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Monday, 28 June 2010

More Bad Mouthing of Neil Armstrong

Posted on 05:56 by hony
Woah woah woah...Neil Armstrong told us that if we discontinue the shuttles we'd have no way to service the space station except to bum rides from the Russians.
And yet, here's news that the ESA (which stands for "Not Russian Space Agency) has successfully launched its 37th consecutive rocket into space.

TAE goes on and on about the retirement of the shuttles being a good thing. I also go on and on about how ludicrous and biased old retired astronauts sound when they pine for a return to the days of yore when NASA was sending them into space (and they just happened to be cultural icons).
And yet, with the Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched, and with ESA rockets going up...it seems America and its allies do have a lot of potential alternatives to "buying rides from the Commies". Food for thought, Neil.


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