Re: Griffin's Plan to Scuttle Shuttle?

"Will McLean" <mclean1382@xxxxxxx> wrote in news:1140014031.791224.73910
@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:

Pat Flannery wrote:

Now if we could just get the NASA PAO to be as good at putting a
negative spin on a Shuttle flight as they are at putting a positive
one...let's see:
"Shuttle Crew Dodges Death Again.
(KSC) In yet another death defying flight to the trouble plagued and
pointless International Space Station- now mainly a boondoggle resort
for Russian space tourists, NASA's terrifically uneconomical and
geriatric Space Shuttle ascended through a hail of falling foam into
space today, proving once again that America's astronauts are by far the
bravest and most daring people in the world, as they need to be to fly
the fiery death trap that is the Shuttle."
Yes, that should do it. Later we can attribute their survival to divine
providence, as the recently resigned PAO chief wished us to. :-D

"The shuttle remains controversial due to its navigation system, which
relies on the so called "Heliocentric Theory" of orbital mechanics."

Good one, but...

The shuttle's navigation system is based on the Mean of 1950 coordinate
system, which is an Earth Centered Inertial frame.


--
JRF

Reply-to address spam-proofed - to reply by E-mail,
check "Organization" (I am not assimilated) and
think one step ahead of IBM.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Griffins Plan to Scuttle Shuttle?
    ... Now if we could just get the NASA PAO to be as good at putting a ... negative spin on a Shuttle flight as they are at putting a positive ... "Shuttle Crew Dodges Death Again. ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Shuttle launch delayed until July
    ... Remember how they rolled the Shuttle out to the pad, tanked 'er up, and the NASA PAO said everything went just wonderfully?: ... Pat ...
    (sci.space.history)
  • NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR SHUTTLE MISSION
    ... NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR SHUTTLE MISSION ... STS-120 will be Melroy's third shuttle flight. ...
    (sci.space.shuttle)
  • Re: Griffins Plan to Scuttle Shuttle?
    ... Second, any substantial problems on the next shuttle flight, ... Now if we could just get the NASA PAO to be as good at putting a negative spin on a Shuttle flight as they are at putting a positive one...let's see: ... "Shuttle Crew Dodges Death Again. ... Later we can attribute their survival to divine providence, as the recently resigned PAO chief wished us to. ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: MSNBC - How a safe haven could help save Hubble
    ... Hubble won't increase the Shuttle budget by $2.2 billion. ... Shuttle flight is only $100-200 ... why anyone is even *considering* spending $2 billion for this ...
    (sci.space.policy)