| Shuttle Disaster |
Sun, 02 February 2003 01:10  |
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This is the only way I know of expressing my sorrow at this mornings shuttle disaster.
From one ex-serviceman to those that died in the service of mankind exploring the Stars!
They shall grow not old
As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them
Nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning
We will remember them
LEST WE FORGET
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| Re: Shuttle Disaster |
Sun, 02 February 2003 07:39  |
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tbh nasa should have gotten rid of those things long ago... their blody dangerous
they SHOULD be using the x32 ( or whatever its called ) single stage shuttle.... but noooooo, their too damn cheap to invest... and now some innocent astronaughts take the price...
also y is it that every time there is a FIRST time someone from ( X y or Z ) is going the shuttle blows up??
first the school teacher... now an iranian... mabe a conspiricy
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| Re: Shuttle Disaster |
Sun, 02 February 2003 08:02 |
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| BlueTurbit |
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tbh nasa should have gotten rid of those things long ago... their blody dangerous
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Space exploration is dangerous, period, but also very beneficial to medicine and technology. As one astronaut put it, "It's not like driving a car you know."
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they SHOULD be using the x32 ( or whatever its called ) single stage shuttle.... but noooooo, their too damn cheap to invest... and now some innocent astronaughts take the price...
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NASA uses whatever they deem is best to use. They are the leader in space for a good reason.  They are not too cheap to do anything. They have a budget which is allocated by the US Congress, and they have to work within the bounds of their resources in order to achieve what they have. Which is quite a lot if you compare it with what the rest of the world has done in space. 
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also y is it that every time there is a FIRST time someone from ( X y or Z ) is going the shuttle blows up??
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Every time? Twice in the last seventeen years with about one hundred very dangerous missions is perhaps not a bad record.
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first the school teacher... now an iranian... mabe a conspiricy
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Iranian? I thought it was six Americans and an Isrealite that went up for the first time?
Conspiracy? I doubt that. When you are travelling at 12,500 miles per hour and you are heading from Texas to Florida, a couple thousand miles away, and will be landing in ten minutes or so... if something fails to function or the atmosphere has an unusual condition there is no second chance. There is not even time to correct anything that goes wrong.
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Sun, 02 February 2003 08:10 |
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Also realise that a shuttle once it hits the atmosphere it becomes a "glider" (more like a bloody brick if you ask me). So there's no way to change their mind, no way to do anything but sit and hope. Sitting and hoping does buggar all when the spit hits the fan.
It amused me a little though that the Whitehouse issued a statement to say that this was not down to a terrorist act...
1. How the hell could it have been?
2. Why not say the Iraqi's did it? Get a few more people convinced into attacking Saddam.
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Sun, 02 February 2003 10:15 |
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iraq shouldent be getting attacked, its just america wanting to "STEAL" their oil, bush should leave em alone, they already got beat up once... y dont just go back to vietnam and see if he can win this time
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| Re: Shuttle Disaster |
Sun, 02 February 2003 14:23 |
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| EDog |
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| Hyper wrote on Sun, 02 February 2003 08:15 |
iraq shouldent be getting attacked, its just america wanting to "STEAL" their oil, bush should leave em alone, they already got beat up once... y dont just go back to vietnam and see if he can win this time
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Yeah, and without us Yanks, you'd be the smallest island in the German Empire. Let's not get off into political ranting here. The Forum has transcended politics for years - let's not start squaring off now.
And for any of my friends in the UK who took offense at my opening statement, please understand that it is only a joke, and a rather poor one at that. I'm not going to get preachy or anything, but let's not turn the deaths of American astronauts into anything except for what it is - a tragedy for their families, the American people, and the world of science.
EDog
http://ianthealy.com
Born, grew up, became an adventurer
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| Re: Shuttle Disaster |
Sun, 02 February 2003 22:42 |
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| Wayne |
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That poem is but one passage of a much longer poem
"For The Fallen" by Laurence Binyon.
That particular passage is used at the Returned Services Clubs in New Zealand and Australia to remember our fallen in war.
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