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NorthernSun (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:30 PM Original message |
Shuttle engineer says he's off team (update) |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Truth shall set you free. |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. What a (lethal, wasteful) fucking boondoggle |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. But NASA management has embraced Bush's call to return to the Moon |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Because a lot of that $600 million goes to big corps |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. So just what IS the rush? nt |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The foam problem has never been resolved! |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. $$$ |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Isn't this the same way Thiokol treated its engineers that objected |
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yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. i remember that |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. I predict that the Launch will be scrubbed for whatever reason..... |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-03-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Unbelievable. They might as well have... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. That scares me. |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. There's about a 1% chance that there will be a LOV (loss of vehicle)... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. There will always be a risk, it's just that the level of trust in |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Bush Operatives? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'm just saying that since bush has taken office he has placed his |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. Look at the outstanding success of the MERs, we shouldbe robotic! |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. K&R |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. I can only imagine what the families of the flight team must think. -eom |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. gamblilng with people's lives, sacrificing the whistleblowers and branding |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here's a link to the email he sent out |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. Looks like Repug appointies might kill some more people for politics (nt) |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. Wouldn't it be great if Colin Powell did this...tell us exactly why he |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is what happens when you appoint some dweeb College Republican |
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LunaSea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I assume you mean the previous NASA admin..... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I meant the last one, yes |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. from the Yevgeny Yevtushenko poem "Career": |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
26. Stop jerking around the engineers!!! |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. You know, I have a problem with the shuttle program.... |
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ikri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-03-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Or the best long-term solution |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-03-06 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
31. Nothing good has come from the space program... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-03-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Ahem. I think the miniaturization of computers came from |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-03-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
32. I just heard via "ABC News" on KGO Radio (San Francisco) |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-03-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Hey, didn't the second shuttle disaster happen on Bush's watch? |
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