I'm sorry about yesterday's rant against Nasa..the point that space travel
is dangerous wasn't considered in my (lack of an) argument. I was forced to
do tear sheets for the ad agency ( I work in ads) yesterday and had to read
one after another of these "Could the Trajedy be Avoided" type stories in
the local press. It seemed, like other individuals, my opinion was swayed
when I had to read over and over again about super heated air tearing the
craft apart and bringing death fairly quickly to the Astronauts.
It just made me think of the space shuttle like some unsafe seventies model
car, that should've improved. And if we can get 90 billion dollars to have
a war with Iraq when our country is 300 billion in the hole. It just seems
like we should of had some new ones. But, we didn't because everyone seems
fine with things the way they are.
I know Nasa's been hurtin' for funds lately and I shouldn't knock'em, I
just hope some new technology will emerge shortly (maybe feild propulsion)
because if the guidance and safety systems could take a larger chunk of the
cash than they do today (instead of the money going to massive amounts of
fuel) then we'd have greater control over the safety of the crew.
But what the Hell do I know, I'm just some guy. And if they asked me, I'd
go up in one of those damned things...
P
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