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Posted on 07/21/2014 10:14:25 AM PDT by Kaslin
“We had won the Space Race.”
Oooops... there’s one “O” forgot to apologize for!
But times have changed and the Russians are our only ride to the International Space Station.
But times have changed and the Russians are our only ride to the International Space Station.
Not for long. Soon we’ll have more rides than we need.
That was in January 1967. In other times, with a different America, they might have quit, or, at least, taken a long break. But, Americans at that time, many with fresh memories of World War II, were a hardier people and they did not quit or take a break. They learned from the Apollo 1 tragedy and kept going.
That’s because NASA had a blank check back then. They had a blank check because of the Soviets and the assassination of JFK.
If you remember that moment, you are over fifty years old.
Another vestige of a once-strong America long by the wayside. But that NASA mission to make muslims feel better is vitally important... or something.
My late husband worked for NASA at MSFC back then. We kept up with everything. Miss those days when people were excited about space.
I remember the moment, and I remember the left squabbling over how that money could have been spent better on inner city kids.
I liken this to the “Tower of Bable” effect.
A reminder of better times – Magic Carpet Ride
Also, had that disaster happened in modern NASA and the manufacturer of the Apollo components for that mission would've been defending against lawsuits from now until the cows come home. The whole Apollo program would've been scrapped.
I came across a show about the German rocket scientists. They made HSV the city it is today. Von Braun did not want the Russians to get him and the others.
We haven’t won any space race. We got to the moon first, but after that, we stopped running. Now, we don’t even have the capability to launch a single astronaut into space. We can hoist a few satellites, but we have to get the Russians to send our people up. So, how do we reconcile that fact with the upcoming sanctions? Do we embargo all trade with Russia, but keep hiring them to send up our astronauts? And if we get them angry, will they stop doing it for us?
Right now, we have 3 Russians, 2 Americans and a German on board the International Space Station. They could send a couple more of their people, and send our guys and the German back, and they would own the International Space Station. We would not have any recourse but to shoot it down, or let them just keep it. The billions we have spent on it would preclude shooting it down, not to mention all of the space debris it would create for future astronauts.
Billy Preston - Space Race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWgb8ydtM2c
One of the first albums I ever owned.
The real space race was to boost a hydrogen bomb into low earch orbit.
Your picture just put a silly grin on my face. An amazing machine to have been built so quick. (er, ah, the rocket, that is, not you, ya silly goose)
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