My daughter-in-law has already lost her job there...she was in the first wave of pink slips
Posted on 03/09/2011 9:37:33 PM PST by allmost
The one. The only. The last
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True, but the big problem the shuttles had was the lack of a launch abort system, which doomed the Challenger crew.
That would not have saved the Columbia crew of course, but then the four Russians lost in flight were also killed as a result of reentry accidents.
And let’s not forget that the Russians tried to build their own shuttle once, but ran out of money and gave up on the project.
Was referring to current orbital debris. No more, no less.
It fell out of the sky, just like every other stupid, meaningless meteorite did.
Good thing it wasn’t a Coke bottle.
That accident was unsurvivable no matter what kind of crew safety system could be designed. Their only hope would have been RTLS, but you need more than two seconds of warning for that, and NASA even said that RTLS was probably a pipe dream under any circumstances on any flight because of the stresses that would be put on the spacecraft.
Well NASA is a socialist waste of money anyway, no great loss. (Where does a lot of the ‘global warming’ research come from... NASA)
Private enterprize is finally starting to make it to space, we just need to give them some tax breaks, perhaps loosen some OH&S laws - its space exploration, accidents will happen but nothing ventured, nothing gained.
“Private enterprize is finally starting to make it to space”
Really?
Cool.
Maybe we’ll get somewhere beyond studying how well mice and ants thrive in space.
[though the thought of them getting out of their habitats and flying around always cracked me up]
My daughter-in-law has already lost her job there...she was in the first wave of pink slips
You can be proud of them. As I'm sure you are.
Debris? Well, you might be correct! I’m a very old timer...ret...living wealthy, healthy and ‘prepping’ up here in the high mountains. Target shooting?...safe, right off into a huge 324 acre mountain property off the back deck if I choose...it is an everyday happening! ‘These days’?......... Frank Sinatra feeling I guess, music wise. I hope you are as lucky and happy in your life as I am an have been in mine. Mine has been a life I would wish on anybody. I have been so blessed at my old and and young years and my folks. Oh well, I hope your station is as good as mine. Every American should be as lucky as myself.
Check this out:Bigelow Aerospace
Genesis I, in orbit since 2006
Genesis II, in orbit since 2007
Sundancer, to be launched in 2014
Wow.
Awesome.
I was not aware of them.
Thanks!
Bigelow will also train astronauts
I bet they can cherry pick the cream of the NASA crop these days.
Wow! Important work is right!!
That sounds like a repeat. You first.
I was in Jr. High on January 28, 1986 at 08:38:00 a.m. pst, and my entire class was watching the Challenger take off with a TEACHER on board. We were glued to the t.v., as most of America was back then, at the Shuttle Launch. We watched that coverage for hours, and the school day was cancelled.
Through the years, the good that has been done and the “waste of money” on the space program has gathered many a comment and complaint. These issues will be debated by others in the days to come.
Until then, I pray that the lives of all that were lost in the endeavor of exploration will never be forgotten. The lives of those who continue to explore will be honored for their sacrifice.
Welcome home, crew of Discovery, and the vessel that carried you home.
It was the inherent design of the shuttle that prevented a LES. Disposable spacecraft like the Apollo could simply use an escape tower, but that was impossible on the shuttles.
The Grays didn’t want us on the moon, so that’s it for the space program.
Go Re-read my post? Still workin’ huh? How about retirement? Good God....You kids still having to work....
I was thinking we could send it back...
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