2nd February 2003, 1:38 PM
I bought the nose cone of the Columbia for $60 on ebay. They had body parts but they were too expensive, if I need body parts i'll adopt a cat.
Seriously, this shit happens. It has to happen, we're not demi gods that can traverse the universe unharmed for an eternity. We know it and the astronauts are *trained* to know it. Once you leave the ground in a machine that's built to travel on earth and in space, there's a trillion components that can slip up at any given time from design flaw, outside influences or human error and each one of them can be fatal. That's the risk and all astronauts know it.
Honestly, I think all the money NASA gets should go on research alone with unmanned experimentation for every 5 years, 3 years of it being unmanned testing, then repeat the process. leading to a manned vehicle launch on the 10th year, then heading back for more research. We would actually accomplish more than we do now. There's too many scientists and generals who want Star Trek results with their money and time, sending up launch after launch to unfuck what the last group did, so let's give it to them in finely tuned chunks every 10 years. The atmosphere was never meant to be a freeway for space travel, we have to kiss it's ass a little and respect our own short comings.
Seriously, this shit happens. It has to happen, we're not demi gods that can traverse the universe unharmed for an eternity. We know it and the astronauts are *trained* to know it. Once you leave the ground in a machine that's built to travel on earth and in space, there's a trillion components that can slip up at any given time from design flaw, outside influences or human error and each one of them can be fatal. That's the risk and all astronauts know it.
Honestly, I think all the money NASA gets should go on research alone with unmanned experimentation for every 5 years, 3 years of it being unmanned testing, then repeat the process. leading to a manned vehicle launch on the 10th year, then heading back for more research. We would actually accomplish more than we do now. There's too many scientists and generals who want Star Trek results with their money and time, sending up launch after launch to unfuck what the last group did, so let's give it to them in finely tuned chunks every 10 years. The atmosphere was never meant to be a freeway for space travel, we have to kiss it's ass a little and respect our own short comings.