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re: The NASA rocket has exploded upon launch
Posted on 10/28/14 at 7:03 pm to shutterspeed
Posted on 10/28/14 at 7:03 pm to shutterspeed
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I'm no fan of the sitting President, but I thought W mothballed the shuttle.
It did not matter who was president, the Space Shuttle was a 1970s design, the original operational life was 100 launches and ten years of operation due to accumulated stress in the airframe, and other factors. The loss of two shuttles, and the delays in building the ISS caused this design parameter to be increased several times with the life extended to 20 years, but it reached the point that retirement of the spacecraft was the only safe coursed of action.
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 7:08 pm
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Posted on 10/28/14 at 7:03 pm to beaver
Sombody calculated wrong.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 8:07 pm to Winkface
Thanks Obama!
Posted on 10/28/14 at 8:23 pm to TigerLicks
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Metaphor for his presidency
Posted on 10/28/14 at 8:30 pm to meauxjeaux2
their selves.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 8:44 pm to beaver
Im sure the guys up there were pissed when their
Tang went up in flames
Tang went up in flames
Posted on 10/28/14 at 8:51 pm to FAF
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Muslim outreach plans are draining NASA's resources.
Yeah, and this pisses me off to no end that Obama told NASA that their primary concern should be to get the Middle East involved in space travel, despite the fact that NASA's long term goals directly interfere with the Middle East and really Islam at large. The frickers have loathed science since the 1100s, and it's way too late to get them on board, especially with the profit of oil and the threat of finding better material in space that can replace oil.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 8:51 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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Here in Houston, one of the local newscasts cut to it live to close out a segment. There was some awkward silence before, "Keep in mind this is unmanned."
Posted on 10/28/14 at 8:55 pm to link
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great, it'll be at least another 4 years until we find out how peas grow in space.
If we're doing long term space missions, I'd say this is an important one. If we could grow any food in space, that would be fricking huge. The whole gravity thing fricks with most of it, but if we can find one that is somewhat resistant to it, it could be a huge step forward. Definitely sounds like a worthwhile experiment to me.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 8:57 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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So glad my tax dollars are hard at work
You do know that NASA's entire budget is 4/10 of a penny on the tax dollar, right? The ink that goes into the dollar is worth more than that.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 9:00 pm to shutterspeed
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I'm no fan of the sitting President, but I thought W mothballed the shuttle.
The shuttles were incredibly outdated, and Bush had a plan for a new batch of shuttles by 2012. It was one of the first things Obama discarded under his administration. Really the Apollo shuttles were largely more advanced and safer than the Apollo shuttles. If Apollo 13 happened in one of our orbital shuttles, they'd be dead within the hour.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 10:14 pm to misterc
Elon Musk called this two years ago
This company literally uses Soviet engines from the 60s, not the designs of them but engines that were built in the 60s in Soviet Russia and have been chilling in a Siberian warehouse
This company literally uses Soviet engines from the 60s, not the designs of them but engines that were built in the 60s in Soviet Russia and have been chilling in a Siberian warehouse
Posted on 10/28/14 at 10:58 pm to Clames
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We don't have a vehicle for manned space delivery.
Cmon man, think about it. You really think we don't currently have a space delivery for personal.
I'll bet the US alone could put a hundred people in space next week if needed.
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