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NASA: Space station may be evacuated by late Nov.
AP via Yahoo! News ^
| 29 August 2011
| Marcia Dunn
Posted on 08/29/2011 9:27:48 AM PDT by magellan
NASA says astronauts may need to abandon the International Space Station this fall.
If Russian Soyuz rockets remain grounded beyond mid-November, there will be no way to launch new crews before the current residents are supposed to leave.
A Russian supply ship was destroyed during liftoff last week. The rocket is similar to what's used to launch astronauts.
NASA space station program manager Mike Suffredini said Monday that flight controllers could keep a deserted space station operating indefinitely.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nasa; obama; spaceshuttle
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To: John W
Dont you mean what was Obama supposed to do about it? Thats who youre actually defending here, correct? I'm not defending anyone. Obama, McCain, Bush, Perry, Palin, put whoever you want in the Oval Office right now. What could they do about it? Are you saying that a President McCain or a President Perry could shave 5 to 10 years off of Aries and have it flying tomorrow and at the space station next week?
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posted on
08/29/2011 11:15:08 AM PDT
by
SoJoCo
To: PogySailor
SpaceX Regardless of who is president, wouldn't this be a better solution than the Aries/Orion pipe dream? I can't believe that private industry can't do it faster, better, cheaper than the NASA monstrosity.
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posted on
08/29/2011 11:18:20 AM PDT
by
SoJoCo
To: neodad
We could probably drop in a Chinese junkyard and wait for the check.
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posted on
08/29/2011 11:20:47 AM PDT
by
mcshot
(Hey we're turning upside down compliments of career politicians.)
To: magellan
It's a hunk of crap. It's always been a useless boondoggle.
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posted on
08/29/2011 11:27:18 AM PDT
by
youngidiot
(Hear Hear!)
To: neodad
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posted on
08/29/2011 11:34:50 AM PDT
by
onemiddleamerican
(FUBO and all your terrorist buddies)
To: 5thGenTexan
Ballistic reentry, courtesy Russian technology. Great.
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posted on
08/29/2011 11:39:21 AM PDT
by
onemiddleamerican
(FUBO and all your terrorist buddies)
To: EyeGuy
The Saturn V is the greatest piece of engineering ever. The Saturn V rules.
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posted on
08/29/2011 11:41:15 AM PDT
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Hey! Are you the guy that sold me that bridge in Brooklyn?
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posted on
08/29/2011 11:42:12 AM PDT
by
2111USMC
(Not a hard man to track. Leaves dead men wherever he goes.)
To: youngidiot
You certainly live up to your screen name.
To: buccaneer81
You certainly live up to your screen name.
That was clever. Care to tell us what good it has been?
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posted on
08/29/2011 11:54:13 AM PDT
by
youngidiot
(Hear Hear!)
To: youngidiot
It was only completed this year. They’re just starting to do actual research on it. It’s like asking what good the Empire State Building was before it was occupied.
You do live up to your screen name. Though it’s possible, I suppose, that you’re an old idiot masquerading as a young one.
To: buccaneer81
Re: Columbia, because if its weight was never able to reach the ISS.
The Columbia was lost because of damage to its heat resistant tiles that were struck by foam or ice at launch. It disintegrated on coming back into the atmosphere. :-(
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posted on
08/29/2011 12:09:21 PM PDT
by
jesseam
To: magellan
With Carter, we had the demise of Skylab, with Obama we have the demise of the ISS. I detect a pattern...
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posted on
08/29/2011 12:14:39 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: COBOL2Java
It hasn’t demised yet. It has plenty of life to last until they get Soyuz flying again. And if it really is at risk, they’d probably take a risk to save it.
To: NonZeroSum
It was only completed this year. Theyre just starting to do actual research on it. Its like asking what good the Empire State Building was before it was occupied.
You do live up to your screen name. Though its possible, I suppose, that youre an old idiot masquerading as a young one.
So, no then? Can't tell us how it's been useful? I stand by my original statement. It's been a gargantuan waste of money.
The empire state building wasn't built with our tax dollars. And it came conveniently equipped with gravity, breathable air, and is located where someone can easily get to it. Nevertheless, I guess you expect the international space station to prove to be just as sound an investment as the Empire State building was? You're the idiot here, not me.
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posted on
08/29/2011 12:20:19 PM PDT
by
youngidiot
(Hear Hear!)
To: magellan
Why is Obama and the democrats so anti-science?
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posted on
08/29/2011 12:21:24 PM PDT
by
cruise_missile
(It's the economy because of stupid.)
To: Errant
Hmmmm, sounds like more meat for the conspiracy theorists... Meat? You've got Obama cancelling the Space Shuttle program, the third stage of a Russian lift system with a perfect 30 year history now meant for crew capabilities exploding before reaching orbit, two (2) Darpa Mach 20 lift vehicles vanishing, and now the announcement of the possibility of completely abandoning the ISS - all within a couple of months.
This isn't meat - it's a five course dinner with separate wines. All that's left is for a girl to pop out of a cake during brandy and cigars.
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posted on
08/29/2011 12:23:39 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(History will show the Illuminati won the ultimate Darwin Award.)
To: jesseam
That had nothing to do with the ISS. Columbia never went anywhere near the station because she wasn’t capable of doing so.
To: NonZeroSum
It hasnt demised yet. It has plenty of life to last until they get Soyuz flying again. And if it really is at risk, theyd probably take a risk to save it. Well, I'm glad to hear that. I was around when Skylab came back to earth. I know that NASA scientists claimed that it would crash anyway before the Space Shuttle was completed, but some argued that it would stay in orbit. It just seemed to the average American like Carter threw it away.
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posted on
08/29/2011 12:34:41 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: cruise_missile
Why is Obama and the democrats so anti-science? They're pro-science as long as it comes up with new and marvelous ways of ripping a fetus from its mother.
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posted on
08/29/2011 12:36:33 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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