NASA warns 'risk of losing' space station rising

AFP, Google ^ | 8/30/11 | Jean-Louis Santini

[Nachum]

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[GeronL]

Just great. Not only dump the shuttle but cancel its replacement and pay the Russians to get us there.

That worked out great.

[DManA]

I know it cost alot but is it really worth anything?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Hopey Changey.

First it was the F-22.

Then the Shuttle. Now the space station.

[4rcane]

does the science justify that enormous cost? Maybe those billions would be better spent on researching cure for cancer or something

[edcoil]

If they lose that station after the billions upon billions and blood sweat and tears to get it there - they are in deep, deep kimchie.

[Talisker]

"There is a greater risk of losing the ISS when it's unmanned than if it were manned," Michael Suffredini, the ISS program manager for the US space agency, said in a conference call with Russian officials. "The risk increase is not insignificant," he added.

:: snort ::

No, it's not "insignificant."

[wastedyears]

They just said they could keep it going indefinitely without crew on board, now they say they may very well lose it without anybody on board? Is anybody able to make up their minds?

[GizmosAndGadgets]

Man, it’s too bad we don’t have some sort of reusable spacecraft that could make regular trips to service the ISS. It could be made like a plane, and we’d launch it like a rocket and let it glide back to Earth. A “Space Plane” or, even better a “Space Shuttle”!! Wouldn’t that be cool! (Sarcasm is dripping, no tag required ;-)

[conservativeimage]

NASA warns of losing space station

Oh yeah, who's fault is that?

[spokeshave]

Does this mean the NASA project to boost the self esteem of islamics is doomed to failure.......snicker.

[dfwgator]

“Screw those commie bastards, and screw their wussy little space station.”

[Tea Party Terrorist]

The shuttle program turned out to be nothing more than a very dangerous and extremely expensive and inefficient way to launch satellites. And the ISS? Totally useless to science and space exploration.

[buccaneer81]

It gets old having to educate people.

ISS Experiment List

[FlJoePa]

Great signature...

[Red Badger]

Would somebody pleas tell me what the ISS is good for?
Has its existence produced any worthwhile scientific knowledge?
Is there anything that has been discovered as a result of the ISS?
Can its continued existence be justified?.........

[buccaneer81]

Maybe those billions would be better spent on researching cure for cancer or something

What do you think they're doing up there? Getting a tan?

See post #15.

[GizmosAndGadgets]

Does this mean the NASA project to boost the self esteem of islamics is doomed to failure.......snicker.

Well, that's actually some good news for this fiasco. NASA is in no shape to boost anything, and certainly not Islamic esteem :-)

[mrsmith]

Hmmm....