shuttle
pickens writes "Florida today reports that as NASA marches toward its final two shuttle flights, the safety of the crew rests with workers who know every bolt they turn, every heat-shield tile they inspect, brings them that much closer to the unemployment line in April 2011 raising concerns that people might jump ship early if other job opportunities open up. 'We've been most concerned about maintaining and sustaining the knowledge necessary to safely conduct mission operations,' says Retired Navy Vice Adm. Joseph Dyer. But shuttle work force surveys show a fierce loyalty and a dedication to sticking it out as long term employees want to be there when the last shuttle touches down. 'They love being part of NASA and what NASA does, and they love being part of the space shuttle program. And they want to be a part of it as long as we're doing the kinds of things that we're doing,' says LeRoy Cain, NASA's deputy shuttle program manager."
Do you listen to yourself, or read before you submit? You are *the* prime example of the deluded nutcases I refer to as Space Nutters. Please explain how you think we have anything near the energy resources and technology to build planets?
We can barely build tin cans in the high atmosphere with all the industrial might we can bring to bear.
Seriously, re-read what you wrote. You're a clinical example of delusion. Get help, in the form of a simple high-school level course of physics.
If you're that attached to ideas of colonizing hostile places, hey, 75% of the planet is underwater, and there's always Siberia.
What's that? Too harsh? Too difficult? There's nothing there? Hm. Strange that.
You think we can stay cooped up on one little planet with an increasing population and a diminishing pool of resources forever? You really are a small-minded, ignorant little creep, aren't you! Perhaps it's eluded your tiny, uninformed mind, but just about every war ever fought, once all the bullshit is stripped away, is about resources.
Come back when you've educated yourself. Until then, please quit intruding on your betters.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.