Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Friday, November 12, 2010

The Elegance of Cats,
The Fuckery of NASA

It extends to how they drink water. There is a fascinating article about that in the NY Times, or you can read the original engineering report in Science.

Science also reported that the Webb Space Telescope is about 30% over budget and a year behind schedule, and that is a best-case scenario. Given that the Federal budgeteers are trying to cut wherever they can, the chances that NASA is going to get extra money for the Webb are somewhere between slim and none. Which mans other programs at NASA will be cut.

2 comments:

Nangleator said...

Maybe they should just launch all the parts up into orbit, and finish the work in space. Sounds expensive, but it worked the last time.

Comrade Misfit said...

Won't work, because the Webb Telescope would be out at one of the LaGrange points, far, far out of reach of human spacecraft.