| Regarding the issues with the Space Shuttle | | | | resources to be used; nothing should be |
| and the in flight explosion of the Columbia. | | | | wasted. I know these things happen, hell that |
| I believe that of course that hindsight is | | | | is the cost of going for it, but it still |
| always easy to use to place blame, however we | | | | sucks. The crew knew it and actually jet boat |
| must continue the program and the Space | | | | drag racing is still the most dangerous sport |
| Shuttle as it sits may not be the best | | | | known to man, or underwater welding for a |
| technology as newer technology is now | | | | profession. I have a friend who was a TRW |
| available for re-useable craft such as; are | | | | materials specialist and it just seems that |
| newer ideas for heat tiles being considered | | | | it is old technology and we are better than |
| and new technology of materials being | | | | that now. I have heard speculation by |
| introduced some of which obviously cannot be | | | | conspiracy theorists, crazy stuff like; talk |
| talked about here. me discuss a few ideas, | | | | that the UFO caused it and shot down a U-2 |
| which can be used to prevent a similar | | | | over Korea also. Then if you look at the |
| occurrence. Now anyone who owns a boat knows | | | | Chinese, they have some devises also. Another |
| that before you sail your boat, you give it a | | | | rumor that the White Sands Chemical Laser |
| once over, truck drivers take a bat to the | | | | Beam was tracking it and was able to cause |
| tires, pilots pre-flight the planes. Why | | | | the break up. Even if this talk is fiction |
| would you not send a remote controlled, | | | | still one might consider the need for some |
| self-propelled robotic tethered devise around | | | | sort of reflective emissions during critical |
| a shuttle before heading for home for a | | | | phases of space exploration to prevent such |
| visual inspection? The unit could be pointed | | | | potential problems in the future.Fiction or |
| toward the shuttle and continuously view the | | | | not shouldn't we have a plan? A tethered |
| craft; spin it slowly. After all you are | | | | video camera would solve this problem of |
| going to fly a spacecraft at mach 25, through | | | | possible damage during missions, okay then |
| the atmosphere at 2200-3000 degrees and pray | | | | lets keep going and complete the mission, we |
| that all is well?Eventually we can send in | | | | have so many experiments that are worthy of |
| the scram jet engines and fly it back under | | | | our tax dollars and the future of mankind, we |
| power at your discretion. Or ask the UFO | | | | must stay on the cutting edge of technology, |
| people to tow you back? HA HA. You know | | | | we must not allow over allowances for safety |
| things are different inside of a vacuum. All | | | | to prevent the need to risk it all for the |
| those who study space and vacuums know this. | | | | betterment of the future. It is some of the |
| Just because you have an old piece of | | | | most dangerous work known to man, yet it must |
| hardware that runs, does not necessarily mean | | | | be done. So with this solution, we can |
| that it can make the transition from the | | | | prevent a re-occurrence of that problem which |
| atmosphere into the vacuum of space and back | | | | downed one of our greatest accomplishments |
| again safely. Not to mention the inhabitants | | | | and killed some of our greatest Americans.We |
| during solar flares in space.Let's see the | | | | must not allow them to die in vain, we must |
| new X-Planes and what they can do. Meanwhile | | | | continue to push for the future and push the |
| let us put in a few simple techniques to use | | | | envelope and go where no man has gone before. |
| the current craft and allow those astronauts | | | | Never, ever, ever, ever give up. Push |
| who feel they wish to take the risk to | | | | forward; it is the only way to that anything |
| volunteer to use the older craft until it is | | | | has ever been accomplished by our species. We |
| replaced. We need these experiments and | | | | are on a roll, we must continue. Think on it. |