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Originally posted by whozit:
You can thank Barry Obama for killing the space program, the commies will be way ahead of us in a week.

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The shuttle program is scheduled for mandatory retirement in 2011, in accord with the directives President George W. Bush issued in the Vision for Space Exploration.


In an internal e-mail apparently sent August 18, 2008 to NASA managers and leaked to the press (published September 6, 2008 in the Orlando Sentinel), NASA Administrator Michael Griffin stated his belief that the Bush administration had made no viable plan for U.S. crews to participate in the International Space Station beyond 2011, and that OMB and OSTP were actually seeking its demise.[11][12] The email appeared to suggest that Griffin believed the only reasonable solution was to extend the operation of the shuttle beyond 2010, but noted that Executive Policy (i.e., the White House) is firm that there will be no extension of the shuttle retirement date,

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Originally posted by Wishimay:
Nope, they're broke, too.

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:

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Originally posted by whozit:
You can thank Barry Obama for killing the space program, the commies will be way ahead of us in a week.

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FLAT OUT LIE!!


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The shuttle program is scheduled for mandatory retirement in 2011, in accord with the directives President George W. Bush issued in the Vision for Space Exploration.


In an internal e-mail apparently sent August 18, 2008 to NASA managers and leaked to the press (published September 6, 2008 in the Orlando Sentinel), NASA Administrator Michael Griffin stated his belief that the Bush administration had made no viable plan for U.S. crews to participate in the International Space Station beyond 2011, and that OMB and OSTP were actually seeking its demise.[11][12] The email appeared to suggest that Griffin believed the only reasonable solution was to extend the operation of the shuttle beyond 2010, but noted that Executive Policy (i.e., the White House) is firm that there will be no extension of the shuttle retirement date,

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So you can thank whoever was President in 2008. Hint-- his name was Bush.

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Astronauts inspect heat shield of Atlantis

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Atlantis astronauts inspected the shuttle's heat shield Saturday and fine-tuned the shuttle's approach to the International Space Station, setting their sights on docking at the lab's forward port around 11:07 a.m. EDT Sunday.

Flight Director Kwatsi Alibaruho told reporters that Atlantis, making its 33rd and final flight...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/09/scitech/main20078161.shtml

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"LUCIFER, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish Souls? Doubt it not!"
-Kosher pope of Freemasonry, General Albert Pike, from the bible Morals and Dogma of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, page 321

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Originally posted by RionaEire:
After talking to my dad about it, who is really angry about the whole thing ending, I saw it on the news and did have a little cry over it. Somehow talking to him made me realize how bad of an idea this really is.

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Originally posted by RionaEire:
Its going to be the Russian/Cino Alliance ruling the verse instead of the US/Cino Alliance. :(

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Originally posted by alps2007:
Bush was the biggest Mistake Americans ever made. He is a failure and thats why this country is the most hated in the world and worst off. We have built so much and are letting it all get destroyed at this point. We would rather spend money killing people then saving lives, and improving technology for our future interest.

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Originally posted by JenJen:
It seems that, in these economic times, allowing the shuttle program to end without a replacement is a viable option. I don't believe that. I believe that if the government really tried, if they really wanted to, they could have found some sort of budget to at least fund development for the next big thing. Or to fly a shuttle a couple more times. Something. Anything to keep space exploration alive. For example, they could have cut funding to the healthy school foods program. . .

Anywho, I'm beginning to ramble and should really get to bed now.

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Originally posted by RionaEire:
Two, its not that I'm actually interested in having a US/Cino Alliance, I only mentioned that because of the television show that we all hold so near and dear and which this site is about. Most of the charactors in it have American accents and speak Mandarin on the side, so I assume that the original Alliance was between the US (or possibly Canada) and China. that's the only reason I said it.

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Originally posted by RionaEire:
Two, I guess I didn't make myself understood. I'm not in any hurry to cozy up with China in space, I only mentioned China because of Firefly.

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Originally posted by cljohnston108:
Possibly the greatest family photo ever!

Father and Son: STS-1 and STS-135


"The picture we waited 30 years to complete."

http://www.flickr.com/photos/arockalypse/5921961525/

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Originally posted by piratenews:
Time to change that shirt.

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