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The Space Shuttle has changed America's space program forever.

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tokentiki : LVL 47: VP 5: said:

tokentiki

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507 days 22 hours ago...

the space program is actually a program made to gain control over space battleground. waste of recources either way.

exploder : LVL 48: VP 5: said:

exploder

1 votes NegativePositive

507 days 14 hours ago...

^That, and fund secondary military objectives through the back door, with the public perception of civilian work.

shackle : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

shackle

4 votes NegativePositive

507 days 11 hours ago...

Hell watch the new Penn and Tellers Bullshit about NASA, and they are huge huge NASA fans.

EckJerome : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

EckJerome

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506 days 23 hours ago...

Well, it changed our space program for 30 years anyway...and not for the better.

Don`t get me totally wrong...the shuttle is one of the most awesome machines humans have ever engineered and I`d still love to witness a launch before it is retired, but it never lived up to its promise of lowering the cost of spaceflight with reuasable parts. In fact, the shuttle costs many times more to launch ($1/2 billion every time) than completely disposable rockets.

stbasdf : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

stbasdf

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506 days 11 hours ago...

nothing like riding a giant fuel tank filled with explosive liquid gases!

SOLSTAR : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

SOLSTAR

-1 votes NegativePositive

506 days 8 hours ago...

^giggidy

DoctorRandomercam : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

DoctorRandomercam

0 votes NegativePositive

506 days 4 hours ago...

Insects figured out space travel millions of years ago. They flew all the way up there, and you know what they said? They said "What the... there`s no AIR!" Fuck this, why would anyone come up here? There`s no fucking AIR!"

Neferati : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

Neferati

-1 votes NegativePositive

506 days 4 hours ago...

Buran was better :(((

whiteyjosh : LVL 8: VP 1.7: said:

whiteyjosh

-4 votes NegativePositive

506 days 3 hours ago...

can anyone tell me why i cant see any stars in the background when the space shuttle is in space?

keithho : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

keithho

-1 votes NegativePositive

506 days 2 hours ago...

Next step: Mars Program!

Mantra : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

Mantra

0 votes NegativePositive

506 days 1 hour ago...

It would cost "$1/2 billion" just to fill up those tanks!

~TechHead~ : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

~TechHead~

1 votes NegativePositive

504 days 23 hours ago...

^tokentiki
So, what you are saying is that maintaining the satellites that provide us internet feeds, phone, data, television, and weather are just a waste of time to maintain?? There is no doubt that the space race was started by the military, but to live in today`s technologically advanced society, we need that program so that satellitescna be properly maintained. You might see it as a waste of resources, but I see it as a step forward in the evolution of man.

Papershark : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Papershark

1 votes NegativePositive

503 days 21 hours ago...

the SUV of the sky. designed to no other reason than to take satellites back down to earth for repair. which i retrospect not a cost effective idea. Not that I`m ragging USA, this was your Concord; a leap further than cost effectivness could warrent. You will never see a reusable spaceship than can bring back down that kind of poundage in your lifetime again.

EckJerome : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

EckJerome

0 votes NegativePositive

503 days 20 hours ago...

~TechHead~: Thanks for displaying the ignorance of the unwashed masses when it comes to anything to do with space and spaceflight.

All of the types of satellites you just mentioned are placed in geostationary orbits 22,000 miles above the Earth where they can NEVER be reached by the shuttle (or any existing manned spacecraft) in order to be serviced. If those satellites malfunction, it`s actually much cheaper to simply build and launch a new one.

The Columbia disaster sealed the fate of the shuttle wrt to satellite servicing missions. The only reason the Hubble Space Telescope is getting a service mission in October is because of the huge outcry by the scientific community. If NASA was willing to let that multi-billion dollar observatory come flaming back to Earth, you think they really give a crap about your DirecTV feed?

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