Re: Waiting for controversy...?

in article efcrm5$lal$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andre Lieven at
dg411@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 9/26/06 8:37 PM:

George Evans (georgee3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) writhes and spins crap:
in article efagqt$cj1$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andre Lieven at
dg411@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 9/25/06 11:20 PM:

George Evans (georgee3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:

Oh, I love facts. That's why I love NASA. They televise everything
including their blunders, LIVE! With the old USSR you always end up with
confusion such as:

Part of the [Buran] launch was televised, but the actual lift-off was not
shown. This led to some speculation that the mission may have been
fabricated, and that the subsequent landing may not have been from orbit
but from a shuttle-carrying aircraft. In the United States, this procedure
was used with Space Shuttle Enterprise to test the flight characteristics
of the Space Shuttle on approach and landing, so that by the time mission
STS-1 drew to a close, the handling characteristics of Space Shuttle
Columbia would be known. Since then, the launch video has been released to
the public( Video: Soviet Shuttle Buran Launch. vunet.ru. Retrieved on
2006-09-13), confirming that the shuttle did indeed lift off, with the poor
weather conditions described by the Russian media at the time easily seen.

Yuck!

None of which has Zip to do with why Buran was cancelled.

But it has a lot to do with the trustworthiness of Soviet stories about
Soviet space programs.

Free Clue: The Soviet Union does NOT exist anymore. Reset your clock.

Free Clue: I said "the *old* USSR."

I think

No proof offered ? Claim fails.

my take on it is just as likely to be true.

Yours has ZERO cites or proof for it. I give an equal ration: Zero.

You flail, but you do not know or learn.

Is this a quote from Marx or Mao?

Thanks for pointing out that you are an idiot dittohead.

Go back to watching Fox shows about the Moon landing...

What the heck! Fox doesn't have any shows about the Moon landings.

George Evans

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