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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 12:09 PM Original message |
NASA Says it Cannot Produce Heavy-Lift Rocket on Time, Budget |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Defund our 'wars' of aggression abroad, and the problem is solved... |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Dude, those are real wars |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. By 'defund', he means 'end'. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. No, they're not. They're turkey shoots, at the least, and state sponsored terror more |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. NASA's never had anything close to "too much money." (nt) |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. GOTTA HAVE THOSE WARS |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. I say defund the war on drugs |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I'm all for it. Defund both the WoD and the WoT |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Gravy for Boeing Rocketdyne division |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. NASA gets about 1% of the Federal budget |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. +1. I don't understand progressives that don't believe in funding science. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. this is pathetic - Uninformed Amer. opinion re: NASA |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. + Which costs more: air-conditioned tents in Iraq/Afghanistan or NASA? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Ouch. Way to put things into perspective. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. + Neil deGrasse Tyson at UB: What NASA Means to America's Future |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. + dealing with budget cuts at NASA |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Unmanned space programs are a better use of resources and I am all for that . |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. You scanned but did not comprehend the original post |
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Roy Rolling (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. manned flight |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. By all means, lets give up on getting off this rock. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I agree with you. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. I completely understand the negativity |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. We all get off this rock eventually, every one of us. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. What a demotivating attitude! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. that confident, assured assumption that they know best |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. absolutely wrong. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. As much as I defend NASA, I agree with you |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. Spent 30+ yrs flying shuttles which were supposed to make money... |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Incremental launch cost is about 36 million. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wow. We really need fusion power, don't we? |
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smuglysmiling (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. What is wrong with these people? |
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Klimmer777 (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. On this MLK Jr. Day I would like to say regarding this news . . . |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Nice paper you have there |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
32. OFFS - We've been doing heavy lift, dumb rockets, since the 50's. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-18-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. Translation: "All the good engineers retired". |
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