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| Dirk Bruere at NeoPax... |
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| scottlowther at (no spam) ix.netcom.com... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:07 pm |
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On Sep 6, 4:30 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com>
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Quote: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1211113/Man-watches-sp...
Wow. British journalism continues to get it wrong, again and again.
"Nasa are planning to retire the 30-year-old space shuttle fleet next
year."
Who are this "Nasa?" |
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| Dirk Bruere at NeoPax... |
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| Hetware... |
| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:58 pm |
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Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
How's Britain's manned space program working out these days? Guess yall got
the short end of the stick when it came to divvying up Nazi scientists. |
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| Dirk Bruere at NeoPax... |
| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:18 am |
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| scottlowther at (no spam) ix.netcom.com... |
| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:17 am |
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On Sep 7, 11:41 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com>
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Quote: scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
On Sep 6, 4:30 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1211113/Man-watches-sp...
Wow. British journalism continues to get it wrong, again and again.
"Nasa are planning to retire the 30-year-old space shuttle fleet next
year."
Who are this "Nasa?"
They're the ones not going anywhere anytime.
That narrows it down to just about the whole planet. |
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| scottlowther at (no spam) ix.netcom.com... |
| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:19 am |
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On Sep 8, 7:18 am, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com>
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Quote: Hetware wrote:
How's Britain's manned space program working out these days?
Last I heard we were joining the Ariane program.
So... "not that well," would be the answer, it would seem.
Britain had itself a kick-ass launch vehicle, many years ago, the
Black Knight. Amazing little vehicle, the smallest vehicle to ever put
a satellite into orbit. Lots of promise. Then it got pissed away on
the altar of politics. |
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| scottlowther at (no spam) ix.netcom.com... |
| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:30 pm |
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On Sep 8, 2:09 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com>
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Quote: scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
On Sep 8, 7:18 am, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
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Hetware wrote:
How's Britain's manned space program working out these days?
Last I heard we were joining the Ariane program.
So... "not that well," would be the answer, it would seem.
Britain had itself a kick-ass launch vehicle, many years ago, the
Black Knight. Amazing little vehicle, the smallest vehicle to ever put
a satellite into orbit. Lots of promise. Then it got pissed away on
the altar of politics.
Which is NASA's route.
Indeed it is. Britain just capitulated fifty or sixty years before the
US. *That* is why I often bring up lunacy out of Britain in my
blogscreeds; the insane nonsense you Brits inflict upon yourselves
tends to creep over the pond and infec tthe nannystaters *here.*
Quote: BTW, do you ever write about L.A.S.E.Rs?
Are those distinct from"lasers?" Or is that some special notation used
in the Uk, perhaps designating some weapons or targetting system
carried by aircraft of the Raf? |
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| scottlowther at (no spam) ix.netcom.com... |
| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:31 pm |
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On Sep 8, 2:09 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com>
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Quote: scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
On Sep 7, 11:41 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:
scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
On Sep 6, 4:30 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1211113/Man-watches-sp...
Wow. British journalism continues to get it wrong, again and again.
"Nasa are planning to retire the 30-year-old space shuttle fleet next
year."
Who are this "Nasa?"
They're the ones not going anywhere anytime.
That narrows it down to just about the whole planet.
Exactly. This planet.
That still doesn't tell me who this "Nasa" is of which I see constant
mention in the British press. You'd think the Bbc might be more
explicit, but, nope. |
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| Dirk Bruere at NeoPax... |
| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:09 pm |
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scottlowther at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
Quote: On Sep 8, 7:18 am, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:
Hetware wrote:
How's Britain's manned space program working out these days?
Last I heard we were joining the Ariane program.
So... "not that well," would be the answer, it would seem.
Britain had itself a kick-ass launch vehicle, many years ago, the
Black Knight. Amazing little vehicle, the smallest vehicle to ever put
a satellite into orbit. Lots of promise. Then it got pissed away on
the altar of politics.
Which is NASA's route.
BTW, do you ever write about L.A.S.E.Rs?
FFF
Dirk
http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party
http://www.onetribe.me.uk/wordpress/?cat=5 - Our podcasts on weird stuff |
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| Dirk Bruere at NeoPax... |
| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:09 pm |
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| scottlowther at (no spam) ix.netcom.com... |
| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:22 pm |
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On Sep 8, 5:37 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com>
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Quote: scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
Indeed it is. Britain just capitulated fifty or sixty years before the
US. *That* is why I often bring up lunacy out of Britain in my
blogscreeds; the insane nonsense you Brits inflict upon yourselves
tends to creep over the pond and infec tthe nannystaters *here.*
And for the same reasons - "not enough money".
Hodwash. Take the money y'all are spending on the millions who were
unemployed for a decade (http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=3155), and Britain
could rule the spacewaves in no time. Spaceflight need not be as
expensive as NASA has made it seem. Look to Musk and Rutan. Britain
*used* to have a worthy aerospace industry. it coudl again, if it
decided to reverse its downward trend. This is something I'd liek to
see.
