The U.S. launched the Space Shuttle today (the 115th launch) while North Korea test launched a few missles. Good thing they didn't all collide.
(Sidenote: I watched the shuttle launch on ABC and the network put up a NASCAR like graphic showing how high, how fast, and how far "down range" the shuttle was. It was incredible: That thing was traveling about 750 miles per hour after one minute and was cracking 5,000 miles per hour in about five minutes. Very cool.)
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7.04.2006
Lots Of Stuff In The Air Today
The U.S. launched the Space Shuttle today (the 115th launch) while North Korea test launched a few missles. Good thing they didn't all collide.
(Sidenote: I watched the shuttle launch on ABC and the network put up a NASCAR like graphic showing how high, how fast, and how far "down range" the shuttle was. It was incredible: That thing was traveling about 750 miles per hour after one minute and was cracking 5,000 miles per hour in about five minutes. Very cool.)
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It is a wonderful sight to see the shuttle fly again. It is unfortunate to see the vision and forward looking attitude that was always our space program become so constricted by those managing the program. I am almost ashamed to hear that we are acctually thinking of abandoning the Hubble telescope. I never could understand why that was not retasked when they knew there was a tile problem with Columbia. That could have beem done.
How did reality tv become more thrilling than space travel? How could we allow that to happen?
Now it's cool but previously before it was launched, it was a piece of junk.
The fact that this aging piece of junk actually made it into space is noteworthy. Unfortunately, this country has no other vehicle (even on the drawing boards) that can deliver human payloads into orbit. BTW the shuttle was designed in the early 70's. Bet your 70's era electronics have already been sold at garage sales or shipped off to the dump.
Our junk was succesful and N.Korea's wasn't. Send in Madeline Halfbright and Jimmy Carter with the updated technology secrets so that weasel boy can nuke something outside of a 2 mile radius.
reagan - you appear to be one disturbed person. Using silly names to futilely make a point that cannot be determined from your statements. Just wondering, were you somehow trying to compare the shuttle launch with N. Korea's primitive medium-range missile? If so, there's no comparison. (Don't you realize how juvenile you post appear to others?)
Anon 6;53, Go back and look at the title of this post, "lots of stuff in the air today". I wasn't making a comparison only commenting. Do you even have a clue of what you are reading on here?
Just heard on Larry King, Madeline defending that little weasel that she drank champagne with after giving him nuclear technology and then trashing Bush and blaming him for the crisis that we are now facing. Is that typical liberal hypocricy or what?
Aging technology absolutely but it still can inspire awe. Junk? What an absurd statement and an affront to the 2 crews that lost their lives. Just because it was designed in the 70's means nothing more than it has been proven over time, if budget constraints did not allow development it is our fault that mistakes happened. Those pieces of junk that were made in the 70's and even earlier can still be on the edge. That funny plane that had pilots that wore space suits that had a red patch that said nothing other than 3+ is a prime example. The YF 12 A (Blackbird)was old and a real piece of junk but it could not be shot down because it could always just go faster. I was in Los Angeles the day it made it's last (purported) flight to set a speed record for flying across the country. When it did it's turn in to get to speed crossing the coast I heard something that made my jaw drop, 5 sonic booms, 45 minutes later it's run was over. 3+ was a little shy of what it could do, 5+ would have been a lot closer.
So when anyone uses the term junk well know the whole story. There is a reason why folks are paying 7 figures for a 70's vintage hemi Cuda.
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