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#1
homicidal_squirrel
Jul 08, 2011 10:48:07 At least for a few years.

news.yahoo.com/nasa-launches-space-shutt...

#2
zombie_babies
Jul 08, 2011 11:55:28 Thank you Mr President. This also ushers in a new era in astronaut training. They'll be taught the complicated techniques required to thumb a ride from the side of the road. Hopefully the Russians have a '70s sort of opinion of hitchhikers.
#3
homicidal_squirrel
Jul 08, 2011 11:59:36
Thank you Mr President. This also ushers in a new era in astronaut training. They'll be taught the complicated techniques required to thumb a ride from the side of the road. Hopefully the Russians have a '70s sort of opinion of hitchhikers.

Meh... private industry should be picking up the slack shortly. Right?
#4
zombie_babies
Jul 08, 2011 12:02:46 Sure. And I'm just positive their prices will be as reasonable as NASA's former budget, too.
#5
homicidal_squirrel
Jul 08, 2011 12:09:17 What are you talking about? Private industry is all about efficiency and cutting cost. There will be competition and by the end of the decade you'll be able to take a trip to the moon for $10.99. THey may even offer family plans and large group rates. Get enough people and you could be paying $2.50.
#6
zammm
Jul 08, 2011 12:29:52
What are you talking about? Private industry is all about efficiency and cutting cost. There will be competition and by the end of the decade you'll be able to take a trip to the moon for $10.99. THey may even offer family plans and large group rates. Get enough people and you could be paying $2.50.

Weren't they saying that about the year 2000 a while ago?
#7
zombie_babies
Jul 08, 2011 12:32:28
What are you talking about? Private industry is all about efficiency and cutting cost. There will be competition and by the end of the decade you'll be able to take a trip to the moon for $10.99. THey may even offer family plans and large group rates. Get enough people and you could be paying $2.50.

Cool. I bet there'll even be a market for pimpin' your shuttle, too. When you's in space, you's need more bass!
#8
homicidal_squirrel
Jul 08, 2011 12:41:51
What are you talking about? Private industry is all about efficiency and cutting cost. There will be competition and by the end of the decade you'll be able to take a trip to the moon for $10.99. THey may even offer family plans and large group rates. Get enough people and you could be paying $2.50.

Cool. I bet there'll even be a market for pimpin' your shuttle, too. When you's in space, you's need more bass!

Didn't Katie Perry make a song with Kanye West about this?

#9
homicidal_squirrel
Jul 08, 2011 12:42:25
What are you talking about? Private industry is all about efficiency and cutting cost. There will be competition and by the end of the decade you'll be able to take a trip to the moon for $10.99. THey may even offer family plans and large group rates. Get enough people and you could be paying $2.50.

Weren't they saying that about the year 2000 a while ago?

I'm still waiting for my jet-pack.
#10
zombie_babies
Jul 08, 2011 12:45:49
Didn't Katie Perry make a song with Kanye West about this?

I have no idea, man. If I ever see her on my TV I don't watch. Er, ok. That's, like, a total lie an' junk. I watch but I don't listen. Katy is curvey and I like that. I do. But her 'music' is unbearable. Whoever invented the mute button should be friggin' immortalized in song. Wait ...
#11
grehnhewe
Jul 08, 2011 20:24:54 It is a little sad that the space shuttle program is being retired, with no replacement in the near future.

At least Moonraker will never happen...or did it?

#12
Cpt_Micha
Jul 09, 2011 14:10:21 And so ends the last vestige of being ahead in any field that doesn't relate directly to wiping everyone else off the map.
#13
homicidal_squirrel
Jul 09, 2011 15:11:35
And so ends the last vestige of being ahead in any field that doesn't relate directly to wiping everyone else off the map.

It's the only one that counts

#14
Cpt_Micha
Jul 09, 2011 16:27:32 Until of course it comes time to pay the guy with the big guns in his hands and you can't. ;)

That is how revolutions happen afterall.
#15
capitan_estaban
Jul 10, 2011 2:11:30 It seems that all I do these days is correct common misconceptions.

