tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post564702595525403437..comments2024-03-28T00:18:09.974-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Goodbye, MoonComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-28721816210127754842010-01-29T06:24:41.093-05:002010-01-29T06:24:41.093-05:00Sarah, are you going somewhere?Sarah, are you going somewhere?Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-49423806142953794122010-01-28T21:58:40.603-05:002010-01-28T21:58:40.603-05:00so long misfit.so long misfit.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991660841701835065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-29804655340472643752010-01-27T19:53:36.790-05:002010-01-27T19:53:36.790-05:00Frank, yes, indeed. And I think we need to fund N...Frank, yes, indeed. And I think we need to fund NASA appropriately to fully support manned spaceflight.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-78456532040532375482010-01-27T18:20:45.257-05:002010-01-27T18:20:45.257-05:00But we ARE paying for a manned space program. Trou...But we ARE paying for a manned space program. Trouble is it's in China.SkinnyDennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05230863411003564791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-66839429335322722142010-01-27T16:23:33.060-05:002010-01-27T16:23:33.060-05:00Dear Miss Fit:
I share your distress over the sor...Dear Miss Fit:<br /><br />I share your distress over the sorry state of affairs that has overcome the manned spaceflight program. However, I feel we must react to the reality of the situation. If I may, I draw your attention to the start of the Concluding Summary of the Augustine Commission report issued last summer, which I think foreshadows the decision you so understandably lament:<br /><br />"NASA is the most accomplished space organization in the world. <b>Its human spaceflight activities are nonetheless at a tipping point, primarily due to a mismatch of goals and resources. Either additional funds need to be made available or a far more modest program involving little or no<br />exploration needs to be adopted.</b>..." (emphasis added)<br /><br />The esteemed Dr. Augustine knows whereof he speaks. A resource starved program would just lead to more needless accidents and memorial services for astronauts.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />FrankFrank Van Hastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10821687850881538546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-58963011742260052332010-01-27T16:04:41.616-05:002010-01-27T16:04:41.616-05:00As a nation, we are fucking pathetic.
Fat, lazy, ...<i>As a nation, we are fucking pathetic.</i><br /><br />Fat, lazy, smug, self-righteous, possessed of an unwarranted sense of self-entitlement, ignorant, intellectually incurious, easily frightened by imaginary hobgoblins and jumping every time someone says "boo!" loudly... yeah, "fucking pathetic" pretty much sums it up.<br /><br />- Badtux the Head-shakin' PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-55691100163010029912010-01-27T14:42:36.959-05:002010-01-27T14:42:36.959-05:00As a great-granddaughter of one of the settlers of...As a great-granddaughter of one of the settlers of Jamestown . . .<br /><br />AMEN!!!!!<br /><br />And WTF?<br /><br />Thanks for speaking out.<br /><br />SCirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-71382382695310640682010-01-27T14:28:53.882-05:002010-01-27T14:28:53.882-05:00It'll suck to have to learn Chinese to have a ...It'll suck to have to learn Chinese to have a vacation on the moon. Especially when my American passport only gets me to the crappy tunnels, and not the hot spots.Nangleatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908938252272172718noreply@blogger.com