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    NASA just can't do things right :(

    http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/sp...ttle/index.html

    "Pieces of debris tore away from the shuttle Discovery during liftoff Tuesday -- despite NASA spending hundreds of millions of dollars trying to prevent a repeat of the problem that caused the 2003 Columbia disaster. A piece of insulating foam falling from the external fuel tank during Columbia's launch was blamed for the deaths of its seven crew. "Until we fix this, we're not ready to go fly again," shuttle program manager Bill Parsons told reporters at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. "You can say that means they're grounded."Several smaller pieces also tore away, a NASA spokesman said. But officials said they do not believe the foam hit the orbiter and damaged the spacecraft."

    2 years ago they also said the crew members were not in danger, we all remember what happened
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    And so much money is at stake here as well along with the lives of the crew aboard. I really hope they get things straightened out but I know its not easy.
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    Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cant they get it right for once!!! It's only rocket science - shesh.
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    They should just subsidize private companies and let them do the development and testing. It would be money much better spent.

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    Instead of fixing the shuttle design they should've worked on a new space vehicule like the russians soyuz. It would cost far less than the shuttle and be safer for astronauts.
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    dreamlevel - I am not so sure you could launch a shuttle any better..........

    there are only 18 more missions for the currently fleet at which time it wil be replaced with new fleet.

    the outer fuel tank is the issue. this is one of - if not the most complex piece of machinery ever built. lets give them some credit.
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    here is a pic I took the night before the launch - it was lit up and the lights shot up to the sky - very spectacular
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    here is another

    these were both taken with a 300 mm zoom from 10 miles away.
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    Well said sailor, NASA is faced with real budgetary restrains as well as unique engineer obstacles to overcome. It is really amazing that they are able to put people into space at all.
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    Originally posted by ambirex
    Well said sailor, NASA is faced with real budgetary restrains as well as unique engineer obstacles to overcome. It is really amazing that they are able to put people into space at all.
    With the budget restrains NASA has, my thoughs exactly: It is really amazing that they are able to put people into space at all.

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    How hard can it be to pritt stick a bit of foam to a space shuttle? Or maybe that's the problem..we all know how crap pritt stick is :\

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    If something goes wrong this time, nasa is gonna be killed =o

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    Originally posted by sailor
    here is another

    these were both taken with a 300 mm zoom from 10 miles away.
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    so you ended up sticking around until it finally launched? Sounds like a nice vacation.. must be nice.. LOL
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    Originally posted by HiVelocity
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    so you ended up sticking around until it finally launched? Sounds like a nice vacation.. must be nice.. LOL
    lol - yeah right. no I drove down monday night after work - slept in the truck to get a good parking / viewing space and then drove back after the launch. 8 hours driving each way.
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    now thats devotion
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    Originally posted by SniperDevil
    They should just subsidize private companies and let them do the development and testing. It would be money much better spent.
    I agree, but you do know that if they canned NASA it would put lots of people out of business right? I mean, we all know it's NASA that's keeping the world in the dark about UFOs and alien technology!

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