Yeah, thank goodness Columbus realized it was too dangerous to sail all the way across the ocean just to look for another trade route. It's also good that the Wright brothers realized that flight was just folly and it would be far too dangerous and risky to attempt. :)
Anyway, if that becomes the general consensus in the U.S., I sure hope the Chinese will let us use their space station and moon bases when they get them. Marlon Angel Stewart wrote: >Why would they die for no reason? > >Maybe they died to save other lives, by showing the program to be non >feasible with too high a risk to the US economy and human life. > >-Gel > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Bill Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >You know up until i read that the Columbia was the only shuttle without >the ability to dock with the space station i figured it would be common >sense to at least have the people go out and check out the bottom of the >ship. And ok maybe you can't readd the tiles but at least you can dock >with the space station and wait for another shuttle to come up and give >some equipment to fix it. Or at the least you save the lives of the >astronauts. > > >And i also read on msnbc somewhere a quote from the Nasa Administrator >that this will probably mean the end of the shuttle program and the >International Space Station. I'm looking for the link but that would >defiantly suck those people dieing for no reason > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
