Thank heavens. The shuttle was an unmitigated disaster for the space program.

Dec 8, 2016
1:51:48pm

spoxjox All-American

I am not sure a stupider decision could have been made in the '70s regarding the US space program than to pursue the bastardized boondoggle of the space shuttle. Maybe shelving the space program entirely might have been worse. Maybe.

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RIP John Glenn

Magic8Ball

12/8/16 1:31pm

Wow. That pretty much overshadows all the musicians and actors whose deaths are

spoxjox

12/8/16 1:39pm

Sadly we're likely to see more of Astronauts from that generation go

Seasider

12/8/16 1:39pm

Do we even have any current astronauts?

mudpupper

12/8/16 1:45pm

We do. We just don't have a space shuttle for them anymore

Seasider

12/8/16 1:48pm

Thank heavens. The shuttle was an unmitigated disaster for the space program.

spoxjox

12/8/16 1:51pm

How so?

mudpupper

12/8/16 1:55pm

After they invented Tang, there was no place to go but down.

Submariner

12/8/16 2:05pm

It was a bastardized tradeoff that did a little of everything and nothing good.

spoxjox

12/8/16 2:24pm

I agree with most of this, but the Saturn V blueprints are not lost.

Dread Pirate Westley

12/8/16 2:41pm

Good to know. I read recently that NASA reused (taped over) much of the original

spoxjox

12/8/16 4:00pm

I heard about that one as well, but don't recall the details. The video was bad

Dread Pirate Westley

12/8/16 4:07pm

Here's what Wikipedia says about it...

Dread Pirate Westley

12/8/16 4:09pm

If I were Trump, I would put this guy in charge of Nasa, good analysis

kolob32

12/8/16 6:32pm

Among other things, putting the payload alongside the booster where it was

Dread Pirate Westley

12/8/16 2:34pm

He was great in Deep Space Homer

TNT

12/8/16 1:43pm

You're thinking of Buzz Aldrin

Still Questing

12/8/16 2:00pm

D'oh!

TNT

12/8/16 4:21pm

That's sad. He was easily my favorite Beatle.

Zach Morris

12/8/16 1:45pm

Died at 95. Combat and test pilot, astronaut, and senator is a heck of a life

Gustav

12/8/16 2:06pm

Godspeed Johnny Glenn!

Dread Pirate Westley

12/8/16 2:29pm

I will always remember him for "Dreams of the every day housewife". Solid tune"

Backcountry

12/8/16 2:33pm

Classic in an episode of Frasier. Where he narrates a documentary

valcorger

12/8/16 2:59pm

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