Re: Houston Wants Retired Shuttle Orbiter
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:05 pm
I have to say that I'm torn. On one hand, I think it is imperative for us to keep sending people into space. I've been an observer of it since the Mercury days. We accomplished great things, and the engineering and science fallout has benefited mankind greatly. And, it is good for the human spirit.....or some such claptrap. But I think most will understand what I mean. On the other hand, we are getting spectacular science from unmanned missions, at a fraction of the cost of putting men into space. But either way, there is no percentage in insulting the bellybutton of America's space program by exerting a deliberate effort to deny Houston one of the orbiters.b322da wrote:I hate to say this TAM, now that we agree on something, but we just may be watching the end of NASA as a space agency, live and in color. Paying the Russians to take our astronauts to the space station; paying them to put up one of our satellites; privatizing our space program; both the Russians and the Chinese considering setting up a moon base....The Annoyed Man wrote: ..The Texas delegation in the House is now—particularly with redistricting coming up—about to be one of the largest in Congress. Maybe our delegation could drop a hint NASA way: "Hose us, and you'll never get us to vote for your funding again...."
That will be when we can say for sure, "We have a problem, Houston."
Elmo
....And Charles Schumer is a thug. (I'm getting a kick out of the censor
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