Comments on: Postpone shuttle’s retirement? http://futurismic.com/2007/12/19/postpone-shuttles-retirement/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Adam Rakunas http://futurismic.com/2007/12/19/postpone-shuttles-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-10376 Adam Rakunas Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:43:19 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/12/19/postpone-shuttles-retirement/#comment-10376 Time to retire that sucker and put all those people to work building and monitoring fleets of microprobes. Stuff a bunch of 'em into a rocket, chuck 'em into space, and do some serious exploratory science. The romance of manned space flight isn't worth the blood or treasure any more. Time to retire that sucker and put all those people to work building and monitoring fleets of microprobes. Stuff a bunch of ‘em into a rocket, chuck ‘em into space, and do some serious exploratory science. The romance of manned space flight isn’t worth the blood or treasure any more.

]]> By: Lise A http://futurismic.com/2007/12/19/postpone-shuttles-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-10350 Lise A Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:52:13 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/12/19/postpone-shuttles-retirement/#comment-10350 Hejsa! Did you mean offer 450 million to the private company? (It says 450 billion.) Lise Hejsa!

Did you mean offer 450 million to the private company? (It says 450 billion.)

Lise

]]> By: Dagon http://futurismic.com/2007/12/19/postpone-shuttles-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-10337 Dagon Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:52:39 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/12/19/postpone-shuttles-retirement/#comment-10337 The US is finished as a political entity. It's falling apart as we speak. The US is finished as a political entity. It’s falling apart as we speak.

]]> By: Fraser Cain http://futurismic.com/2007/12/19/postpone-shuttles-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-10304 Fraser Cain Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:20:26 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/12/19/postpone-shuttles-retirement/#comment-10304 I suspect the main problem is that there's so much infrastructure in place to build and service the shuttles in every state in the US. The politicians are starting to realize that making changes will put lots of people out of work, so they're getting pressure to keep things going... for just a few more years. I suspect the main problem is that there’s so much infrastructure in place to build and service the shuttles in every state in the US. The politicians are starting to realize that making changes will put lots of people out of work, so they’re getting pressure to keep things going… for just a few more years.

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