tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post1011220852584380717..comments2023-04-01T13:39:24.156-07:00Comments on RocketsAndSuch: Ignorance is BlissRocket Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109496878476775729noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-6234790764723588242008-08-16T13:59:00.000-07:002008-08-16T13:59:00.000-07:00Didn't I read, sometime back, that the emperor had...Didn't I read, sometime back, that the emperor had decided that station was complete and that we would quit funding it, especially since we had no way of getting there anymore?<BR/><BR/>If memory serves, it would be turned over to the world to use while we went on to do 'all the other things because they are hard'. Just tell anybody that wanted to go, right where it is and give them to keys to the airlocks.<BR/><BR/>Doesn't matter anyway because we are mad at the taxi drivers so we probably won't be getting any supplies or reboost for quite a while.<BR/><BR/>All that aside, it will be interesting to see how fast I get transferred off the program when I tell them what it is going to cost to establish a real analytical baseline for this monster!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-11717633268153386982008-08-15T21:03:00.000-07:002008-08-15T21:03:00.000-07:00At least with the space station and the space shut...At least with the space station and the space shuttle we got something out of the deal.<BR/><BR/>With Ares I we get nothing. It's even a 'stretch' to salvage the upper stage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3673435362400368888.post-6843787734582028132008-08-15T20:35:00.000-07:002008-08-15T20:35:00.000-07:00What are you going to do? They passed their own, s...What are you going to do? They passed their own, self approved PDR. A glorious milestone on the way to space exploration. <BR/><BR/>Not only does the emperor have no clothes, he has no specs, no analyses, no idea what the thing is supposed to do, no product and no hope of pulling this rabbit out of his hat.<BR/><BR/>Blissfully ignorant or willfully ignorant, the result is the same.<BR/><BR/>Don't worry though, it happened the same way on Space Station. The game was rigged from the git-go. So, get ready for some congressional meddeling and tweaking, a lot of re-re-redesign, a couple of new cadres of workers and we will be ready to start over in about 8 years.<BR/><BR/>Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com