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