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China has deorbited its experimental space station
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| Jul 20, 2019,
| Andrew Liptak
Posted on 07/21/2019 9:51:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
07/21/2019 9:51:22 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Let them waste their money.
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posted on
07/21/2019 9:59:45 PM PDT
by
rottndog
('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
To: rottndog
I think it is difficult and expensive to keep a station in orbit. Quite different than just a satellite.
I understand the idea of sunk cost. Just like we left the LEM on the Moon and how I donate all the stuff I buy when I stay long term at the client site. I have donated appliances and even a bicycle. This time it is a dorm fridge and a microwave.
Cheaper to jettison than lug and store.
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posted on
07/21/2019 10:05:12 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(As always IMHO)
To: freedumb2003
I think it is difficult and expensive to keep a station in orbit. Quite different than just a satellite.I think I have read that about 2/3 of an astronaut's time on the ISS is just basic maintenance and cleaning.
To: Vince Ferrer
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posted on
07/21/2019 10:22:13 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The Democratic Party is back to loving workers but hating employers. A winning formula I'm sure.)
To: null and void
That would be a good idea.
To: Vince Ferrer
>>I think I have read that about 2/3 of an astronaut’s time on the ISS is just basic maintenance and cleaning.
<<
So we now have the definition of the astronaut to the ISS:
Marriage.
(should I run like hell?)
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posted on
07/21/2019 11:01:47 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(As always IMHO)
To: rottndog
Let them waste their money.
The amount of money spent on space activities by China is a trivial fraction of their overall spending, as it has always been for the US as well. Building an extensive space-faring capability is not a waste of money - it's a smart investment in the future. If the Chinese wanted to waste money, there are plenty of worthless social welfare programs, farm subsidies and other money sinks to throw it down - we can tell them about that.
To: AnotherUnixGeek
It's a smart investment in the future. Fine, then let the universities and private investors fund it.
USA needs to stop "investing" and stop adding another Trillion Dollars to the borrowed National Debt each year.
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posted on
07/21/2019 11:23:15 PM PDT
by
repentant_pundit
(http://www.LibertyLifeboat.org)
To: Vince Ferrer
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posted on
07/21/2019 11:38:31 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
To: repentant_pundit
USA needs to stop "investing" and stop adding another Trillion Dollars to the borrowed National Debt each year.
US spending on NASA amounts to less than 1/2 of 1% of the federal budget. All of our spending on space throughout US history doesn't come anywhere near a trillion dollars. Going after about the space program to reduce the national debt is like getting rid of the pickles in a burger to reduce the calories.
To: repentant_pundit
Believe me, you don’t want Russia or China to control space if you have any interest in your kids and grandkids being free.
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posted on
07/22/2019 12:27:27 AM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
To: dp0622
Wheres the janitor?Where's the Seaman Apprentice? Or now; "the astronaut's apprentice."
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posted on
07/22/2019 12:28:27 AM PDT
by
Ace's Dad
(Trump 2020!)
To: Ace's Dad
Some day men will be kidnapped and forced to work on a Royal space ship :)
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posted on
07/22/2019 12:41:39 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
To: null and void
Space Roomba (Warframe Domestik Drone)
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posted on
07/22/2019 2:06:09 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: null and void
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posted on
07/22/2019 3:55:38 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: repentant_pundit
The Space Program is one of the best things for innovation, new product development and the inspiration of children to want to become something other than a lib arts major.
If the USA were to get serious about a Mars expedition, not only could all expectations be met, but the sense of pride would most likely return. The innovations of the 60’s space program have ramifications that have continued on to this day. A lot of what we use and consume are a result of that program. Billions, if not trillions, of dollars, have gone into this economy due to the 60’s space program. We have become apathetic and lethargic in the abundance we live in. Getting the space program back up and running again towards a national goal f reaching Mars would be a sound idea. However, this is not to pour money into this investment and think that is the cure-all to the solution. We should never waste resources. Who knows, a fully revamped and revitalized space program could take us out of debt.
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posted on
07/22/2019 4:25:33 AM PDT
by
zaxtres
To: BenLurkin
Still more than 50 years behind the US. Maybe quicker depending on what they steal and replicate.
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posted on
07/22/2019 4:27:11 AM PDT
by
keving
(We the government)
To: BenLurkin
So where is it going to de-orbit to-——???
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posted on
07/22/2019 4:30:37 AM PDT
by
Cvengr
( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
I think I heard over the weekend that it cost us $15 billion to send people the moon. That’s about $100 billion in today’s money.
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posted on
07/22/2019 4:34:38 AM PDT
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them)
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