I played Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" soon after I heard the news. It's been running through my head ever since.
I'm also reminded of the following words today:
"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too." -- John F. Kennedy, Houston, Texas September 12, 1962
I think that was an issue only until the Russian module responsible for maintaining orbit was connected to the station. I believe that was done a while back.
Remember the Russians kept MIR in orbit for 150 years. At it's largest I think it still massed more than the current ISS.
Don't forget one of the other hazzards we face, a repeat of prior mass-extinctions.
There are any number of large Earth-orbit crossing asteroids any one of which we could colide with some day. We also face danger from comets, new ones show up all the time and they tend to come in fast. Remember the Shoemaker-Levy comet that smacked into Jupiter back in 1994? Imagine that thing smacking into Earth.
The idea of seeing a colony on the moon, or mars, in the next 50-100 years is a pipe dream.
You are assuming the US space program is the only hope. The Russians still have a manned program. The Chinese have stated they will return to the Moon, build a Moonbase, and eventually colonize Mars. The ESA, Japan, and India have all stated intrest in a manned program as well.
There is a big difference between something like the Soyuz and the Shuttle. The Soyuz is dead simple and quite proven. The Shuttle is overly complex and an accident waiting to happen.
I think the records of both vehicles speak for themselves.
I always thought the Russians had a far more sensible approach to their space systems. They tend to go for small incremental improvements to designs known to work well. NASA tends to want to invent something completely new every time.
Not exactly true. The Russian components go up on Russian boosters.
The remaining non-Russian components can be launched with heavy-lift boosters. Probably Russian since I don't think anyone other than China has heavy-lift boosters big enough for the larger components.
Funny thing, in many parts of the world the standards for wastewater treatment plant discharge are stricter than the standards for what comes out of your tap.
Yes, that's right, treated sewage can be required to be cleaner than tap water.
Haven't tried the London tap water. From my experience the tap water in most big cities in the US is pretty drinkable. The only place I wouldn't drink out of the tap was LA.
Nope it's real. Some of the Asian bootlegs are really well done except for the subtitles or dubbing being butchered all to hell. Many of them have English subtitles that parse more as Engrish.
That's not engrish, that's just SGI's odd sense of humor.
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Disney does worry about such things. The Mouse police aren't to be messed with.
One of the few companies that are worse than Disney is Mattel, the owners of "Barbie(R)(TM)". They've been known to sue people named "Barbie" who have the audacity to put up personal web sites or own businesses.
Proctor and Gamble has nothing to do with Barbie and Mattel. They are the maker of such brands as Tide, Ivory, Crest, etc. I'm sure they've sued for trademark infringement but aren't exactly in the same league as either Disney or Mattel.
You make some good points, however the government doesn't need to find all the activists and sympathisers, they just need to discourage most people from getting involved and discredit the few who remain.
Don't believe me, ask anyone who worked with CISPES in the late 80's especially anyone who was in their Los Angeles office.
Don't know what liberal nanny state you live in buddy but around these parts 70 is a perfectly legal highway speed. Hell I'm even told some freedom loving states have a speed limit of 75 or even no speed limit at all.
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It is fairly obvious the Almighty has an odd sense of irony.
I'm sure if it was decided more Souyz were needed NOW production could be speeded up. It would be costly but could be done.
Beautiful poem.
I played Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" soon after I heard the news. It's been running through my head ever since.
I'm also reminded of the following words today:
"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."
-- John F. Kennedy, Houston, Texas
September 12, 1962
I think that was an issue only until the Russian module responsible for maintaining orbit was connected to the station. I believe that was done a while back.
Remember the Russians kept MIR in orbit for 150 years. At it's largest I think it still massed more than the current ISS.
I think the record of Soyuz, Salyut, MIR, etc. speaks quite well for Russian developed technology.
Russia put their first Salyut up in 1970, they flew MIR for 15 years. They have more total hours of space flight experience than any other country.
Remember the RUssians were the first to put a man in orbit.
I thought the boosts from the shuttle were a secondary system for maintaining orbit.
I seem to recall one of the Russian modules was the primary method of maintaining the ISS orbit.
