The end of the shuttle: good or bad?

[Old Tider]

I say badder than bad. Sad pictures of the Atlantis landing. Estimates say up to 12,000 people involved with the program could immediately lose their jobs. And now we have to rely on the Russians to put our astronauts into space. Now how did this happen?

[BAMAWV]

I say badder than bad. Sad pictures of the Atlantis landing. Estimates say up to 12,000 people involved with the program could immediately lose their jobs. And now we have to rely on the Russians to put our astronauts into space. Now how did this happen?

Bumming rides off the Russians is the way I put it last week. It slipped up on me too. Shuttle fleet getting old and the next generation of starships is not on the launch pad. America's best and brightest just got pink slipped.

[Jamos]

I say badder than bad. Sad pictures of the Atlantis landing. Estimates say up to 12,000 people involved with the program could immediately lose their jobs. And now we have to rely on the Russians to put our astronauts into space. Now how did this happen?

That's the American way, outsource all of the jobs to other countries and then raise the taxes on those that still have jobs to make up for the money lost on the outsourced jobs. 

[Hannibal Lecter, MD]

I have mixed feelings.  I'm not for NASA losing 12,000 people, but I do think the bright minds at NASA could probably be used in a more productive way.  There hasn't been a whole lot of profound gains in research coming from that organization in the last 20 years, certainly not the leaps they were making in the 60s and 70s.  I would like to see them start doing more R&D for the military.

[ricky023]

Bad because who will take over the Space now? Could it be China, russia, or Iran? I think obama has done it again by shutting down the space program. RTR!

[cbbama99]

I was under the impression that some other type of vehicle was in the works to be launched within the next 5 years or so for deeper space missions. Anyone with more knowledge of this than I know anything about this?

[Coach Hank Crisp]

Obama said he wanted NASA as a Muslim Outreach

Former NASA Director Says Muslim Outreach Push 'Deeply Flawed'

Bolden created a firestorm after telling Al Jazeera last month that:

" President Obama told him before he took the job that he wanted him to do three things: inspire children to learn math and science, expand international relationships and "perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering."

Officials from the White House and NASA on Tuesday stood by Bolden's statement that part of his mission is to improve relations with Muslim countries -- though NASA backed off the claim that such international diplomacy is Bolden's "foremost" responsibility.


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[cbbama99]

Obama said he wanted NASA as a Muslim Outreach

Former NASA Director Says Muslim Outreach Push 'Deeply Flawed'

Bolden created a firestorm after telling Al Jazeera last month that:

" President Obama told him before he took the job that he wanted him to do three things: inspire children to learn math and science, expand international relationships and "perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering."

Officials from the White House and NASA on Tuesday stood by Bolden's statement that part of his mission is to improve relations with Muslim countries -- though NASA backed off the claim that such international diplomacy is Bolden's "foremost" responsibility.


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So now we are going to have to bum rides to space from the United Arab Emirates? 

[Coach Hank Crisp]

Russia is offering round trips to the Space Station for a mere $30 million.

 

[pmull]

Russia is offering round trips to the Space Station for a mere $30 million.

 

How much for a one way ticket? 

[Old Tider]

I think obama has done it again by shutting down the space program. RTR!

Nope, the Democrats began the space program under Kennedy and the Republicans axed the shuttle under a directive of January 14, 2004, from George W. Bush, included in his "Vision of Space Exploration."

[SUPERCOACH]

I think obama has done it again by shutting down the space program. RTR!

Nope, the Democrats began the space program under Kennedy and the Republicans axed the shuttle under a directive of January 14, 2004, from George W. Bush, included in his "Vision of Space Exploration."

Yep, I remember that.  I thought it was pretty dumb at the time.  This is like Bama selling their team buses and bumming a ride to the Iron Bowl from the barners.

[Hannibal Lecter, MD]

So now we are going to have to bum rides to space from the United Arab Emirates? 

We're already pretty friendly with them.  I was in a meeting with an Emirati Major just a couple days ago.

[Coach Hank Crisp]

BAD

Russia declares 'era of Soyuz' after shuttle

Moscow on Thursday declared it is now "the era of the Soyuz" after the US shuttle's last flight left the Russian system as the sole means for delivering astronauts to the International Space Station.

"From today, the era of the Soyuz has started in manned space flight, the era of reliability," the Russian space agency Roskosmos said in a statement.


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[ssmith general]

Too expensive.  It costs 3 times as much for us to fuel the thing to get it up there as it does the russians entire trip.  Our government cant do anything.  Make it a private venture.

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