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Hopefully today the Space Shuttle will launch from Kennedy Sapce on it's STS-114 mission. It will be a good sight to be seen seeing the shuttle going up in the horizon. Check out some of the features on Nasas web site including interview with the current crew. Nasa. Wish them a safe return flight to space.
I'll be a little late to work this morning as I stay home to watch the launch. Of a more important note:
Bassiswild posted a timely topic!
No he didn't, he was talking about the previous launch attempt! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Nuts
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Originally Posted by [AK]Nuts
Bassiswild posted a timely topic!
You mean there was a shuttle launch today :proud:Quote:
No he didn't, he was talking about the previous launch attempt!
Yes of which 7 to 10 days from now you will make a reply post on. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bassiswild
Now that's what I call aim!
BULLSEYE!
Bassi, you can post on this after Tuesday next week ;)
Now thats a funny thread......LMAO
IMO, the whole shuttle program should be closed down permanently. It's an aged design that has proven twice to be fatal. The just spent $1.4 billion to improve the foam on the booster tanks (and guaranteed 100% to have fixed the problem that brought Columbia down) only to find that they had not fixed the problem.
We ought to start reaching for the stars (via the planets nearby) and doing it on the cheap with robots and rockets rather than keep spinning around earth at great costs (monetary and potentially human).
We need a new design for human based space flight and we need to develop nuclear propelled engines to get us out of this solar system. Artificial gravity systems need to be developed. We are continuing to waste money and time with the shuttle.
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I think that the shuttle program and the ISS are a galactic waste of money.
When the ancient mariners sailed the seas and discovered new lands they didn't say to themselves, "Wow, what a great new land, full of milk and honey! Let's build a floating city just off shore and try to survive on the ocean for a few years!" No. When they found land they landed.
We should be ON the moon, not looking at it. We should have blasted out huge underground caverns and built cities by now. We should encourage companies to colonize the moon. BillGatopia! Coca-Colony! Fordville! But no. We waste our time and money spinning around the globe doing god knows what in a super-fragile ship in a harsh environment. How retarded!
And the shuttle? Hell, the 50' and 60's X-Planes were on the path to greatness until rocketry took over and we decided to forget the basic principles of the lifting body and wing and just fight gravity head on!
Nasa has been misguided and mislead. Scrap the whole organization.
Yeah - what he said. :)
This is interesting:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/02/sc...rssnyt&emc=rss
Separating the primary tasks (human transport and cargo transport) into specifically designed transports, thereby allowing much more equipment to be lifted into space to be used to get us onto the moon, then mars, definitely seems like a way to get us back on track.Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Bribo
Agreed and using the current booster/rocket technology seems like a sensible approach.
Besides - retro is "IN". :)
Hey the space shuttle lifted off lol. (The late post :D)
I think the capsule design is a step backward. I think that they should look into reopening the development of the Venture Star. I think that the program was cancelled to hastily and now I think that technology is to the point to where they can get the aerospike engine to work. If I remember correctly it does not need boosters at all.
I am thankful that the Discovery crew made it back home safely without the problems that Columbia had. :angel:
Resurrecting this thread. NASA just announced the scrapping of the shuttle and the plan for a "retro" looking rocket, command capsule and lunar/martian lander.
Read about it here: http://www.nasa.gov/missions/solarsystem/cev.html
Seems like a step backward by going to the capsule design. Not the smartest move NASA has done. They should have really put more into the X38 project instead of just scraping it. Oh well not like NASA is wanting customer support.
I disagree. Just because it looks retro (capsule) doesn't mean it's backwards. It's a proven method for delivering payloads into space and will be fully modernized, packed with new technology and much larger than the old capsules. Plus, it's cheaper and safer which is always a plus when you are begging for money from the President and Congress.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bassiswild