Comments on: Those Bastards - UPDATED http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/08/04/those-bastards/ There is nothing wrong with being "edgy". Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:37:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: marshall http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/08/04/those-bastards/#comment-45745 marshall Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:29:37 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=1601#comment-45745 Sorry...been a little busy. Privatized space travel is a joke. The physics of getting a human into orbit are completely different from going up touching "space" and then immediately returning. But you never hear about this from the privateers. Do people ever wonder why Virgin Galactic doesn't look as robust as the space shuttle? That is because these ships are not experiencing the same forces required to reenter at orbital speed. And sure private contractors put together much of the current space program but there is still a unmatched infrastructure at NASA that brings together the various components and makes sure they work. Mistakes have happened but the bottom line is that without the investment made by the American people we would still be waiting for private enterprise to even entire space let alone actually go to the moon. It must really piss of Republicans that there are actually things that we as a society can come together to accomplish. Wonder what other great things we could accomplish, say energy independence, there is a nice start, and I can dream, can't I? Sorry…been a little busy. Privatized space travel is a joke. The physics of getting a human into orbit are completely different from going up touching “space” and then immediately returning. But you never hear about this from the privateers. Do people ever wonder why Virgin Galactic doesn’t look as robust as the space shuttle? That is because these ships are not experiencing the same forces required to reenter at orbital speed.

And sure private contractors put together much of the current space program but there is still a unmatched infrastructure at NASA that brings together the various components and makes sure they work. Mistakes have happened but the bottom line is that without the investment made by the American people we would still be waiting for private enterprise to even entire space let alone actually go to the moon.

It must really piss of Republicans that there are actually things that we as a society can come together to accomplish. Wonder what other great things we could accomplish, say energy independence, there is a nice start, and I can dream, can’t I?

]]> By: JM Bell http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/08/04/those-bastards/#comment-45230 JM Bell Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:27:15 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=1601#comment-45230 I thought it was pretty funny. I thought it was pretty funny.

]]> By: Andrea http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/08/04/those-bastards/#comment-45225 Andrea Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:41:02 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=1601#comment-45225 Marshall wasn't trying to be funny. Just wait for his response. Marshall wasn’t trying to be funny. Just wait for his response.

]]> By: JM Bell http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/08/04/those-bastards/#comment-45217 JM Bell Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:27:04 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=1601#comment-45217 Yeah, Marshall, how DARE you be funny! You diabolical bastard. Yeah, Marshall, how DARE you be funny!

You diabolical bastard.

]]> By: Andrea http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/08/04/those-bastards/#comment-45210 Andrea Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:46:45 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=1601#comment-45210 Yep, there's always someone out there looking to diss the private sector whenever possible. "Public" space travel has had its share of disasters as well, including two space shuttles (Challenger and Columbia) as well as Apollo 1 (pre-launch). Don't forget that most of the design and construction work for the various U.S. space programs were carried out by private contractors. I guess if the government had designed and built the equipment there never would have been a Shuttle or Apollo disasters, right? Yep, there’s always someone out there looking to diss the private sector whenever possible.

“Public” space travel has had its share of disasters as well, including two space shuttles (Challenger and Columbia) as well as Apollo 1 (pre-launch).

Don’t forget that most of the design and construction work for the various U.S. space programs were carried out by private contractors. I guess if the government had designed and built the equipment there never would have been a Shuttle or Apollo disasters, right?

]]> By: marshall http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/08/04/those-bastards/#comment-45198 marshall Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:50:23 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=1601#comment-45198 Anyone still think privatized space travel is the wave of the future? If they can't get dead people into space how are they going to get live ones. Anyone still think privatized space travel is the wave of the future? If they can’t get dead people into space how are they going to get live ones.

]]> By: Obi wan liberali http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/08/04/those-bastards/#comment-45194 Obi wan liberali Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:42:19 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=1601#comment-45194 Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, literally. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, literally.

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