From Zenith to Nadir
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The last shuttle will be landing in a few hours. As it does so, America says goodbye to manned space flight for the foreseeable future. NASA becomes a little bit smaller and less important. And we all, as a species, are diminished. The irony is that today, on the Nadir of American Manned Space Flight, is the anniversary of it's Zenith. 42 years ago today, Louis Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear opened the capsule door and went for a walk. Today really is one giant leap backwards. I am saddened. We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
We can still get into space, and with this[^] news it looks like it might not be too long before the US is launching astronauts again.
Dalek Dave wrote:
We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
And where's my jetpack, damnit!
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We can still get into space, and with this[^] news it looks like it might not be too long before the US is launching astronauts again.
Dalek Dave wrote:
We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
And where's my jetpack, damnit!
Agreed, but they are privateers doing it for commercial gain, not a nation state with a vested interest in science.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
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The last shuttle will be landing in a few hours. As it does so, America says goodbye to manned space flight for the foreseeable future. NASA becomes a little bit smaller and less important. And we all, as a species, are diminished. The irony is that today, on the Nadir of American Manned Space Flight, is the anniversary of it's Zenith. 42 years ago today, Louis Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear opened the capsule door and went for a walk. Today really is one giant leap backwards. I am saddened. We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
I am saddened. We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
We're British, the best we can hope for is a man in a tracksuit up a really long ladder.* * © Eddie Izzard, Executive Transvestite
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^] -
Agreed, but they are privateers doing it for commercial gain, not a nation state with a vested interest in science.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Does that mean you are for or against it?
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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Does that mean you are for or against it?
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]I am FOR private companies doing launches, competition will bring prices down and drive technology. However, I still mourn the loss of NASA having a manned program. The two are compatible.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
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Agreed, but they are privateers doing it for commercial gain, not a nation state with a vested interest in science.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
but they are privateers doing it for commercial gain
I don't give a rats, the govt has declined to be involved then we need a Harriman dammit. It bloody heartbreaking that the US dropped the ball.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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The last shuttle will be landing in a few hours. As it does so, America says goodbye to manned space flight for the foreseeable future. NASA becomes a little bit smaller and less important. And we all, as a species, are diminished. The irony is that today, on the Nadir of American Manned Space Flight, is the anniversary of it's Zenith. 42 years ago today, Louis Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear opened the capsule door and went for a walk. Today really is one giant leap backwards. I am saddened. We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
Yes! A space elevator!
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
Yes! A space elevator!
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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The last shuttle will be landing in a few hours. As it does so, America says goodbye to manned space flight for the foreseeable future. NASA becomes a little bit smaller and less important. And we all, as a species, are diminished. The irony is that today, on the Nadir of American Manned Space Flight, is the anniversary of it's Zenith. 42 years ago today, Louis Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear opened the capsule door and went for a walk. Today really is one giant leap backwards. I am saddened. We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
Harken to the whinings of the Entitlement Society. :rolleyes:
The 1-legged bar stool of understanding is supported by booze. Equipped with that, I know everything, and the rest of you are just a bunch of ignorant peasants with dung on your boots. A R G H
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Dalek Dave wrote:
We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
Harken to the whinings of the Entitlement Society. :rolleyes:
The 1-legged bar stool of understanding is supported by booze. Equipped with that, I know everything, and the rest of you are just a bunch of ignorant peasants with dung on your boots. A R G H
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He's on about $8 an hour. :laugh:
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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We can still get into space, and with this[^] news it looks like it might not be too long before the US is launching astronauts again.
Dalek Dave wrote:
We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
And where's my jetpack, damnit!
I couldn't help but notice that the article you linked to persistently referred to them as 'nauts. Is that intended to reflect their number now that the final shuttle has been retired?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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I couldn't help but notice that the article you linked to persistently referred to them as 'nauts. Is that intended to reflect their number now that the final shuttle has been retired?
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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The last shuttle will be landing in a few hours. As it does so, America says goodbye to manned space flight for the foreseeable future. NASA becomes a little bit smaller and less important. And we all, as a species, are diminished. The irony is that today, on the Nadir of American Manned Space Flight, is the anniversary of it's Zenith. 42 years ago today, Louis Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear opened the capsule door and went for a walk. Today really is one giant leap backwards. I am saddened. We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
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The last shuttle will be landing in a few hours. As it does so, America says goodbye to manned space flight for the foreseeable future. NASA becomes a little bit smaller and less important. And we all, as a species, are diminished. The irony is that today, on the Nadir of American Manned Space Flight, is the anniversary of it's Zenith. 42 years ago today, Louis Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear opened the capsule door and went for a walk. Today really is one giant leap backwards. I am saddened. We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
It's our own damned fault. People like William Proxmire[^] should have been publicly executed as traitors to their species.
Software Zen:
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We can still get into space, and with this[^] news it looks like it might not be too long before the US is launching astronauts again.
Dalek Dave wrote:
We should have manned permanent moon-bases, missions to Mars, be working on hyperspace engines and Warp Drive, and all the other things we were promised.
And where's my jetpack, damnit!
Don't hold your breath on that or any of the other manned commercial launch companies. All the ISS partners have a veto on any new craft docking with the station, and the Russians are counting on flying US Astronauts to finance their program; guess what the odds of them OKing anything else to dock are.
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It's our own damned fault. People like William Proxmire[^] should have been publicly executed as traitors to their species.
Software Zen:
delete this; -
Yup. If the dirtbag would've followed through with his time machine project we'd be so much farther ahead today. :laugh:
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
I want a manned rescue mission[^].
Software Zen:
delete this; -
I am FOR private companies doing launches, competition will bring prices down and drive technology. However, I still mourn the loss of NASA having a manned program. The two are compatible.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Amen, brother.