Lets get this shuttle in the sky.

ApolloXI · Post by **ApolloXI** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:53 pm

I hope that the Col. investagation says that flights can be made by this spring. As Shepard said in The Right Stuff "Alright, I'm cooler than you are. Why don't you fix your little problems and light this candle?" (hear it here, it is a zipflie)http://www.destgulch.com/movies/rstuff/rstuff22.wav I want us to return to space but we all know that space is dangerous and things can happen as Frodo said to Sam, which Bilbo said to him "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." (Hear it hear, it is zipfile)http://www.myfavmovies.com/cgi-bin/Down ... 0Ring&0024 So lets remeber what happened with Apollo I, Challenger, and Columbia and cont. human exploaration of space.

Failure Is Not An Option

Space Nerd · Post by **Space Nerd** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 10:37 pm

YEAH!

hitchchik · Post by **hitchchik** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 4:37 pm

FInally more people agreeing with me!!! lol the media needs to get of mr. okellee's back and work on putting out positive feed on nasa to the public!!

Space Nerd · Post by **Space Nerd** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 10:09 pm

I just cant see stopping space travel because we lost a shuttle. The people that were lost in all three of our space accidents would probably say that we should continue the space program anyway..... Granted i do think we need to work on our problems and get things fixed before we send more people up but lets not stop space travel alltogether!

AstroGirl · Post by **AstroGirl** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 11:29 pm

Hear hear! Anyone who says that we should stop space flight altogether is a bloody idiot and that is all there is to it

We need to get the space shuttle back up, HOWEVER, I do believe that we have been doing nothing productive (other than ISS) for too long, and that we need government backing to return to the moon or go to mars.

hitchchik · Post by **hitchchik** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 8:32 am

yes this is true, we need to start working to get to mars or back to the moon but we need the gov behind us!

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 8:21 pm

I say forget the government. Beurocracy is the reason NASA projects are always over budget, behing schedule, and out-of-date. Pressure from Congress has also led to the oversights that have led to all three manned spacecraft accidents. What we need is privatized spaceflight. I think once someone wins the X-Prize, spaceflight in the private sector will boom, just like aviation after Lindberg's cross-Atlantic flight. Then, we'll finally make some progress because economics will be driving things and poor performance in any area will make a company lose business.

Space Nerd · Post by **Space Nerd** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 9:14 pm

Yeah but NASA will never live with out the government for a couple reasons one being that its a government run operation lol. Another is that the public isnt gonna back space up because all they ever see are the screw ups. With out some large organizations baking NASA would be toast.

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:47 am

What I'm saying is forget about NASA. Private companies could develop their own space vehicles. Perhaps whne this happens, NASA could get out of the space launch business and become an overseeing body, like the FAA is to aviation.

stargazer0105 · Post by **stargazer0105** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 7:58 pm

Wow!! It's nice to findly find people who agree with me.

Lets get this shuttle in the sky.

Lets get this shuttle in the sky.

heck ya!!

holla