Shuttle Discovery Lifts Off from Kennedy Space Center.

I just saw on the news that a piece fell off during take off. I feel sorry for the astronauts. Just how much diahorrea can those little toilet bags hold?

Originally posted by Ken Kenobi
It was obviously meant as a joke. I live in Vegas, there are no bets like that as far as I know.

Oh, but it wouldn't surprise me if there were!

Originally posted by jaden101
programme and has a better success to failure ration than the old rocket and bell module return method did

primative yes, but i dont recall a single disaster with the bell modules.
so simple and safe that a chimpanzee can and did pilot it.
not that there was a factor of payload, but my point is that nasa
should be aiming for a 100% success rate, not just praying that a 20+ year old piece of shit doesnt lose too many nuts, bolts, and tiles, so it can make reentry. that was their aim long ago, apparently now they're happy with a craps shoot 😬

Originally posted by PVS
primative yes, but i dont recall a single disaster with the bell modules.
so simple and safe that a chimpanzee can and did pilot it.
not that there was a factor of payload, but my point is that nasa
should be aiming for a 100% success rate, not just praying that a 20+ year old piece of shit doesnt lose too many nuts, bolts, and tiles, so it can make reentry. that was their aim long ago, apparently now they're happy with a craps shoot 😬

apollo programme...january 27th 1967...3 astronauts killed

good point about the 100% success rate...but i'm pretty sure that its what they try to accomplish

i suppose they could increase NASA's budget by a considerable amount but i'm pretty sure there would be the usual "waste of money" cries

and im sure many of the same people crying are the ones supporting the war machine 😉

penny wise and dollar stupid

i would say its the other way round myself...the people who say the money spent of the war would be best spent of welfare and blah blah whatever other idealistic nonsense...i have no doubt they would be the people who think that space exploration is money that could go to homeless people and whatever else...depending on whats the fashion of the day...africa...renewable energy...etc etc

i say if we're not going to spend money on saving the planet...then we might as well spend it on trying to get off the planet before we fvck it up too much 😛

i agree. instead the majority of americas tax dollars for the past 50+ years has been spent finding new and efficient ways to kill off the human race

Originally posted by PVS
i agree. instead the majority of americas tax dollars for the past 50+ years has been spent finding new and efficient ways to kill off the human race

true...cant be denied...but its not something thats been unique to the US...probably every country in the world follows the same stupid pattern of spending...some to far more extreme ratios than America

I can't possibly believe that NASA hasn't been trying to come up with a new space-ship model, or whatever you want to call it.

The private companies that have made new designs... well, have they ever worked?

Originally posted by hotsauce6548
The private companies that have made new designs... well, have they ever worked?

yes.

Originally posted by PVS
yes.

Are you sure? Which ones?

I remember reading about one that was to be propelled by light, and it was possible because of the material used being so very thin, but I know that one did not work.

no, it wasnt a concept. a private spacecraft was built, launched, orbited the earth, and landed safely. ill look for the article

edit--- here you go:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/21/suborbital.test/

Originally posted by PVS
no, it wasnt a concept. a private spacecraft was built, launched, orbited the earth, and landed safely. ill look for the article

edit--- here you go:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/21/suborbital.test/

Oh, yeah! I remember that one. They had a whole article, video, and pictures and stuff about it on MSNBC.com.

That's true.

NASA must just think there machine is better, for now, anyway. I mean, there has only been one launch of that private spaceship. Who's to say that in 56 launches, more than 1 won't explode?

http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/

here is the company site
cool pics

Originally posted by hotsauce6548
Oh, yeah! I remember that one. They had a whole article, video, and pictures and stuff about it on MSNBC.com.

That's true.

NASA must just think there machine is better, for now, anyway. I mean, there has only been one launch of that private spaceship. Who's to say that in 56 launches, more than 1 won't explode?

i guess there really is no telling.
but risk is the price of progress isnt it?
and since their success rate seems to sucky anyway,
why not innovate?

btw, keep in mind that this craft needed no external booster rockets

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5261571/

And here is the article from MSNBC. There is a video, as well.

check the last site i posted. the video footage is awesome 🙂