Well done US govt.

XabbaRus · 10-23-09, 02:58 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8321697.stm

I must say not surprised but I am disappointed.

Why not suggest making it a world wide venture.

TarJak · 10-23-09, 05:29 AM

'Cos then it wouldn't be the National Aeronautics & Space Administration and IASA or WASA doesn't have the same ring to it.

SS107.9MHz · 10-23-09, 06:09 PM

Well don't you guys think the private market is a solution for everything? Well then, there yo go!

Torplexed · 10-23-09, 07:49 PM

Personally, I am a fan of not sending people to Mars until our robot probes have built a five star hotel there.

Onkel Neal · 10-23-09, 10:44 PM

Wait? Are you applauding the US Govt for bailing on a new booster?

Steel_Tomb · 10-24-09, 05:47 AM

You would think that they don't want any space flight to go on the way they're going. They're scrapping the shuttles, want to scrap the new rocket and they're also talking about dismantling the ISS too. FFS just disband NASA whilst you at it too.

Space flight and exploration is key to the survival of this species, if we don't get our act together soon then we'll be stuck on this rock when it all goes tits up and we start dieing off. This planet isn't going to support us forever, we will have destroyed it and then shot ourselves in the foot by not investing in ways to escape. At present there is no way to escape Earth's gravity without using a lot of rocket fuel, so when we run out of fossil fuels and haven't invested in other means of getting up there we are f**ked to be honest... and then what will we do when there are too many of us? Oh that's right, kill each other... game on.

The technology is there to make space exploration happen, but the religious nuts and the tight arse w****** in government don't want to make it happen. If we could go to the Moon in the 1960's I think we can do a much better job now... we just need to give NASA a half decent budget instead of forcing them to cancel projects.

XabbaRus · 10-24-09, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Wait? Are you applauding the US Govt for bailing on a new booster?

I was being sarcastic. I think the Aries prgramme is a good thing..

10-23-09, 02:58 AM	#1
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Well done US govt. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8321697.stm I must say not surprised but I am disappointed. Why not suggest making it a world wide venture. __________________

10-23-09, 06:09 PM	#3
SS107.9MHz Lieutenant Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lat.40º12'82"N, Long.8º85'48"W, Portugal Posts: 256 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well don't you guys think the private market is a solution for everything? Well then, there yo go! __________________ Rádio Universidade de Coimbra 107.9 FM, 26 Years Of Free Radio, http://www.ruc.pt/

10-23-09, 10:44 PM	#5
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10-24-09, 05:47 AM	#6
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You would think that they don't want any space flight to go on the way they're going. They're scrapping the shuttles, want to scrap the new rocket and they're also talking about dismantling the ISS too. FFS just disband NASA whilst you at it too. Space flight and exploration is key to the survival of this species, if we don't get our act together soon then we'll be stuck on this rock when it all goes tits up and we start dieing off. This planet isn't going to support us forever, we will have destroyed it and then shot ourselves in the foot by not investing in ways to escape. At present there is no way to escape Earth's gravity without using a lot of rocket fuel, so when we run out of fossil fuels and haven't invested in other means of getting up there we are fked to be honest... and then what will we do when there are too many of us? Oh that's right, kill each other... game on. The technology is there to make space exploration happen, but the religious nuts and the tight arse w** in government don't want to make it happen. If we could go to the Moon in the 1960's I think we can do a much better job now... we just need to give NASA a half decent budget instead of forcing them to cancel projects. __________________ _______________________________________________ System Spec: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz \| 4Gb Corsair XMS2 Dominator DDR2 PC-2 6400 RAM \| XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640mb PCI-E \| Creative X-fi sound card \| 250Gb HDD \| Rest In Peace Dave, you will be missed.**

10-23-09, 05:29 AM	#2
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	'Cos then it wouldn't be the National Aeronautics & Space Administration and IASA or WASA doesn't have the same ring to it.

10-23-09, 07:49 PM	#4
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Personally, I am a fan of not sending people to Mars until our robot probes have built a five star hotel there.