Remember MIR was up there for years and only came down because it was deliberately de-orbited.
Don't forget one of the other hazzards we face, a repeat of prior mass-extinctions.
There are any number of large Earth-orbit crossing asteroids any one of which we could colide with some day. We also face danger from comets, new ones show up all the time and they tend to come in fast. Remember the Shoemaker-Levy comet that smacked into Jupiter back in 1994? Imagine that thing smacking into Earth.
The idea of seeing a colony on the moon, or mars, in the next 50-100 years is a pipe dream.
You are assuming the US space program is the only hope. The Russians still have a manned program. The Chinese have stated they will return to the Moon, build a Moonbase, and eventually colonize Mars. The ESA, Japan, and India have all stated intrest in a manned program as well.
NASA should just buy rights to the Soyuz design. Make some improvements in matterials and avionics and call it good.
Say what you will about brute-force Russian engineering but damn their stuff works.
This is not the end of manned flight in space.
Even if the US gives up on a manned space program there are other programs out there.
The Russians have had a manned space program longer than the US and have more total hours of space flight experience than the US.
The Chinese plan on launching a man into space and eventually returing to the Moon and landing a man on Mars.
The ESA, Japan, and India have all proposed starting their own manned space programs.
There really hasn't been all that much money spent on NASA since Apollo.
The entire yearly NASA budget is but a drop in the bucket compared to Social Security, Medicare, or Defense.
I'd get rid of an aircraft carrier or a couple of bombers before I would gut NASA.
There is a big difference between something like the Soyuz and the Shuttle. The Soyuz is dead simple and quite proven. The Shuttle is overly complex and an accident waiting to happen.
I think the records of both vehicles speak for themselves.
I always thought the Russians had a far more sensible approach to their space systems. They tend to go for small incremental improvements to designs known to work well. NASA tends to want to invent something completely new every time.
Not exactly true. The Russian components go up on Russian boosters.
The remaining non-Russian components can be launched with heavy-lift boosters. Probably Russian since I don't think anyone other than China has heavy-lift boosters big enough for the larger components.
But manned flight is essential if we want to live in space long term.
I for one want to see a Moon colony, Mars colony, etc.
We aren't going to get off this rock if we only send robots into space.
Funny thing, in many parts of the world the standards for wastewater treatment plant discharge are stricter than the standards for what comes out of your tap.
Yes, that's right, treated sewage can be required to be cleaner than tap water.
Haven't tried the London tap water. From my experience the tap water in most big cities in the US is pretty drinkable. The only place I wouldn't drink out of the tap was LA.
New Orleans has the same thing, they're drinking everyone upstream's sewage and were doing so even before treatment was required.
Actually the tap water in New Orleans isn't bad. Got some BIG filters at that intake station.
Nope it's real. Some of the Asian bootlegs are really well done except for the subtitles or dubbing being butchered all to hell. Many of them have English subtitles that parse more as Engrish.
That's not engrish, that's just SGI's odd sense of humor.
Disney does worry about such things. The Mouse police aren't to be messed with.
One of the few companies that are worse than Disney is Mattel, the owners of "Barbie(R)(TM)". They've been known to sue people named "Barbie" who have the audacity to put up personal web sites or own businesses.
Proctor and Gamble has nothing to do with Barbie and Mattel. They are the maker of such brands as Tide, Ivory, Crest, etc. I'm sure they've sued for trademark infringement but aren't exactly in the same league as either Disney or Mattel.
You make some good points, however the government doesn't need to find all the activists and sympathisers, they just need to discourage most people from getting involved and discredit the few who remain.
Don't believe me, ask anyone who worked with CISPES in the late 80's especially anyone who was in their Los Angeles office.
Don't know what liberal nanny state you live in buddy but around these parts 70 is a perfectly legal highway speed. Hell I'm even told some freedom loving states have a speed limit of 75 or even no speed limit at all.
Mmmm ... Tesla coil.
Actually any reasonably high-powered RF transmitter at the right frequencies should cause a RFID tag to short itself out.
This was mentioned in the article a couple of days ago.
You need a method that won't wear away as the tire wears.
True they could emboss lot numbers on the sidewall but those are subject to wear.