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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 272/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/14/AR2005071401366.html Look at what one Congressdude said: "Boehlert called the cancellation "a NASA success story" because the space agency identified the problem before the launch and is working on a solution." LOL, at least he's trying to look on the bright side of things. Then again, NASA just doesn't perform. "NASA said the launch scrub cost the space agency an estimated $616,000 in fuel and labor." Hmm, I remember hearing somewhere that my PS2 is more high-tech then that old piece-of-crap shuttle. "Forty-four members of Congress flew to Cape Canaveral for the scrubbed launch of space shuttle Discovery at a cost of more than $73,000, according to figures provided to The Associated Press on Thursday." This is the most outrageous part. (edited by beneficii on 07-15-05 03:16 PM) |
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Arwon Zora Level: 35  Posts: 363/506 EXP: 278115 For next: 1821 Since: 03-15-04 From: Terra Australis Incognita Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 10 min. |
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| You're aware of how incredibly small an amount of money $73 000 dollars is compared to the US budget, right? You understand the relationship between thousands and billions? | |||
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 273/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by Arwon Why are you going after me on this? Be it thousands or billions, this just shows how easy Congress is with our money. |
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Legion banning people for no reason sure is fun Level: 101  Posts: 4709/5657 EXP: 10399737 For next: 317938 Since: 03-15-04 From: The Crossroads is under attack! Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 5 days |
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Originally posted by beneficiiOriginally posted by Arwon Their trip cost me roughtly 1/10000th of a cent. I am not upset. |
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||bass Programmer Admin Level: 44  Posts: 645/817 EXP: 570813 For next: 40472 Since: 03-15-04 From: Salem, Connecticut Since last post: 26 days Last activity: 11 days |
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Originally posted by LegionI LOL'd. Well said leg...Originally posted by beneficiiOriginally posted by Arwon To put things in perspective.... The cost of this trip represents less than 0.000000006% of the overall GDP and about 0.00000003% of the government's annual budget. I am not concerned. (edited by ||bass on 07-15-05 10:41 PM) |
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Kefka Indefinitely Unbanned Level: 81 Posts: 3261/3392 EXP: 4826208 For next: 166641 Since: 03-15-04 From: Pomona, CALIFORNIA BABY! Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| NASA doesn't perform? A-heh...... | |||
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Legion banning people for no reason sure is fun Level: 101 Posts: 4715/5657 EXP: 10399737 For next: 317938 Since: 03-15-04 From: The Crossroads is under attack! Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 5 days |
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| What's up with NASA anyway? Is it just me or is something telling them not to take this trip? | |||
alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 4619/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| No, it's probably the potentially deadly problem with the hydrogen fuel tank. | |||
geeogree Bloober Level: 34  Posts: 383/448 EXP: 231583 For next: 22068 Since: 03-16-04 From: Calgary, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 11 hours |
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| What I don't understand is why are we still flying into space using technology that is over a quarter century old.... and has shown several times now that it can fail... | |||
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 4628/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| It was just to spit in the Russkis eyes. Buran was technically more advanced than the shuttle (though very similar). After the Soviets collapsed...Yeah. Why bother? | |||
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Arwon Zora Level: 35 Posts: 364/506 EXP: 278115 For next: 1821 Since: 03-15-04 From: Terra Australis Incognita Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 10 min. |
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| Exactly. Roll on the Chinese space program. | |||
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 4634/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by Arwon At the current, the Russians are making a new delivery system for astronauts and payloads. Been under development for years. Some say it is Buran being rebuilt and put into operaton. Some say that they are making a low cost alternative. The Chinese. 5 or 10 years they'll be a threat. Currently, they can put a man in space using old Russian rocket technology. On the other hand, they did design the capsule themselves... |
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Arwon Zora Level: 35 Posts: 367/506 EXP: 278115 For next: 1821 Since: 03-15-04 From: Terra Australis Incognita Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 10 min. |
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| The militarisation of space is gonna be awesome. |
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