NASA's budget (in the billions of dollars)
SpaceShipOne (in the millions of dollars)

Give it a couple more years, and the private industry will out-class the Shuttle.
#16
Cpt_Micha
Jul 10, 2011 6:54:30 First, 2 billion a year is chump change compared to the off the books defense budget (much of our current wars are actually funded 'off the books' the official numbers are far too low). 2 billion a year is actually dirt cheap, and NASA is working on far more stuff than just space craft.

Second, Space Ship one is a suborbital Joke, compared to the shuttle. It's purpose isn't even remotely the same, nor will it's successor craft. Neither are even close to being as capable as the almost 40 year old shuttle program. So no the private sectore isn't outclassing NASA and had Nasa been allowed to continue, probably never would have. (do you think NASA wasn't already designing the shuttles successor?)

Let's put this in perspective, NASA in it's first few years, raced to put satelites into orbit and a man on the moon.

The best private sector ship in it's first few years can take 3 people, up for a nice digital camera snapshot, not into orbit. But SubOrbit. 1/60th what's necessary for stable orbit.
#17
capitan_estaban
Jul 10, 2011 10:14:49
Second, Space Ship one is a suborbital Joke, compared to the shuttle. It's purpose isn't even remotely the same, nor will it's successor craft. Neither are even close to being as capable as the almost 40 year old shuttle program. So no the private sectore isn't outclassing NASA and had Nasa been allowed to continue, probably never would have. (do you think NASA wasn't already designing the shuttles successor?)

Let's put this in perspective, NASA in it's first few years, raced to put satelites into orbit and a man on the moon.

The best private sector ship in it's first few years can take 3 people, up for a nice digital camera snapshot, not into orbit. But SubOrbit. 1/60th what's necessary for stable orbit.

Let's put this in perspective, reading the second link I posted would have explained much of this.

#18
capitan_estaban
Jul 10, 2011 12:48:26 No, I agree with you.
#19
homicidal_squirrel
Jul 14, 2011 19:35:21

