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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:45 PM Original message |
Astronauts May Have to Abandon Space Station |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Couldn't have seen that coming.. now that the Shuttle is shut down... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow. Science is dead. |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Wow jump out the window rather quickly there didn't we? /nt |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Not much science happens at ISS |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Most astronauts are military, the 2010 astronaut program introduced mostly scientists and teachers. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. I love the Hubble as much as anyone |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe Bank of America foreclosed on it? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's it, I'm stealing it. |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Gosh, who coulda predicted that putting all our eggs in one basket, one |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. Russia is holding out for more money to send supplies and staff to the ISS. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. Aww, been having fun watching it glide by in the evening. Link here... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Also NASA Sightings, ISS is brighter than Venus: |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. The law of unintended consequences. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. delete |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. Another case of outsourcing screwing america. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. let the damn capitalists.... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Here you go: |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. if that happens, I will be very surprised if we ever go back. nt |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. So grounding the space shuttle program wasn't such a good idea |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Bush retired the Space Shuttle and Griffin wanted a paper napkin solid rocket... |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. What happened to plans to replace our shuttle fleet with private industry? |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Maybe we could build some little station-keeping robots... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. We could add three more robots later |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Sorry, but the movie Silent Running beat you to it. :) |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Just use one of the many ICBM missiles we have, then replace the warhead with a capsule. |
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