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Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Live Thread (06/17/09 05:40 AM EDT)
06/16/09 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 06/16/2009 7:24:35 PM PDT by KevinDavis



TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: notbreakingnews; notfrontpagenews; porkbarrel; shuttleendeavour; shuttlejunk; space; spaceshuttle; taxmoneywaste
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To: screenombre; Moonman62
"These launches cost future generations $1.8 billion per launch and are worthless."

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Hey, noob! That thing in front of you is a computer connected to the Internet. Next time, use it before you show off what a dumb@$$ you are:

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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/information/shuttle_faq.html

Q. How much does the Space Shuttle cost? A. The Space Shuttle Endeavour, the orbiter built to replace the Space Shuttle Challenger, cost approximately $1.7 billion.

Q. How much does it cost to launch a Space Shuttle? A. The average cost to launch a Space Shuttle is about $450 million per mission.

(You must be a liberal NY Slimes fan; your number sounds like their inflated bull$#!+...)

41 posted on 06/17/2009 9:05:27 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Best to be safe!

Yup! See ya at the launchpad in July. :-)


42 posted on 06/17/2009 9:12:24 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: screenombre

Go search up all the items we use daily that came from NASA research and development. Then live without them for 6 months. Then get back with us.


43 posted on 06/17/2009 10:47:32 AM PDT by polymuser ("We have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!" (HRC))
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To: screenombre

Here, I’ll even help you see some of it:
http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html


44 posted on 06/17/2009 10:53:23 AM PDT by polymuser ("We have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!" (HRC))
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To: NCC-1701

I have a base pass.


45 posted on 06/17/2009 5:04:43 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld (The side that stays within its fortifications is beaten"-Napoleon Bonaparte)
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To: NCC-1701

You will never get one either.


46 posted on 06/17/2009 5:07:17 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld (The side that stays within its fortifications is beaten"-Napoleon Bonaparte)
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