Space Tweep Society Founder, Jen Scheer @FlyingJenny,
has won the Shorty Award for Science!
doctorjeff's blog |
Space Tweeps here are some reflections on the Space Shuttle: the space shuttle has to be one of the MOST wasteful and deadly boondoggles ever foisted off on taxpayers in the name of science (nuclear power is worse still -- but hey, we need reactors to create weapons of mass destruction, so killing people is actually part of the plan there). shuttles should have never been built and certainly deserve to be forgotten (unlike the lessons of greed and hubris that created them -- those we NEVER seem to learn.
I cross-posted my earlier essay on Endeavour's Launch and the
End of an Era at Huffington Post. It went up in the Technology Section
yesterday. The comment above was posted at HuffPost by Rusty Rebar. |
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This is cross-posted at Blog on the Universe and Huffington Post A different kind of countdown has begun. It is now 2010. Before the next New Year's celebration, the U.S. Space Shuttle program will be just a memory. Those that took pride in following along as this remarkable vehicle broke the surly bonds of Earth will surely feel they've lost a friend, and the pain of a very personal page turned forever will linger for quite some time. Those of you that follow news of the day as daily ritual, every so often hearing about a Space Shuttle blasting off or returning to Earth, will no longer experience that quick smile acknowledging pride in American leadership and technological prowess--at least not when it comes to human spaceflight. (Are there really that many areas left where America excels?) |
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This essay was originally posted at Blog on the Universe on November 27, 2009 It was also published as a featured post in the Technology Section of the Huffington Post on December 8, 2009 I'm honored to be able to post it on the STS Blog as well. -Jeff A little over a week ago I watched space shuttle Atlantis land at Kennedy. I had lots and lots of mixed emotions. The shuttle is just a remarkable technological achievement, and watching it land can be a pretty emotional experience. |
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