Space Shuttle launch scrapped
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It was probably one of those things like when you get into a really old car, like a 1968 VW Bug, and the lights are flickering and the gas gauge reads sometimes, and sometimes it doesn't, and you're like, oh ****, I wonder what else about this car is only working some of the time?
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I remember hearing about private companies trying to build rockets. They should just privatize space travel, let the market dictate what's needed. Let the government collect money on licensing and permits.
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a private person did build a vehicle that was put into orbit and returned- twice in one week.
On a budget of less then $20 million dollars and less then 10 years in the making
NASA is a joke, with the money they spend we could make our own solar system by now
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/04/s....cnn/index.html
http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/
On a budget of less then $20 million dollars and less then 10 years in the making
NASA is a joke, with the money they spend we could make our own solar system by now
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/04/s....cnn/index.html
http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/
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Wow that's ******* impressive! Awesome pictures!
Richard Branson is in a bunch of those pictures.
That dude has a ton of coin. Potentially more than NASA has right now, don't you think? I mean how much money is the American government dumping into NASA while being at war for the last 5 years?
Branson however, eats diamonds to make his dookie twinkle. He's rich.
Virgin Galactic - Branson's space exploration subcompany. Completely changing the face of air travel into space, and going commercial. NASA needs to start an airplane company to compete.
Richard Branson is in a bunch of those pictures.
That dude has a ton of coin. Potentially more than NASA has right now, don't you think? I mean how much money is the American government dumping into NASA while being at war for the last 5 years?
Branson however, eats diamonds to make his dookie twinkle. He's rich.
Virgin Galactic - Branson's space exploration subcompany. Completely changing the face of air travel into space, and going commercial. NASA needs to start an airplane company to compete.
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if NASA was a private company they would have either been out of business by now or we would have went to Mars- twice.
**** like this is awesome though, but I cant help think the money could be better spent here on earth
**** like this is awesome though, but I cant help think the money could be better spent here on earth
