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Space Shuttle |
 Dec 6 2007, 10:59 AM
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 Venting Addict  Group: Members Posts: 954 Joined: 13-October 07 From: Erin TN Member No.: 158  |
NASA CALLS OFF SHUTTLE LAUNCH DUE TO SENSOR GLITCH IN FUEL TANK
This was a headline from the Fox Email alert that I subscribe to. My question - Does anyone think we are just wasting a LOT of money here. Don't get we wrong I think the space station is kind of neat, but could these MILLIONS be spent more wisely elsewhere? Do we really need to send probes to mars, or crash into a comet to collect dust looking for life when we have life here that needs HELP. This post has been edited by Vicki: Dec 6 2007, 11:00 AM -------------------- 'No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'
-- Ronald Reagan  I Search for the Sjogren's Foundation,Who will you search for? |
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Dec 7 2007, 01:09 PM
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 Advanced Venter Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 15-November 07 Member No.: 231 |
I know this sounds sort of negatory, but I do think it's important to explore space. After all, after we destroy/use up everything here, how will the human race survive?...if we deserve to...
But there are better ways to spend that money, I'll agree with you there. This post has been edited by Sphinx: Dec 7 2007, 01:10 PM |
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Dec 7 2007, 01:39 PM
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Venting Addict Group: Members Posts: 954 Joined: 13-October 07 From: Erin TN Member No.: 158 |
QUOTE (Sphinx @ Dec 7 2007, 12:09 PM)  After all, after we destroy/use up everything here, So should we be like locusts and just us up one place, then move onto another? -------------------- 'No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'
-- Ronald Reagan I Search for the Sjogren's Foundation,Who will you search for? |
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Dec 7 2007, 03:10 PM
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Advanced Venter Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 15-November 07 Member No.: 231 |
Either that or self-annihialation (is that how you spell it?).
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Feb 17 2008, 05:20 AM
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 Venter Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 16-November 07 From: Pennsylvania Member No.: 233 |
These are just in from a NASA space mission. These pixs are so good that it makes one feel as if you are there taking the pictures.
VIEW PICTURES |
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Feb 17 2008, 10:49 AM
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Venting Addict Group: Members Posts: 954 Joined: 13-October 07 From: Erin TN Member No.: 158 |
Great pics, I hadn't realized how big the shuttle and the spacestation were. Thanks for sharing them.
My parents will be passing through next month on their way to Florida to watch the Shuttle taking off. They have already seen it take off during the day, and now they want to see it take off a night. A question to anyone - Can you see the spacestation from the ground yet, I mean at night, I realized it must get much bigger to see it during the day. This post has been edited by Vicki: Feb 17 2008, 10:51 AM -------------------- 'No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'
-- Ronald Reagan I Search for the Sjogren's Foundation,Who will you search for? |
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Feb 17 2008, 11:01 AM
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 Venting Addict Group: Moderator Posts: 967 Joined: 26-August 07 From: Canada Member No.: 37 |
I'm all for exploring space but wonder right along with others if we can actually afford to do so, financially.
A family who has a massive debt and just keeps adding to it is foolish indeed - wonder why our governments think they are immune. |
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Feb 17 2008, 07:50 PM
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 Venting Addict Group: Members Posts: 612 Joined: 21-September 07 From: 1AU from a G2V Star Member No.: 81 |
Very nice pics! As far a crashing into comet Tempel 1 I believe it had more to do with " can we do it ? " and hopes of finding out what it's made of, In hope of furthering our understanding of how to deal with such an object that is heading our way. (as of right now we're probably screwed, unless they have a secret "armageddon" type plan we don't know about
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-------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster"    |
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