Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 02:38:16 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: John Martinez <rolnif@mac.com> Cc: <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: oh my god the nasa shuttle blewup Message-ID: <a05200f26ba6224f27fa6@[193.0.9.156]> In-Reply-To: <3417F02C-35FF-11D7-9E46-0003937C0B34@mac.com> References: <3417F02C-35FF-11D7-9E46-0003937C0B34@mac.com>
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At 8:07 AM -0800 2003/02/01, John Martinez wrote:
>> Seven soles lost in the disaster.
>
> Yeah, what a tragedy for our nation.
I guess they have to rename the agency again. After Challenger
blew up, I heard that NASA stood for Need Another Seven Astronauts.
I guess now it will have to be NASAA -- Need Another Seven Astronauts
Again.
0.5 ;-0
> I hope this doesn't affect our space program negatively, but we will
> recover from this.
It was almost three years after Challenger before we finally put
another shuttle in space. It's probably going to be two to three
years before we launch another shuttle, assuming we do launch any
more shuttles.
What's going to happen to the space station in the meanwhile?
What about the people there now? With Russian commitment having
crumbled, are we going to leave those people to die? Assuming they
come back safely, do we abandon the ISS, the way we abandoned the
previous two space stations?
Moreover, just exactly how is Bush going to handle four
simultaneous crises -- continuing to hunt down Al Qaeda, going after
Sadam, dealing with North Korea, and now dealing with the aftermath
of Columbia? IMO, this is the end of his presidency. He tried to do
too many things at the same time, and go after too many old enemies
at the same time.
> My heart and prayers go out to the families of the astronauts.
Mine too. I just hope that we can prove that there wasn't a bomb
or sabotage involved, because otherwise we've just seen the start of
WWIII. The Israelis have nuclear capability, and they've never been
shy to use any force they deem fit when they think they have enough
evidence to convince themselves.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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