Quote: BTW, do you ever write about L.A.S.E.Rs?
Are those distinct from"lasers?" Or is that some special notation used
in the Uk, perhaps designating some weapons or targetting system
carried by aircraft of the Raf?
LASER and NASA are both acronyms.
"NASA" is an acronym. But what is this "Nasa" all y'all Brits keep
yammering on about? And nobody refers to lasers as L.A.S.E.R.s.
"Laser" is now its own word. |
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| scottlowther at (no spam) ix.netcom.com... |
| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:23 pm |
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On Sep 8, 8:51 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com>
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Quote: scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
On Sep 8, 5:37 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:
scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
Indeed it is. Britain just capitulated fifty or sixty years before the
US. *That* is why I often bring up lunacy out of Britain in my
blogscreeds; the insane nonsense you Brits inflict upon yourselves
tends to creep over the pond and infec tthe nannystaters *here.*
And for the same reasons - "not enough money".
Hodwash. Take the money y'all are spending on the millions who were
unemployed for a decade (http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=3155), and Britain
could rule the spacewaves in no time. Spaceflight need not be as
expensive as NASA has made it seem. Look to Musk and Rutan. Britain
*used* to have a worthy aerospace industry. it coudl again, if it
decided to reverse its downward trend. This is something I'd liek to
see.
So would I, but it's not going to happen.
BTW, do you ever write about L.A.S.E.Rs?
Are those distinct from"lasers?" Or is that some special notation used
in the Uk, perhaps designating some weapons or targetting system
carried by aircraft of the Raf?
LASER and NASA are both acronyms.
"NASA" is an acronym. But what is this "Nasa" all y'all Brits keep
yammering on about? And nobody refers to lasers as L.A.S.E.R.s.
"Laser" is now its own word.
So, it seems, is Nasa.
No, it is not. It is the official name of an organization. Unlike a
"laser" there really is only the one NASA. It's not a generic term for
a common item; it refers toa specific thing. Like, say, the Uk or the
Raf.
Quote: When was the last time you heard it called N.A.S.A?
Not in my lifetime. Where have I seen it called anything but NASA?
Only in the British press. |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:37 pm |
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scottlowther at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
Quote: On Sep 8, 2:09 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:
scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
On Sep 8, 7:18 am, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:
Hetware wrote:
How's Britain's manned space program working out these days?
Last I heard we were joining the Ariane program.
So... "not that well," would be the answer, it would seem.
Britain had itself a kick-ass launch vehicle, many years ago, the
Black Knight. Amazing little vehicle, the smallest vehicle to ever put
a satellite into orbit. Lots of promise. Then it got pissed away on
the altar of politics.
Which is NASA's route.
Indeed it is. Britain just capitulated fifty or sixty years before the
US. *That* is why I often bring up lunacy out of Britain in my
blogscreeds; the insane nonsense you Brits inflict upon yourselves
tends to creep over the pond and infec tthe nannystaters *here.*
And for the same reasons - "not enough money".
Quote: BTW, do you ever write about L.A.S.E.Rs?
Are those distinct from"lasers?" Or is that some special notation used
in the Uk, perhaps designating some weapons or targetting system
carried by aircraft of the Raf?
LASER and NASA are both acronyms.
FFF
Dirk
http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party
http://www.onetribe.me.uk/wordpress/?cat=5 - Our podcasts on weird stuff |
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| Dirk Bruere at NeoPax... |
| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:51 pm |
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scottlowther at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
Quote: On Sep 8, 5:37 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru... at (no spam) gmail.com
wrote:
scottlowt... at (no spam) ix.netcom.com wrote:
Indeed it is. Britain just capitulated fifty or sixty years before the
US. *That* is why I often bring up lunacy out of Britain in my
blogscreeds; the insane nonsense you Brits inflict upon yourselves
tends to creep over the pond and infec tthe nannystaters *here.*
And for the same reasons - "not enough money".
Hodwash. Take the money y'all are spending on the millions who were
unemployed for a decade (http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=3155), and Britain
could rule the spacewaves in no time. Spaceflight need not be as
expensive as NASA has made it seem. Look to Musk and Rutan. Britain
*used* to have a worthy aerospace industry. it coudl again, if it
decided to reverse its downward trend. This is something I'd liek to
see.
So would I, but it's not going to happen.
Quote: BTW, do you ever write about L.A.S.E.Rs?
Are those distinct from"lasers?" Or is that some special notation used
in the Uk, perhaps designating some weapons or targetting system
carried by aircraft of the Raf?
LASER and NASA are both acronyms.
"NASA" is an acronym. But what is this "Nasa" all y'all Brits keep
yammering on about? And nobody refers to lasers as L.A.S.E.R.s.
"Laser" is now its own word.
So, it seems, is Nasa.
When was the last time you heard it called N.A.S.A?
--
Dirk
http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party
http://www.onetribe.me.uk/wordpress/?cat=5 - Our podcasts on weird stuff |
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