Comment Re:The end of the line (Score 1) 40
no no... there is still STS-135 that will launch in... late June, maybe early July.
no no... there is still STS-135 that will launch in... late June, maybe early July.
I think this is a function of manned vs unmanned more than anything else. The acceptable margin of error is orders of magnitude less when there are people on board, so any little concern becomes the object of great scrutiny.
At least this time... earlier it was a hydrazine leak.
The Immaculate Conception is Mary's (Jesus' mother) conception. Catholics and Orthodox believe that she was conceived in the normal way, but God gave her a special grace to be conceived immaculately, that is without sin. Jesus' conception is known as the Incarnation, since that was God becoming Man. I know that this has nothing to do with the article, but it is so often confused and so rarely clarified, I had to speak up.
It was the magic smoke seal that failed on my last compy... Let all the smoke out and now it ain't workin anymore
Not to mention the fact that the Shuttle doesn't have the thrust necessary to put it into Geosync... heck, it can't even make it to GTO. VERY out of reach.
Thanks - I totally embarrassed myself reading this and busing out laughing during the middle of my physics lecture. I guess that is what I get for reading
Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States.
Espero que la gente de los Estados Unidos no son tan mal como este
what about us old five digiters you insensitive clod?
Just my two cents to add...
Exploration of the next horizon is part of being human. To stop exploring would be to deny something that is fundamental to who we are. The principle of utility is a horrible metric when the objective is poorly understood....
For a long time, art made no sense to me, seemed like a waste of time, but it is an expression of human creativity and a reaching for beauty. Unless you care about seeking beauty, art doesn't make sense. Unless you care about seeking the truth of the universe, space exploration doesn't make sense.
So, the question I would pose to the grandparent is what happened to make you lose interest in exploration? Have you never been curious about what is over the next hill that you haven't seen? Because really, that is what this is all about.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. -- Thomas Edison