Air Force To Take Over Two Ex-Shuttle Hangers In Florida For Its X-37B Program 48

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 09, 2014 @08:28PM from the new-quarters-on-campus dept.

schwit1 writes In an effort to find tenants for its facilities, the Kennedy Space Center is going to rent two former shuttle processing hangers to Boeing for the Air Force's X-37B program. "NASA built three Orbiter Processing Facilities, or OPFs, to service its space shuttle fleet between missions. All three are located next to the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at the Florida spaceport where Apollo Saturn 5 moon rockets and space shuttles were 'stacked' for launch. Under an agreement with NASA, Boeing will modify OPF bays 1 and 2 for the X-37B program, completing upgrades by the end of the year. The company already has an agreement with NASA to use OPF-3 and the shuttle engine shop in the VAB to assemble its CST-100 commercial crew craft being built to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The company says up to six capsules can be processed in the facility at the same time."

Comment Re:Obvious but baffling that it's not done yet (Score 1) 1532

by LordYUK on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @07:30AM (#45000739) Attached to: U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed

Well, looking at the US deficit and debt, one could argue that the Tea Party might be loonies but at least it isn't their policy to spend their grandchildren's earnings.

It wasn't Bill Clinton's policy to spend his grandchildren's earnings either. He left office with the budget in balance.

It was George W. Bush's policy to spend that surplus on tax breaks for his billionaire friends, and then spend $3 trillion for a war in Iraq for the purpose of (what was it again?), most of which went to his no-bid contractors like Halliburton. Bush left us in debt that your grandchildren will be paying for.

The Tea Party is funded by the same loonies that got those no-bid contracts.

yeah man no bid contracts never go to Haliburton under Obama! He farts rainbows and rides a unicorn to work every day!

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/13/obamas-mounting-hypocrisy/

Comment Why do they call it the Xbox One? (Score 4, Funny) 581

by LordYUK on Friday June 07, 2013 @09:17AM (#43935167) Attached to: Microsoft Confirms Xbox One's Phone Home Requirement, Game Resale Rules

Cause you take One look at it then turn around 360 degrees and walk away.

Comment Re:Oh, America (Score 1) 811

by LordKane on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @04:30PM (#39933457) Attached to: TSA's mm-Wave Body Scanner Breaks Diabetic Teen's $10K Insulin Pump

His message was invalid by the middle of the second paragraph. The poster seems to conclude it's the fault of the people who voted AND the fault of those who did not vote. You either voted the mess in, or didn't vote and let the mess in. Sorry, but that's pretty weak. What is the GPs suggested correct course of action then?

It seems like the suggestion is total uprising of the entire nation, bar none based on his blame of anyone in the country. We all know that is not even statistically feasible; people never agree on action to that degree. People protest the current state by the thousands every day and get little real attention and change almost nothing. Is the GP really saying the only correct course of action is to not vote and spend every day protesting or using violent revolt?

Sounds like someone blaming everyone bu themselves to me.

Old Man Murray Wikipedia Controversy Continues 173

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 13, 2011 @01:03PM from the start-to-crate dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As discussed previously on slashdot, the Old Man Murray article was deleted from Wikipedia. After much controversy, the article has been restored. However, the debate to delete the article continues, with both deletionists and Old Man Murray fans swarming to the article."

Comment Re:I accidentally the every larger database... (Score 1) 62

by LordKane on Thursday April 30, 2009 @09:28AM (#27771735) Attached to: Web Analytics Databases Get Even Larger

Not the every larger database!

Comment Re:Let me give orders in pause! (Score 1) 138

by LordYUK on Monday July 30, 2007 @12:01PM (#20043647) Attached to: Protoss For a Day

RTS stands for "Real Time Strategy"...

how exactly would it be "real time" if you could pause?

Part of the challenge is learning to multi task effectively.

Comment Re:All-time favorite interaction with a spammer (Score 2, Interesting) 429

by LordKane on Saturday September 27, 2003 @07:55PM (#7074684) Attached to: Interview With a Spammer

Yea, the funny thing about this particular first person interaction with a live spammer is I also know the guy too. Richard Cobert was trying to set my company up with a marketing campaign, buy some of the customer database software we sell, and I had to deal with him. I still have his purchase info for what he did buy. :-)

This guy is a total sleaze. I felt slimy just talking to the guy. It's spammers like this guy that cause all the problems. I mean, he has no qualms about how he makes a buck. He even tried to get chummy with me in order to land the deal. He told the most whacked stories about his "old" golf career as a potential pro and how he knew Bill Gates (another reason he's a moron) and could have been rich with him. If he really did know Gates, I can see where he gets his "do anything to make $$$" mentality from. A little later, we found out he was working for Keith Taubb and America Int., another shady list dealer.

He was just to slimy and we decided he was probably lying that his campaign was totally "opt-in." I cut him loose as soon as possible, and it was so funny to hear about him the next year as one of the biggest spammers on our little rock. This was over 2 years ago now, but even now thinking about talking to him makes me shiver. For once, I understand why tigers eat their young...