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| pjp wrote: | | ichbinsisyphos wrote: | | I heard the Apollo 1 crew that died in a ball of fire at the launch pad cursed American imperialism and Lyndon Johnson for sacrificing them only to increase his chances to be reelected. |
Is it just this group of dead people's voices you hear, or are there others? |
Actually I didn't hear it, I read it ... in the Prawda. |
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| ichbinsisyphos wrote: | | pjp wrote: | | ichbinsisyphos wrote: | | I heard the Apollo 1 crew that died in a ball of fire at the launch pad cursed American imperialism and Lyndon Johnson for sacrificing them only to increase his chances to be reelected. |
Is it just this group of dead people's voices you hear, or are there others? |
Actually I didn't hear it, I read it ... in the Prawda. |
I miss reading Pravda. It was a good source of entertainment.
The closest things we have to it now are the People's Daily out of China and www.whitehouse.gov.
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| ichbinsisyphos wrote: | | pjp wrote: | | ichbinsisyphos wrote: | | I heard the Apollo 1 crew that died in a ball of fire at the launch pad cursed American imperialism and Lyndon Johnson for sacrificing them only to increase his chances to be reelected. |
Is it just this group of dead people's voices you hear, or are there others? |
Actually I didn't hear it, I read it ... in the Prawda. |
Oh, OK. Still, you probably shouldn't rely on news outlets whose uncorroborated sources are dead people.
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| BoneKracker wrote: | | energyman76b wrote: | | BoneKracker wrote: | | Old School wrote: | | The other advantage over the ESA POS, and Soyuz is the ability to return as much mass as it delivers. |
... without broadcasting the horrific screams of immolated, sizzling Cosmonauts as they hurtle to Earth in a fucking ball of flame. |
yeah, burning them on the launchpad, like you guys prefer, or just falling apart is much more sophisticated. |
You're missing the point. They knowingly sent him up in a totally fucked up piece of fail, knowing he would die, just so they could claim the glory of having sent the first man into space. That's what he was screaming about on the way back down. Read the article. Individual lives do matter in the grand scheme of socialism/communism. |
no, that was Gargarin and he was fine. That guys died to show off a docking manover and crew switch.
Nasa blew up Challenger, knowing that the booster rockets were defective.
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The Soviets cheated (big shock) with Yuri and some of the succeeding flights. The cosmonauts did not land in the spacecraft.
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| energyman76b wrote: | | Nasa blew up Challenger, knowing that the booster rockets were defective. |
This may be, but we didn't have the whole world listening to them screaming bloody murder while they slowly crispened up like bacon in a skillet.
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At least three of the Challenger crew were alive until impact with the ocean.
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| The bastards even forced a woman on board. To kill her! |
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| ichbinsisyphos wrote: | | The bastards even forced a woman on board. To kill her! |
I know. It's awful. Men across the country were saying, "Yup. Woman on a ship. Bad luck. Could'a told ya this was gonna happen."
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| BoneKracker wrote: | | energyman76b wrote: | | Nasa blew up Challenger, knowing that the booster rockets were defective. |
This may be, but we didn't have the whole world listening to them screaming bloody murder while they slowly crispened up like bacon in a skillet. |
of course not. NASA suppressed the tapes. You can get some transcripts tho. I think rotten has them.
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| BoneKracker wrote: | | ichbinsisyphos wrote: | | The bastards even forced a woman on board. To kill her! |
I know. It's awful. Men across the country were saying, "Yup. Woman on a ship. Bad luck. Could'a told ya this was gonna happen." |
Two women.
Judy Resnik and Christa McAuliffe.
One of the Soyuz ballistic reentries was blamed on women on board by the head of the Russian Space Program. No lie.
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I am sure everybody was glad he died. If he had survived - a man so full of rage - he would have killed everybody responsible for this incident. With his bare, burnt hands.
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| energyman76b wrote: | | I am sure everybody was glad he died. If he had survived - a man so full of rage - he would have killed everybody responsible for this incident. With his bare, burnt hands. |
It might make a good retro sci-fi movie: By traveling through the mysterious Van Allen belt, he acquired the ability to shape-shifting and pass through solid objects. And, now, looking like an over-cooked pork loin and in constant pain, he's angry -- very angry -- and out for revenge against the Commies!
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| wildhorse wrote: | | Next possible launch on Tuesday at 9.44 CEST. I doubt it will happen, after the last mishap. |
Damn! You sure are wrong a lot.  
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Well, at least Scotty finally went up.
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| Old School wrote: | | wildhorse wrote: | | Next possible launch on Tuesday at 9.44 CEST. I doubt it will happen, after the last mishap. |
Damn! You sure are wrong a lot. |
It's Daylight Fuckup Time where he is.
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| BoneKracker wrote: | | energyman76b wrote: | | I am sure everybody was glad he died. If he had survived - a man so full of rage - he would have killed everybody responsible for this incident. With his bare, burnt hands. |
It might make a good retro sci-fi movie: By traveling through the mysterious Van Allen belt, he acquired the ability to shape-shifting and pass through solid objects. And, now, looking like an over-cooked pork loin and in constant pain, he's angry -- very angry -- and out for revenge against the Commies! |
Starring Rob Schneider.
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Yes.
Or maybe Matt Damon looks more like him. Maybe the guys who did Team America would consider the project.
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Dragon successfully did a fly around of the ISS and it looks as if NASA will give the go for a berthing attempt tomorrow. Hopefully it will not pull a Progress maneuver and ram the station.
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| Old School wrote: | | Dragon successfully did a fly around of the ISS and it looks as if NASA will give the go for a berthing attempt tomorrow. Hopefully it will not pull a Progress maneuver and ram the station. |
Hey, that was the Russians, not the Europeans. The European unmanned spacecraft always dock just fine, all three times. Then they turn around and burn up in the atmosphere.
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| BoneKracker wrote: | | Old School wrote: | | Dragon successfully did a fly around of the ISS and it looks as if NASA will give the go for a berthing attempt tomorrow. Hopefully it will not pull a Progress maneuver and ram the station. |
Hey, that was the Russians, not the Europeans. The European unmanned spacecraft always dock just fine, all three times. Then they turn around and burn up in the atmosphere. |
Someday ESA will learn how to land a vehicle.
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| Old School wrote: | | it looks as if NASA will give the go for a berthing attempt tomorrow. |
If NASA isn't in the space business any more, they need to be shut down entirely. Or their mission changed from Space to Surface or something.
Oh, that's right. With their new Muslim agenda, they're the agency for Salacious Appeasement.
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Canada Arm II is holding Dragon, after a successful rendezvous with ISS.
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| Old School wrote: | | Canada Arm II is holding Dragon, after a successful rendezvous with ISS. |
This is the hand-job, in preparation for the actual docking, right? I imagine this is rich for metaphorical abuse, with terms like "probe", "coupling", and the like? I am saying this for richk449's benefit, of course.
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