Comments on: Booster Rockets, Boozer Astronauts http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/07/31/booster-rockets-boozer-astronauts/ ...reason and emotion, shaken and stirred... Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:04:44 +0530 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mahendrap http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/07/31/booster-rockets-boozer-astronauts/#comment-602 mahendrap Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:29:11 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/07/31/booster-rockets-boozer-astronauts/#comment-602 MMP/Sandy: I too think that we should not stop exploration. All the major nations have already turned their eyes and ambitions to space. Private sector entrepreneurship in space has been increasingly encouraging. Let's see what happens! Oemar: "signboards floating in outer orbit" - ha ha ha! Yes, NASA has been like an icon to many of us who grew up during or after the space-race, and it is saddening to see its reputation being tarnished to this extent. Thanks for the feedback! MMP/Sandy: I too think that we should not stop exploration. All the major nations have already turned their eyes and ambitions to space. Private sector entrepreneurship in space has been increasingly encouraging. Let’s see what happens!

Oemar: “signboards floating in outer orbit” — ha ha ha! Yes, NASA has been like an icon to many of us who grew up during or after the space-race, and it is saddening to see its reputation being tarnished to this extent. Thanks for the feedback!

]]> By: Oemar http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/07/31/booster-rockets-boozer-astronauts/#comment-601 Oemar Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:54:25 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/07/31/booster-rockets-boozer-astronauts/#comment-601 Soon we will have "Drunken Rocket-Flying Prohibited" signboards floating in the outer orbit. But yes, for an organization like NASA, where image and reputation take a southward hit on a yearly basis, they should be more careful with stuff like that. If another Columbia happens, even if due to a completely technical reason, these ghosts of the past will be resurrected..... something I am sure they are aware of. Good post!! Soon we will have “Drunken Rocket-Flying Prohibited” signboards floating in the outer orbit. But yes, for an organization like NASA, where image and reputation take a southward hit on a yearly basis, they should be more careful with stuff like that. If another Columbia happens, even if due to a completely technical reason, these ghosts of the past will be resurrected.…. something I am sure they are aware of. Good post!!

]]> By: MondayMorningPower http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/07/31/booster-rockets-boozer-astronauts/#comment-600 MondayMorningPower Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:38:47 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/07/31/booster-rockets-boozer-astronauts/#comment-600 The "Right Stuff" may be in the private sector and not NASA. I think NASA's name may be forever tarnished. Because we have problems on this planet does not mean that we should not try to explore or discover. Maybe we should try and quantify exactly what the space program has give us; both cost (financial and human) and benefit. This should be done in 5 year increments by a public oversight group (combined government and private.) The “Right Stuff” may be in the private sector and not NASA. I think NASA’s name may be forever tarnished. Because we have problems on this planet does not mean that we should not try to explore or discover. Maybe we should try and quantify exactly what the space program has give us; both cost (financial and human) and benefit. This should be done in 5 year increments by a public oversight group (combined government and private.)

]]> By: itsandil http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/07/31/booster-rockets-boozer-astronauts/#comment-599 itsandil Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:33:52 +0000 http://skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2007/07/31/booster-rockets-boozer-astronauts/#comment-599 True. Let them first solve the problems on *this* planet. True. Let them first solve the problems on *this* planet.

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