Bush cancels Hubble telescope rescue mission

Rand Simberg ) wrote:
: On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:24:53 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Steven
: L." made the phosphor on my monitor
: glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: One astronaut's life is more important than the entire Hubble program.

: That's insane.

Funny, that comment describes your posts well.

Rand Simberg ) wrote:
: On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:26:42 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Steven
: L." made the phosphor on my monitor
: glow in such a way as to indicate that:


: But the ISS has enjoyed bipartisan support and international support.

: Yes, unfortunately.

Why is support from various groups unforunate?

: The U.S. is constantly dissed for "acting unilaterally".

: Even when it doesn't.

Hard to do that without a shuttle these days when we must rely on Russia
for transport to and fro.

Eric

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:10:43 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
(Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: NASA, in case you hadn't noticed, is not exactly awash in money.

: Actually, by any rational measure, NASA *is* awash in money.
: Unfortunately, it's also awash in largely pointless (at least from the
: standpoint of advancing us in space, such as ISS) projects that remain
: politically sacrosanct, that suck up more money than it has.

Yes, I take it you include the recent Mars and Saturn missions in that

Yes, you always take intelligent commentary to be some stupidly wrong
thing.

Rand Simberg ) wrote:
: On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:10:43 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
: (Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
: monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: : NASA, in case you hadn't noticed, is not exactly awash in money.
:
: : Actually, by any rational measure, NASA *is* awash in money.
: : Unfortunately, it's also awash in largely pointless (at least from the
: : standpoint of advancing us in space, such as ISS) projects that remain
: : politically sacrosanct, that suck up more money than it has.
:
: Yes, I take it you include the recent Mars and Saturn missions in that

: Yes, you always take intelligent commentary to be some stupidly wrong
: thing.

Pure intellectual dishonesty to delete my sentence midstream. But why
should I expect anything less?

Eric

Rand Simberg ) wrote:
: On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:19:16 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
: (Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
: monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: : But the ISS has enjoyed bipartisan support and international support.
:
: : Yes, unfortunately.
:
: Why is support from various groups unforunate?

: Because the support is for a disastrous program that should have died
: many years ago.

Go tell it to this administration that ISS, run out of JSC, is a big
waste. You don't have the guts or clout to be heard, IMO.

Eric

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:19:16 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
(Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: But the ISS has enjoyed bipartisan support and international support.

: Yes, unfortunately.

Why is support from various groups unforunate?

Because the support is for a disastrous program that should have died
many years ago.

"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:24:53 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Steven
L." made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

One astronaut's life is more important than the entire Hubble program.

That's insane.

It's also presumptuous. The astronauts have already gone on record deciding
that they are willing to risk their lives.

Rand Simberg wrote:

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:26:42 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Steven
L." made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:



But the ISS has enjoyed bipartisan support and international support.


Yes, unfortunately.


The U.S. is constantly dissed for "acting unilaterally".


Even when it doesn't.


Dagnabit! I forgot Poland again!

--
It Came From C. L. Smith's Unclaimed Mysteries.
http://www.unclaimedmysteries.net

"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
-Albert Einstein, authority

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:25:12 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
(Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: : Actually, by any rational measure, NASA *is* awash in money.
: : Unfortunately, it's also awash in largely pointless (at least from the
: : standpoint of advancing us in space, such as ISS) projects that remain
: : politically sacrosanct, that suck up more money than it has.
:
: Yes, I take it you include the recent Mars and Saturn missions in that

: Yes, you always take intelligent commentary to be some stupidly wrong
: thing.

Pure intellectual dishonesty to delete my sentence midstream.

I included the part that was wrong. Given that, the rest is
irrelevant.

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:26:37 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
(Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: Why is support from various groups unforunate?

: Because the support is for a disastrous program that should have died
: many years ago.

Go tell it to this administration that ISS, run out of JSC, is a big
waste.

I've often done so.

You don't have the guts or clout to be heard, IMO.

Your opinion has zero value to me.