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07/15/2009 06:12:37 PM · #26 |
I imagine that you drove a very long time and in some intense heat to get to a viewing area, where you're sitting in some crazy weather waiting to get photos of a spectacle that you're very excited for. (Well, and angry about not having yet :D)
Am I close? |
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07/15/2009 06:13:23 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by idnic:
Happy now? ;) |
Big deal!!! One more day, they would have to replace the whole crew due to their ages.
Are you kidding me, I will tell this one to my grandkids :P |
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07/15/2009 06:16:02 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
I imagine that you drove a very long time and in some intense heat to get to a viewing area, where you're sitting in some crazy weather waiting to get photos of a spectacle that you're very excited for. (Well, and angry about not having yet :D)
Am I close? |
With that kind of scenario you probably would see me in the news with some matches at the bottom of the shuttle trying to ignite the damn thing..
No way, I am not that crazy (I wouldn't drive there to watch the "delay". I can do that from here front of my monitor) :|
Message edited by author 2009-07-15 18:17:40. |
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07/15/2009 07:51:30 PM · #29 |
This rant has been DELAYED until the next Shuttle Launch.
We will watch the weather, tank and birds to have another 46 delays and laugh about it with our rear ends as soon as the next shuttle is on the pad and fueling.
This has been Leo's rant to kick NASA's a**s for not doing better job over 40 years.
(Stay tuned for more asterisk Between "F" and "G" to greed NASA.)
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Message edited by author 2009-07-15 19:54:12. |
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07/16/2009 05:37:49 AM · #30 |
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07/16/2009 01:46:28 PM · #31 |
You see what I am getting at? None of the shuttles or any other craft was lost because of some clouds or lightning... we lost something due to "stuff hitting the shuttle" and what happened? They still use "crumbs" to hold things together. Who is kidding who here?... Are we so stupid to believe NASA is doing VERY good job by waiting the "RIGHT" time (moment of millisecond) so crew will not have to "STRUGGLE" during the "emergency landing", which never happened before?
These things will happen if you launch in a perfect weather or not... now you are going to deal with it up there, aren't you (talking to NASA's J**k A**es at this point)? You will deal with the situation, learn once again and avoid it the next time. This is the curve which never ends in this business... Space exploration is not having a trip from NJ to AZ (kicking my own A**s for that one anyways) that you have a checklist to stuff you take with you and a list of stops... which doesn't guarantee tire won't blow up, or delayed DURING the travel because of rain, snow or a hitchhiker.
"Perfect Launch" never existed and never will. You go, you come back, you deal with the problems... but you deal with them. Debris? Weeeel NASA is not capable of dealing with it well. So, what's next? Answer: "Find a freaking way to fix it" rocket scientist?!?!?!?
Yeah... Sick of all that (and you will be sick of me keep dragging this, but I don't really care) |
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04/29/2011 01:05:57 PM · #32 |
Here we go again...
Somebody sneezed in cockpit I am sure, they canceled the flight for two days... or there was a cloud building up in California cost... or they just had to postponed it because that's what they do all the time.
Go NASA!... or should I say "No Go" for NASA |
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04/29/2011 01:30:55 PM · #33 |
Do you really not know why they HOLD at a specific time?
They have a schedule of things to do at very critical times prior to and during flight.
Make sense to you now? |
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04/29/2011 01:37:32 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by David Ey:
Do you really not know why they HOLD at a specific time?
They have a schedule of things to do at very critical times prior to and during flight.
Make sense to you now? |
You know what makes sense to me, they suck. I can't tell you how mad they make me... we're not supposed to be in this situation, we're not supposed to be still waiting for the "perfect" timing each launch... we're supposed to be on the moon, on Mars right now, with daily shuttles, just like airplanes...
If we can put a computer that filled 1200 sqfeet room to a wrist watch in 40 years, we should not be here with this level of space exploration. |
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04/29/2011 01:43:07 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
If we can put a computer that filled 1200 sqfeet room to a wrist watch in 40 years, we should not be here with this level of space exploration. |
That happened because of the space program.
Do you really want them to prioritize your launch viewing schedule over flight safety, like they did with Challenger? |
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04/29/2011 01:55:16 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
If we can put a computer that filled 1200 sqfeet room to a wrist watch in 40 years, we should not be here with this level of space exploration. |
That happened because of the space program.
Do you really want them to prioritize your launch viewing schedule over flight safety, like they did with Challenger? |
Each time I get into my car is a risk for me to die or get injured... yet, hundreds of thousands of people die each year, if not millions, in whole world. Risk? you're talking about the risk? It's not the "risk" of lives they are afraid of, it's the "money" comes from the government. Once, that wasn't the problem, and we went to the moon with "Tons of Risks" now, we're crawling, if not going backwards.
I am pretty sure someone could understand my frustration over this issue. |
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04/29/2011 02:48:30 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
If we can put a computer that filled 1200 sqfeet room to a wrist watch in 40 years, we should not be here with this level of space exploration. |
That happened because of the space program.
