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My thoughts on whether or not to fly Shuttle, and the cult of
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Atlantis has a water logged tank, with water running out of the foam.
Several questions? Werent the tank launching NOW processed at the same time? Any chance its water logged too? How can a water logged tank be used for a rescue shuttle? If more foam damage occurs just how can this be fixed in a month or two for a rescue shuttle? We have spent billions and over 2.5 years and if its not fixed whats the miracle 30 day wonder? Is ISS really up to support 9 people? They should of cut the crew number to make things easier on ISS in the event of a stranding. why dont we have some in stock soyuz and progress to get the crew back in a emergency? |
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"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
... My thoughts on whether or not to fly Shuttle, and the cult of astronaut worship: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q...UxNjE5MjM1OTE= I think you're on the right track he What upset people so much about the deaths in Columbia, I think, was not that they died, but that they died in such a seemingly trivial yet expensive pursuit. They weren't exploring the universe-they were boring a multi- hundred-thousand-mile-long hole in the vacuum a couple hundred miles above the planet, with children's science- fair experiments. We were upset because space isn't important, and we considered the astronauts' lives more important than the mission. If they had been exploring another hostile, alien planet, and died, we would have been saddened, but not shocked - it happens in the movies all the time. It happens in history as well. We lost Grissom, White, and Chaffee on the ground, yet everyone was determined to fix the problems and move foreword with Apollo. They were heroes, pursuing the goal of landing a man on the moon in a race with the Soviets. For some reason, this generation seems to be rediscovering heroes. I'm sure 9/11 was a huge wake up call that helped start this movement. But today, astronauts are still regarded as heroes, but they certainly seem to lack a heroic goal. Going round and round in LEO isn't it. Even going back to the moon isn't it (been there, done that, thirty-seven years ago). My question is this, is it even possible for NASA to find a truly heroic goal for our heroic astronauts? Jeff -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - B. Franklin, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919) .. |
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:39:25 -0400, in a place far, far away, "Jeff
Findley" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: My question is this, is it even possible for NASA to find a truly heroic goal for our heroic astronauts? I'm not sure there is (though an expedition to Mars or an asteroid might suffice). I'm also not sure that we should want to. I'd rather get people to think about space as a new frontier where all kinds of pioneers can go, and risk their lives for their own goals and purposes, rather than as a preserve for heroic government employees. |
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Geez, I hope someone other than Haller comments on the piece. How about some comments on the points I raised. |
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Rand Simberg wrote:
My thoughts on whether or not to fly Shuttle, and the cult of astronaut worship: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q...UxNjE5MjM1OTE= And I *still* think a National Astronaut Cemetery would be a great idea. Paul |
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"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
... On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:39:25 -0400, in a place far, far away, "Jeff Findley" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: My question is this, is it even possible for NASA to find a truly heroic goal for our heroic astronauts? I'm not sure there is (though an expedition to Mars or an asteroid might suffice). I'm also not sure that we should want to. I'd rather get people to think about space as a new frontier where all kinds of pioneers can go, and risk their lives for their own goals and purposes, rather than as a preserve for heroic government employees. Today, the heroic image of astronauts is so strong that paying Soyuz passengers are put down by the media as tourists and their missions are viewed as stunts rather than "serious" space flights. Perhaps when the "tourist" space flights outnumber the NASA space flights, the heroic NASA astronaut image will start to diminish. Jeff -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - B. Franklin, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919) .. |
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h (Rand Simberg) writes:
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:39:25 -0400, in a place far, far away, "Jeff Findley" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: My question is this, is it even possible for NASA to find a truly heroic goal for our heroic astronauts? I'm not sure there is (though an expedition to Mars or an asteroid might suffice). I'm also not sure that we should want to. I'd rather get people to think about space as a new frontier where all kinds of pioneers can go, and risk their lives for their own goals and purposes, rather than as a preserve for heroic government employees. Yes. All space-bound and space-based ventures should be tax-free. If you find a gold asteroid and import it on Earth: tax free! -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ "You question the worthiness of my code? I should kill you where you stand!" |
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