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Originally posted by tranceDJ If NASA got canned tomorrow the US would still continue to develop technology but mostly for war/defense purposes. War however separates the US from the rest of the world while with space exploration fosters cooperation between nations. Far more is spent on the former however.

You do realize that a sizable portion of our technological advancements and understanding of how our planet functions within the last 100 years has been because of military spending and research, right? As much as I'm against war, there's certainly a good many things that have come from it.

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Originally posted by Omega_M I dunno if this point is lost, but unless you have an organization like NASA which develops exotic high end technology, the general level of US technology will remain low.

you shouldn't expect Mario to understand that, he'd rather have that money spent on nachos

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Originally posted by idoru You do realize that a sizable portion of our technological advancements and understanding of how our planet functions within the last 100 years has been because of military spending and research, right? As much as I'm against war, there's certainly a good many things that have come from it.

Primary defense contractors like Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are some of the largest companies in the space industry. 70-80% of the employees working in NASA are contractors, which is an amazing number. The military and space industry are highly interdependent simply because the major defense contractors are also the largest space technology providers. The entire Space Shuttle operations and management is done by United Space Alliance, a company jointly formed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Almost all of NASA's projects are heavily dependant on industry partners.

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Originally posted by idoru You do realize that a sizable portion of our technological advancements and understanding of how our planet functions within the last 100 years has been because of military spending and research, right? As much as I'm against war, there's certainly a good many things that have come from it.

Yeah you have to take the good with the bad but one has to ask themselves if they would rather have slower increases in technology or faster ones that could ultimately end to the human race self-destructing. Nuclear power is good for powering cities on one hand but not so great for potentially destroying cities on the other.

They are set to land in 30 mins. Hope they make it

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Let the looong countdown commence.

25 Minutes....

40 mins till touchdown in St Andrews Air force base

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true story:
today I was busy trying out Warcraft 3 for the first time when there a sudden boom that made the house vibrate. The first thought was that my dad had collapsed so I'm running around the house looking for my dad, couldn't find him. My sister says she heard car alarms go off, so I looked outside to see if there had been an accident, nothing.

didn't think much of it the news talked about :

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Space Shuttle Atlantis descended to a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., concluding a successful assembly mission to the International Space Station. With Commander Rick Sturckow and Pilot Lee Archambault at the controls, Atlantis landed at 3:49 p.m. EDT on Friday.

to which they said that the ship re-entering the earth's atmosphere created a boom for southern california residents.

and then i was like, o..... cool.


i suck fucking shit at Warcraft 3

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Didn't want to make a new thread since this is related to the space shuttle launch.

They put a video camera on top of the solid rocket booster and tracked it from launch all the way until it crashed back into the ocean.

Some of you will appreciate this video. I like



A Day in the Life of a Solid Rocket Booster

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Originally posted by twilightki : It feels like something you'd listen to at 4 in the morning, or listen to in your car while you're going in a tunnel.

that's awesome!
the shots of the boosters detaching are quality

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totally

And also when the boosters crash into the ocean.

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