Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Also? NASA is doomed. Made up of a bunch of ... I dunno. Bureaucrats. Dude, known dangers. Deal. Otherwise, give the fuck up at the mission.
Things will improve when they stop using the shuttle. No other manned spacecraft is vulnurable to debris falling off of the rocket or a fuel tank.
I gotta send those to my mom. Not the pink, but Merrels, she loves mostly. Footbed, yes, straps, it depends. Her last pair had one in the wrong place (not like those) and gave her blisters.
I love Merrells. If they have them at the store I go to tomorrow, in my size I'll get 'em.
Oddly, Zappos doesn't carry Merrells.
As much as I loved both the Fluevogs and the pink rhinestone shoes, I just can't justify it. So it's best to let them go to a good home.
tommy, it isn't the shuttle mechanics. It's the mentality. And I see it every.single.fucking.day. New guy has a chance, but really... it's entrenched. Don't get me wrong, our scientists and engineers do amazing things. But the management? So risk averse that ... well, the rovers didn't involve people. I don't believe THIS NASA will go to mars. Or even get anything human-risky up. It's bloated with managers covering their asses.
Yep. This NASA needs to get the fuck over the idea of sending people anywhere, and just give us more money for robotic missions. People = too complicated and risky. Won't ever happen.
So maybe I'm just cranky because I'm at work late doing yet another cost exercise.
Oh, poor lori!
What drove the Apollo missions is long gone from NASA. I'm all for it doing robotics, and I think it will. But the human question? It's off the list. Yeah, I was upset over Challenger and Columbia. But... it's a risk astronauts know and accept. I admire them for that. Hell, I think it IS acceptable, provided the humans involved acknowlege it. It is not a risk the agency will accept now, though.
Somebody else has to take up that challenge.
I could totally meet you guys for a drink!
Yay!
But... it's a risk astronauts know and accept. I admire them for that. Hell, I think it IS acceptable, provided the humans involved acknowlege it. It is not a risk the agency will accept now, though.
Exactly. I know folks that will accept that risk. But they don't run the joint.
okay - going home now.
And yay for Kristen joining us on Saturday!