18 Nov
2008
18 Nov
'08
9:43 a.m.
On 11/15/08, bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
Ken Seefried wrote:
Yep, that Hubble telescope and the ISS both weigh as much as Voyager
did, and were launched in exactly the same fashion.
If you want to consider NASA a flop for sending out solid scientific
missions instead of flashy manned landings (which I like too, of
course), go ahead, but at least admit your reason for criticism.
John
--
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
Hubble. Galileo. Cassini. Chandra. Deep Impact. Swift. MRO. Spirit.
Opportunity. Pheonix. Viking.
And what was NASA doing for the last 30 years
???.
Messenger. Lunar Prospector. NEAR. Spitzer.
ISS.
Ulysses. Voyager. Terra.
Obviously.
KJ
Notice all that the payloads have all been about the same mass
and same solid cmos techology ...
It seems once MAN landed on the moon, NASA has
been a complete
flop