The failure of a Soyuz rocket to send a supply ship into space last week may mean that the International Space Station will have to be temporarily abandoned for the first time since 2000, Florida Today reports.
Russian space vehicles are the only means of ferrying crews and supplies to the station now that the U.S. space shuttle program has ended.
Last week, the third-stage failure of a Soyuz rocket sent an unmanned Progress supply ship crashing into Siberia.
About time. Now NASA can go back to its primary mission of outreach to Muslims.
Evacuate the station due to one failed booster in 30yrs? i doubt it..
I have far more faith in Russian space tech than NASA/USA space tech.
the “failure” was probably caused by some opposing asshat blackhat .mil space faction we civilians are not privy to.
all we need to do is kill off the Oil Boys, get both sides to stop using WWII rocket tech and and break out the BlackOp gravitics tech that has been around since the 40′s and we’re good to go..
we should have already been a space fairing race/planet many decades, if not centuries ago.
-s
OR…
..this will be used as cover story to clear the station for safety reasons because of the fact that we are (ie: the solar system) is passing through a very “dense” region of space, both celestially and energetically for which our current BS science denies the existence of for various reasons.
-and which the Russians have been privy to since at least the 80′s, that i’m aware of.
-s
#22 and 23 make alfie seem a serenely normal human being with a wonderful grasp of reality.
MikeN said “About time. Now NASA can go back to its primary mission of outreach to Muslims.”
You’re afraid of your own bloody shadow. Grow some Kahonies.
It’s just sad :{
It’s sad that NASA doesn’t get the credit it deserves, in terms of all the various engineering and some scientific advances it’s made that have contributed immeasurable to the American economy and GDP over the years.
All these private companies can only do what they are doing because of scientific and engineering advances already made at NASA.
Does the government waste money, unfortunately yes, and by the butt loads. For what ever reason, (politics) government doesn’t seem to know how to manage and reduce financial waste.
BUT, does U.S. industry always deliver better, safer goods, NO!! Just think of our current internet speed compared to the rest of the world, think of oil (energy, ENRON, BP) companies, just think how almost every food stuff has High Fructose Corn Syrup in it (MONSANTO), just think how privatizing the IRAQ WAR (Blackwater) has helped, think how Wall Street and Banks have lied to us, think how fast college prices are increasing, think how fast health care prices are increasing, just think!
The same powers that inform/cajole us to vote one way or the other also inform/cajole us to buy one product over the other. If American can’t be good citizens (hold politicians accountable and demand good government) how do you expect them to be shrewd consumers. Both processes, voting and consuming drink from the same well of knowledge, plus our schools don’t teach Americans how to rationally think with data!
nonage, imagine if NASA was funded like, say, Halliburton?
# 27 foobar said,
nonage, imagine if NASA was funded like, say, Halliburton?
Not sure I understand your point.
Mistyped noname. Sorry.
We seem so in love with space but the cost vs results seems unbalanced. I think we need to step back from space and start fixing things on Earth.
We are now becoming redundant with space projects which tells me we have reached our limits and need to stop for a while.
In # 7 JimD said: we could RENT IT TO THE CHINESE.
If you can’t maintain a property, squatters who can get the rights.
If we abandon the space station and the Chinese want it, than can just loft someone up there and take it over, for free, without anybody being able to stop them.
They can set up camp while we argue and nickel and dime ourselves into a coma.
NASA chief Charles Bolden’s remarks caused a stir among commentators.”When I became the NASA administrator, (President Obama) charged me with three things,” Bolden said in the interview which aired last week. “One, he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math; he wanted me to expand our international relationships; and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math and engineering.”
We can’t afford to fund our space exploration program here in Amerika.
Yet, we sure seem able to fund the Chinese space exploration program.
Yep, it’s the Last American Century. At least we have several decades remaining of greed, stupidity, violence, misery and humiliation to go before the long night. But we can see the headlight of the oncoming train now. At my age, I just hope it’s not an Express.
MikeN. And that interview was with???
Guys like you are afraid of black cats.
Girls like Mike N. are afraid of their own shadows.
The point of diminishing returns has long past for human space travel. Telepresence technology is sufficient for just about anything we want to accomplish out there.
# 36 Olo Baggins of Bywater said
“The point of diminishing returns”
Isn’t that the point, in the ever wise words of Buzz Lightyear “To infinity … and beyond!”.
and let’s not forget JFK famous words ““We seek to go to the moon and do other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard…because that goal will measure the best of our abilities.” We have set this deadline to measure the best of ours.”
Ha, ha. Yes, JFK relied on and demonstrated the greatness of the USA by having us go to the moon.
45 Years later, BushtheRetard bullshitted his way and demonstrated the decay of the USA by declaring a manned mission to Mars.
What a tool. Good thing we are getting back to basics with President Perry. A good evangelical anti-science shyster like him doesn’t even believe we went to the moon.
Nothing but bright days ahead for the USA.
VOTE ALL “NO NEW TAXES” POLITICIANS OUT OF OFFICE.
This clearly shows the failure of conservative – or what has become known as conservative – politics in America today. Cuts to the space program and cuts to all worthwhile programs while simultaneously giving (money) tax breaks to the rich and big corporations have killed what was once histories most prosperous nation.
Clearly, what we need to do is make the rich pay, make big corporations pay, so, once again, we can lead the world in the space industry. Of course, stopping (funding for) a few wars and tackling overpopulation and global warming would help too. And we’d once again have the money to do it.
This failure can be laid at the feet of all the “conservative” politicians (who aren’t really conservative) and their ilk.
If the ISS is abandoned, will ANYBODY notice or care besides the people that get paid to support it?
ISS is nothing but an extremely expensive project without a specific purpose or benefits.
We got rid of half of the biggest impediment to space progress: the space shuttle. Now lets finish the job and give up on this complete waste of effort and resources called the International Space Station.