Do you really want them to prioritize your launch viewing schedule over flight safety, like they did with Challenger? |
Each time I get into my car is a risk for me to die or get injured... yet, hundreds of thousands of people die each year, if not millions, in whole world. Risk? you're talking about the risk? It's not the "risk" of lives they are afraid of, it's the "money" comes from the government. Once, that wasn't the problem, and we went to the moon with "Tons of Risks" now, we're crawling, if not going backwards.
I am pretty sure someone could understand my frustration over this issue. |
Sure ... what would you feel if it blew up on launch? And is this really the most important thing going on in the world to be frustrated about? |
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04/29/2011 03:40:18 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
And is this really the most important thing going on in the world to be frustrated about? |
... I f-ing hate that response. You may or may not be correct in everything else, but you are suggesting that attention should only be paid to the #1 problem, while ignoring everything else... Egregious! |
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04/29/2011 03:56:47 PM · #39 |
| Well, there's only one more after this one, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. |
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04/29/2011 04:42:26 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by Cory:
... Egregious! |
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04/29/2011 05:45:25 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by Cory:
... Egregious! |
... Hyperbolic! |
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04/29/2011 05:49:53 PM · #42 |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
Each time I get into my car is a risk for me to die or get injured... |
If cars cost $1.7 billion to buy, $450 million to drive, carried a $1.5 billion cargo and 40% of them had been completely destroyed with 7 fatalities each time, you might place a higher priority on safety. Spectator inconvenience isn't NASA's concern, so if the irregular schedule is too much to bear go watch a train. |
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04/29/2011 06:04:27 PM · #43 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
...If cars cost $1.7 billion to buy, $450 million to drive, carried a $1.5 billion cargo and 40% of them had been completely destroyed with 7 fatalities each time, you might place a higher priority on safety. Spectator inconvenience isn't NASA's concern, so if the irregular schedule is too much to bear go watch a train. |
I am not sure how much money is lost with all those car accidence each year, at least what you said above, you also have to add tens of thousands of dead bodies to make it an even argument? However, my frustration is not one or two shuttle lunch, it's the whole space exploration project, which was stopped in 70s. Did you know they are thinking to let go the space station in just a few more years... let it burn? do you think it's fair?
When the "time" comes for launch, there is always something, if not mechanical, some clouds or some wind was holding the lift off. Now, how many times did they do that? and still "a pump" stopping the launch? aren't they supposed to know all that glitches "before" the countdown? Are the systems that fragile? Don't you think we should be going to space and coming back like regular airplanes by now? and why not?
I don't think you guys understand my point in this, we are much smarter than where we are now. We have to "kill" the politics and act like who we are... not kill the program and act like politicians. |
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04/29/2011 06:16:11 PM · #44 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
... so if the irregular schedule is too much to bear go watch a train. |
... in 1938 Italy ...? |
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04/29/2011 06:43:57 PM · #45 |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
I am not sure how much money is lost with all those car accidence each year, at least what you said above, you also have to add tens of thousands of dead bodies to make it an even argument? |
Not all... ONE. There is no comparison to driving ONE vehicle with that much at stake.
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
Don't you think we should be going to space and coming back like regular airplanes by now? |
We would be if space exploration were still a race against an "evil" superpower and money was no object. Neither is true. |
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04/29/2011 06:49:40 PM · #46 |
I cannot speak for anyone else regarding this issue, but I am convinced that much smarter people than me, familiar with the process take all factors into consideration when deciding whether to launch or not.
I happen to know that "Pissing in the wind" is NOT a good thing, and tend to leave decisions relating to the launching of spacecrafts to those familiar with their proper functioning.
But, that's just me. :O)
Ray |
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04/30/2011 09:47:14 AM · #47 |
| In the future we can come back to this thread and say; "Remember when the US was a space-faring nation? We actually had rants about launch holds. Wow, those sure were the good ol' days." |
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05/12/2011 10:20:05 AM · #48 |
NASA will try to send the space shuttle up into space this Monday (May 16th 2011).
I open the bids right now! One of the following reasons will cancel the flight once again
1-Clouds
2-Wind
3-Leak
4-Computer problems
5-birds
6-Other nature reasons
7-Other human reasons (sickness etc)
8-Other mechanical reasons
Message edited by author 2011-05-12 10:32:39. |
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05/12/2011 01:50:52 PM · #49 |
| What a relief this must be. Thank goodness America will no longer have to suffer through the pain of launch delays after only three more planned flights, we will leave space for other nations to explore. Let the Chinese, the Russians, and the many other countries that can bear the horror of launch delays and crushing taxes, suffer through the emotional pain. We will be free of such burdens, and I'm sure the money we save no longer flying the shuttle will go straight into deficit reduction and lowering all our taxes. A real win/win. |
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05/12/2011 05:49:05 PM · #50 |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
NASA will try to send the space shuttle up into space this Monday (May 16th 2011).
I open the bids right now! One of the following reasons will cancel the flight once again
1-Clouds
2-Wind
3-Leak
4-Computer problems
5-birds
6-Other nature reasons
7-Other human reasons (sickness etc)
8-Other mechanical reasons |
On a personal note, if I was strapped into that apparatus I would greatly appreciate having someone tell me that the launch being delayed rather than them having a blasé attitude about potential hazards, and launch me to my demise.
But that's just me.
Ray
Message edited by author 2011-05-12 17:49:46. |
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