Thursday, August 04, 2005

Yes, NASA should scrap the shuttle program 

Discovery
Last week, I voiced my opinion that the shuttle program should be scrapped, citing the top scientific minds who feel the same. Today, I'm quoting Peter S. Rieth, who speaks from common sense more than from scientific background.

"Imagine a company building an airplane that could be threatened by 'quilted fabric covering pillowlike stuffing'... imagine if an airline company announced that in response to systems malfunctions, engineers were 'wiggling wires'... imagine an airline company faced with engineers who say that two inches of harmless foam could blow up the plane.

"Why is it that the press is having a field day portraying the 'heroism' of this "breath taking adventure" when in fact any third grader can see that this is utter black comedy of the creepiest sort?"

He also points out the irony that NASA spent over a billion dollars to prevent falling pieces of foam from destroying another shuttle, and then on the very next launch the world watched as more foam fell from the fuel tank.

Scrap the shuttle program.

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