by DrJohn | Nov 2, 2014 | Disasters, Science, Space, Uncategorized
Virgin Galactic joins the club. The United States has suffered the loss of two orbiters and crews- Challenger and Columbia. Both were most likely avoidable. The Challenger was lost in 1987 when politics overruled safety and it launched in weather far too cold, which...
by DrJohn | May 10, 2014 | Barack Obama, Liberal Idiots, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, propaganda bureau, Science, Space, Uncategorized
I was absolutely thrilled by the advent of manned space exploration. It was an exciting time. I followed the program in minute detail. I still know the names of every Mercury astronaut and most of the Gemini astronauts as well. I can name virtually every crew of every...
![When Politicians Intervene: NASA’s Budget Refocusing Ends US Space Exploration Program [Reader Post]](https://www.floppingaces.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Obama-Space-Exploration-785921-155x155.jpg)
by | Jul 21, 2011 | Politics, Science, Space, Technology
Some number of years ago, over twenty as I remember, the late (and IMHO great) Paul Harvey said that for every dollar spent at NASA, the return was seven dollars. So with that quote in my mind, the final Space Shuttle launch a few days ago, and Obama refocusing the...
by Vince | Jul 13, 2010 | Barack Obama, Baracks Broken Promises, Politics, Science, Space
Sometimes it’s helpful to take a step back and get some perspective in order to be able to evaluate something that is right in front of you today. Sometimes that perspective goes back 40 years sometimes it goes back 40,000 years. When Neal Armstrong stepped on the...
by Curt | Jun 16, 2010 | Barack Obama, Baracks Broken Promises, Politics, Space
Any surprise that Obama’s mediocrity rears its ugly head once again. This time by moving to kill the Constellation program, the program to get man on the moon…permanently, and then to mars…..how does he do it? As his Chicago upbringing has taught him...
by Aye | May 17, 2009 | Science, Space, Technology
Shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Telescope cross in front of the sun in this image captured by Thierry Legault Enlarged section added to show greater detail. The shuttle was traveling at 15,534 mph. The trip across the sun takes 0.8 seconds. Last week Atlantis was...
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