Re: Bush cancels Hubble telescope rescue mission

From: Steven L. (sdlitvin_at_earthlinkNOSPAM.net)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:56:06 GMT

Rand Simberg wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:26:38 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Steven
> L." <sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> made the phosphor on my monitor
> glow in such a way as to indicate that:
>
>
>>>>>Grow up. If we kill any more astronauts Congress will shut down the
>>>>>whole space program.
>>>>
>>>>Since more astronauts *will* die eventually, your statement is
>>>>logically equivalent to 'Inevitably, Congress will shut down
>>>>the space program'.
>>>
>>>
>>>Yes. It also has no basis in reality, since we have a long history
>>>of killing astronauts, and not shutting down the whole space program,
>>>or even part of it.
>>
>>Each time there has been a shuttle accident, the manned space program
>>(which is entirely dependent on the shuttle) was shut down for 2 years
>>or more.
>
>
> That was a standdown, not a shutdown (which implies permanency).

That's a matter of semantics: grounded forever vs. grounded for many years.

If a third shuttle were lost, the bar certainly would be raised so high
on safety for the remaining two shuttles that it might not be met for
many years--if ever. Because its design limits how safe you can make it. 

-- 
Steven D. Litvintchouk
Email:  sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net
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