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 homicidal_squirrel Jul 08, 2011 10:48:07	At least for a few years. news.yahoo.com/nasa-launches-space-shutt...
#2 zombie_babies Jul 08, 2011 11:55:28	Thank you Mr President. This also ushers in a new era in astronaut training. They'll be taught the complicated techniques required to thumb a ride from the side of the road. Hopefully the Russians have a '70s sort of opinion of hitchhikers.
#3 homicidal_squirrel Jul 08, 2011 11:59:36	Thank you Mr President. This also ushers in a new era in astronaut training. They'll be taught the complicated techniques required to thumb a ride from the side of the road. Hopefully the Russians have a '70s sort of opinion of hitchhikers. Meh... private industry should be picking up the slack shortly. Right?
#4 zombie_babies Jul 08, 2011 12:02:46	Sure. And I'm just positive their prices will be as reasonable as NASA's former budget, too.
#5 homicidal_squirrel Jul 08, 2011 12:09:17	What are you talking about? Private industry is all about efficiency and cutting cost. There will be competition and by the end of the decade you'll be able to take a trip to the moon for $10.99. THey may even offer family plans and large group rates. Get enough people and you could be paying $2.50.
#6 zammm Jul 08, 2011 12:29:52	What are you talking about? Private industry is all about efficiency and cutting cost. There will be competition and by the end of the decade you'll be able to take a trip to the moon for $10.99. THey may even offer family plans and large group rates. Get enough people and you could be paying $2.50. Weren't they saying that about the year 2000 a while ago?
#7 zombie_babies Jul 08, 2011 12:32:28	What are you talking about? Private industry is all about efficiency and cutting cost. There will be competition and by the end of the decade you'll be able to take a trip to the moon for $10.99. THey may even offer family plans and large group rates. Get enough people and you could be paying $2.50. Cool. I bet there'll even be a market for pimpin' your shuttle, too. When you's in space, you's need more bass!
#8 homicidal_squirrel Jul 08, 2011 12:41:51	What are you talking about? Private industry is all about efficiency and cutting cost. There will be competition and by the end of the decade you'll be able to take a trip to the moon for $10.99. THey may even offer family plans and large group rates. Get enough people and you could be paying $2.50. Cool. I bet there'll even be a market for pimpin' your shuttle, too. When you's in space, you's need more bass! Didn't Katie Perry make a song with Kanye West about this?
#9 homicidal_squirrel Jul 08, 2011 12:42:25	What are you talking about? Private industry is all about efficiency and cutting cost. There will be competition and by the end of the decade you'll be able to take a trip to the moon for $10.99. THey may even offer family plans and large group rates. Get enough people and you could be paying $2.50. Weren't they saying that about the year 2000 a while ago? I'm still waiting for my jet-pack.
#10 zombie_babies Jul 08, 2011 12:45:49	Didn't Katie Perry make a song with Kanye West about this? I have no idea, man. If I ever see her on my TV I don't watch. Er, ok. That's, like, a total lie an' junk. I watch but I don't listen. Katy is curvey and I like that. I do. But her 'music' is unbearable. Whoever invented the mute button should be friggin' immortalized in song. Wait ...
#11 grehnhewe Jul 08, 2011 20:24:54	It is a little sad that the space shuttle program is being retired, with no replacement in the near future. At least Moonraker will never happen...or did it?
#12 Cpt_Micha Jul 09, 2011 14:10:21	And so ends the last vestige of being ahead in any field that doesn't relate directly to wiping everyone else off the map.
#13 homicidal_squirrel Jul 09, 2011 15:11:35	And so ends the last vestige of being ahead in any field that doesn't relate directly to wiping everyone else off the map. It's the only one that counts
#14 Cpt_Micha Jul 09, 2011 16:27:32	Until of course it comes time to pay the guy with the big guns in his hands and you can't. ;) That is how revolutions happen afterall.
#15 capitan_estaban Jul 10, 2011 2:11:30	It seems that all I do these days is correct common misconceptions. NASA's budget (in the billions of dollars) SpaceShipOne (in the millions of dollars) Give it a couple more years, and the private industry will out-class the Shuttle.
#16 Cpt_Micha Jul 10, 2011 6:54:30	First, 2 billion a year is chump change compared to the off the books defense budget (much of our current wars are actually funded 'off the books' the official numbers are far too low). 2 billion a year is actually dirt cheap, and NASA is working on far more stuff than just space craft. Second, Space Ship one is a suborbital Joke, compared to the shuttle. It's purpose isn't even remotely the same, nor will it's successor craft. Neither are even close to being as capable as the almost 40 year old shuttle program. So no the private sectore isn't outclassing NASA and had Nasa been allowed to continue, probably never would have. (do you think NASA wasn't already designing the shuttles successor?) Let's put this in perspective, NASA in it's first few years, raced to put satelites into orbit and a man on the moon. The best private sector ship in it's first few years can take 3 people, up for a nice digital camera snapshot, not into orbit. But SubOrbit. 1/60th what's necessary for stable orbit.
#17 capitan_estaban Jul 10, 2011 10:14:49	Second, Space Ship one is a suborbital Joke, compared to the shuttle. It's purpose isn't even remotely the same, nor will it's successor craft. Neither are even close to being as capable as the almost 40 year old shuttle program. So no the private sectore isn't outclassing NASA and had Nasa been allowed to continue, probably never would have. (do you think NASA wasn't already designing the shuttles successor?) Let's put this in perspective, NASA in it's first few years, raced to put satelites into orbit and a man on the moon. The best private sector ship in it's first few years can take 3 people, up for a nice digital camera snapshot, not into orbit. But SubOrbit. 1/60th what's necessary for stable orbit. Let's put this in perspective, reading the second link I posted would have explained much of this.
#18 capitan_estaban Jul 10, 2011 12:48:26	No, I agree with you.
#19 homicidal_squirrel Jul 14, 2011 19:35:21