Karyn
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I guess it goes without saying...
... that everyone is watching the final moments of the Space Shuttle era..
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 07:42:14
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So now..... I guess we will hitch a ride with the Ruskies....?
Sad..... the passing of an era.
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 08:34:51
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I'll miss it... I'm one of the "just because" is a good enough reason to explore space type tax payers.
I spoke with someone recently who asked me sincerely "what did the space program do for me?".
I didn't even try to explain.
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 09:17:17
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Next time, I'll try to ask simpler questions Mic.
Like, why is there air?
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 09:22:11
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I really don't see it as a tragedy as much as it is a step toward doing the same things in a better and less expensive way. While the general public is gawking at area 51 and similar sites on Google earth. The real stuff is happening somewhere else and it blows the 40 year old technology out of the water. It was an amazing program that we gleaned a lot of info from. It always amazed me that the computer brain in the shuttle had less umph than a 386 pc but it was redundant with three seperate pcs, still an antique by todays standards .We have more computer power in our cell phones now. .......................and I think that NASA was requesting the use of the Bapu computer for some of their work.
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 10:15:04
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why is there air? So we can blow up basketballs.
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Karyn
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 10:18:58
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SCorey
why is there air?
So we can blow up basketballs.
What have basketballs ever done to you?
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 10:51:34
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It is sad, no doubt.
But if the expense cannot be justified, I guess that's the way of the world these days.
I think anyone of my generation or older who watched those ghostly black and white images being beamed back from the surface of the moon in 1969 will always have an almost ingrained interest in space exploration.
It always amazes me when I recall the projections of the astro-scientists back then that by now we should have people living permanently on the moon and walking on the surface of Mars just how far we fell short of those predictions. I'm also certain that the technology does exist to accomplish both these feats, and that the only obstacle to their fulfillment is money.
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 11:21:16
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SteveStrummerUK
It is sad, no doubt. I'm certain that the technology does exist to accomplish both these feats, and that the only obstacle to their fulfillment is money. Yeah, it's all The Bouy Ltd's fault.
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 11:31:32
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Karyn
SteveStrummerUK
It is sad, no doubt. I'm certain that the technology does exist to accomplish both these feats, and that the only obstacle to their fulfillment is money. Yeah, it's all The Bouy Ltd's fault.
Lord knows I've paid enough in transaction fees to fund the space programs of several countries. If I had a nickel for every transaction fee I've paid, I'd be rich.
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 11:56:49
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Mr. Obama - my guy, who I voted for - is now the first president since Harry Truman to not preside over a manned space mission.
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 11:58:31
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post edited by Dappa1 - 2011/07/19 12:18:00
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 12:05:04
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Shaun - it's just a forum and it belongs exclusively to cakewalk anyway. I think you should probably take a step back and relax a little. there's no point in getting your blood pressure up over mods moving threads.
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 12:47:56
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Without a space program, how will the Wookie get back to his planet to visit family???
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 14:38:12
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NASA and the government knew how old the Shuttle program was. I just wonder why they didn't have a follow-up program on the boards BEFORE they abandoned the Shuttles. They should have had a smaller "taxi" type of craft to get the crew on and off the space station in an emergency. They don't need the Shuttle's "semi" type of craft for every mission. I can see that they would normally want to bring supplies and that's why they stuck with the Shuttle as long as they did.
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/19 14:39:17
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/20 01:31:36
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And the new program is REALLY cool but still pretty secret...
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/20 03:55:38
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Yeah, must be another stealth vehicle. Seems like everything they design these days is unmanned.
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/20 14:22:40
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A sad fate awaits these workhorses of the US space program, in my opinion. They'll be put out to pasture in museums while there is still useful work for them to perform.
The shuttles are perfect lunar exploration vehicles. They should weld in some fuel tanks, load them up with food and construction equipment and tools and send them to the moon. Possibly unmanned, but if they asked for volunteers I think the list will include all of the astronauts we have, plus many from other nations.
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/20 15:54:36
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/20 16:23:56
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Mr. Obama - my guy, who I voted for - is now the first president since Harry Truman to not preside over a manned space mission.
Ahhh ... so this is what he meant by "change".
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/20 16:40:42
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Mr. Obama - my guy, who I voted for - is now the first president since Harry Truman to not preside over a manned space mission
and the point being?
I guess in some way we all have benefited from the space program
but with the magnitude of problems we have on this planet at this time maybe it's time we used our resources down here
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/20 17:05:51
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tom1
Mr. Obama - my guy, who I voted for - is now the first president since Harry Truman to not preside over a manned space mission
and the point being?
I guess in some way we all have benefited from the space program
but with the magnitude of problems we have on this planet at this time maybe it's time we used our resources down here
An interesting comment considering that a lot of the things we use down here came out of the space program when they were required to find unique solutions to bizarre problems...
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/20 17:35:20
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craigb
to find unique solutions to bizarre problems Mooch Bapu...
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/20 17:39:31
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Oh no. 
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/20 17:50:41
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I gotta say I'm a little ticked off at the NASA program. I was gang probed by aliens (and not the Earthly kind) repeatedly as a child and I'm mad at NASA for bringing attention to our planet and drawing them here. Have you seen the TV show Ancient Aliens? Come on people! Wake! Up! Sheesh.  <--- What does that even mean?!
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tom1
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/20 17:56:34
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An interesting comment considering that a lot of the things we use down here came out of the space program when they were required to find unique solutions to bizarre problems
we originally went into space for military and geo-political reasons.
has human kind benefited from this?
yes, but the absolute hands down winner in space exploration has been the military and I'm not sure if that has made a better or safer world.
If we put the space program on the back burner, at least until this economy is in better shape, I don't see the harm
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/20 21:36:19
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I think we went into space because it's what humankind does; seek, explore, and go where no man has gone before.
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/20 22:55:48
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tom1
An interesting comment considering that a lot of the things we use down here came out of the space program when they were required to find unique solutions to bizarre problems
we originally went into space for military and geo-political reasons.
has human kind benefited from this?
yes, but the absolute hands down winner in space exploration has been the military and I'm not sure if that has made a better or safer world.
If we put the space program on the back burner, at least until this economy is in better shape, I don't see the harm
Not a bad idea. Except for the guys that are current residents of the ISS. Chances are that everything will work out OK, but what happens it the Russian space ship has a problem. There is no backup. If we were really going save some money, I'd be all for it. I think the government will just spend it on pork barrel stuff that doesn't help anyone but a few congressmen--kind like that bank/mortgage company bailout. They could have given the money to the given vouchers to the home owners and let the home owners make a few payments which go to the banks anyway. Instead they gave the money directly to the banks and no one else got any benefit at all.
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Re:I guess it goes without saying...
2011/07/21 10:01:32
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Well, it's done. Atlantis has landed and it's now a museum exhibit. I'm thankful for all of the program's success and sad for it's tragic accidents.
post edited by Old55 - 2011/07/21 20:46:29
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