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Flying into space and coming back is not like going down to the local 7-11 in your Volvo.

From reading your blathering, my conclusion is that you haven't a clue as to what you are talking about!

I talked with your older brother brother about this. He said I was pretty sharp, unlike his younger borther. He also said that you should really learn to keep your mouth shut when you don't have a clue, which basically means you should never under any circumstances open your pie hole.

Gidoen, I am well aware of the differences between the Buran and the Soyuz/Progress. How many times has the Buran flown?

Exactly! That is why one of the stongest proposals for a "new" heavy lift vehicle is to mount the main engines to the bottom of the ET and put the payload on the top of the ET. What's funny is that even with larger SRBs and 4 main engines instead of three the "new" vehicle still falls about 20...

Yes, I am accutely aware that the problems have been on the outside, primarily from ET shedding striking the orbiter and damaging the thermal protection system. This is a design flaw more than anything else. Had the Shuttle been deisgned with the orbiter on top of the ET instead of mounted to...

You people really do not know what you are talking about. Yes the Shutel airframe is 30 years old but the internals are mostly newer technology. The Shutlte go through a major upgrade cycle about every three years. The Chineese ship is nothing more than a soviet Soyuz that has been...

I wish you peploe would understand waht you are saying before spouting off.

As long as there are safety concerns they will change the date. They could have launched today but unfortunately there is such a fear of risk that NASA lives under from the media and people like you that do not understnad that going to space is not like hopping in the car and driving down the...

You need to get your facts straight. What came off was a window cover that a worker dropped during removal. The cover struck one of the OMS pods on the way down but caused no damage and is not an impact to the success or safety of the mission.

NASA already has propulsion adn power supply systms that can get us to other parts of the solar system much faster adn more effeciently than currently. However they all require nuclear energy sources which are a politically infeasible solution. In fact if it were not for politics the return on...

Politicians in general wether they are left/right, republican/democrat always seem to know how to screw things up. It must be an ego thing for most of them. While some of them may actually know what they are talking about, who the hell knows more about fighting a war than the Generals in the...

You think this "problem" started only four years ago?

I need a little help in taking the next step. I have reached a point that I truly believe the only thing holding me back is my need to win all the time. It doesn't matter if I am trading my live account of my demo account I somehow feel the need to always win (in this case against the FX...

Stevie Ray Vaughn has too many great solos to list. Also, Santana lets loose a great one in Oye Como Va.

Exactly, try cramming the wife, two kids, the dog and all of their gear for a weekend trip into a Honda Civic. It can't be done. It doesn't help that I am 6'6" tall and even in a full size car like a Ford Taurus, Toyota Camry, etc no one can sit behind me. Now a minivan does work wonders...

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I agree with your point of view. If you are going to sign up for the job and take the benefits of the job then when it comes time to perform, you are obligated to perform regardless. These people should know that the military serves onbasic purpose and that is to wage and hopefully win a...

Iraq war 200 billion, SS too many billions to count, NASA budget 15 billion. I would say that ROI for NASA is very high over the long haul. Loverboy, thanks for the comment but I am just one of many who have some insight to the space program. Many more have a much better insight than I do...

Damir, NASA has its problems but scrapping it because of the gavernments fiscla situation is not such a good idea. Do you know how much the NASA budget is and whats its percentage of the overall budget is? It's about as big as a fly on an elephants ass.