No good deed goes unpunished

The abort would be when you release the trigger.

Is it me, or do reaction wheels seem to be the most failure prone part of space telescopes?

You wear a smartphone?

In my first world western democratic country, we call that illegal corruption, and will prosecute that politician to the fullest extent of the law. ( and have done so in the past, hence this country has one of the lowest levels of corruption in the world )

Just because you are used to corruption in the USA, doesn't mean its like that the world over.

You actually *dont* have to put up with political corruption and bribery in America. It is actually OK to protest against corruption. Seriously. ( im not trolling )

" Was this bribery? Of course not! "

Of course? How is it obvious that it is not bribery? I dont see anything obvious as to why it is not.

Giving a politician money for the purpose of influencing said politicians support of legislation is corruption, fair and square.

There are no ifs or buts, it is corruption.

And this corruption is so widespread, and so accepted ( and even expected ), that the American people think nothing of it, and accept it as simply a part of doing politics.

Leader of the Free World my ass.

I live in a first world western democracy, and here, this sort of corruption is illegal. Why is this allowed in the USA?

This is why having humans onboard beats robotics. An event like this on an unmanned craft could be crippling. With humans onboard, it was quickly found and fixed.

Though it is only a question of time before robotics will be dexterous and smart enough to go out and replace a broken module like what just happened. In the meantime, Humans +1 | Robots +0.

Smugly pleased.

Don't forget the addictive nature of nicotine.

No, Dont mod parent up, This is Slashdot, not some fucking American political bullshit discussion site.

Slashdot should be:

NEWS FOR NERDS, STUFF THAT MATTERS!

I would mod you up even more for your insightful words, but you are already at +5.

Slashdot, *please* go back to News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters!
And while im in rant mode, *please* realise that not all of us are Americans, Stuff that Matters shouldnt be about some democrat vs republican bullshit.

Fingers.

10GB of online storage completely free? What, like services like Dropbox, Google Drive, Mega etc?

Why go through all the hassle of encrypting your data as a QR code video, when you could just upload your encrypted files to one of these fine services?

"This can only end poorly for FB"

You say it like its a bad thing.

Why go through the hassle of that. If you *truly* want your 'victim' to think they are going to die, and go through what it actually feels like to die, but bring them back from the very brink of death, waterboard them.

Dont believe me? Ask the CIA, they know all about it.