We are Launching a Space Shuttle Today:
But we are more captivated by a spoiled brat getting her toys (at home and in public) taken away for 45 days. What does this say about us and our news media?...
But we are more captivated by a spoiled brat getting her toys (at home and in public) taken away for 45 days. What does this say about us and our news media?...
06-08-2007, 04:32 PM
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| Political Genius  Republican Yorba Linda Ca. 
| We are Launching a Space Shuttle Today: But we are more captivated by a spoiled brat getting her toys (at home and in public) taken away for 45 days. What does this say about us and our news media?
__________________ Sock It To Me!  "Bureaucracy is a Parasite that Preys on Free Thought and Suffocates Free Spirit!" - Douglas Adams | ||||
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06-08-2007, 04:44 PM
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| Master Debator Election Moderator  Democrat Omaha, NE
| They continue to pander to the story which gets the best ratings, thus more profit, therefore upholding their responsibility to their share holders. | ||||
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06-08-2007, 05:17 PM
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| Mission Accomplished NOT!  Independent MN
| Originally Posted by RMNIXON I completely agree with you 100%. They even had news choppers following Paris back to jail and two front page first line stories under National news and entertainment news is about Paris. What a joke. 
I had no idea we are launhing a space shuttle. What is its purpose this time. | ||||
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06-08-2007, 06:35 PM
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| Political Genius Republican Yorba Linda Ca.
| Originally Posted by Roonie
"After a two-month delay, the space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew are set for launch Friday evening on an 11-day mission that is vital to completing the International Space Station. This trip is the third to beef up the station's ability to provide electric power to European and Japanese laboratory modules, slated to begin arriving later this year. If all goes well, the work will put the station on track to receive a final set of solar panels and batteries next July and to support a crew of six, rather than three, in 2009. By July 2010, the station should be complete." With Atlantis mission, shuttle's last days draw nearer | csmonitor.com Not as exciting as stupid rich girl gets sent back to prison and cries about it! But maybe our civilization has a future?  | ||||
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06-08-2007, 10:53 PM
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| Ron Paul '08  Libertarian Party Queens, NY
| Anyone have video of the launch? This was STS117, saw the coverage at 5:30 but deferred watching because I was wrapped up in something, thanks in advance. | ||||
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06-09-2007, 09:07 AM
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| interwebberus professionalus  Independent
| i watched it. cnn had coverage, and the dude commentating kept suggesting they lose the cnn banner at the bottom of the screen while the main fuel tank was jettisoned, as it would provide a better view. the banner never budged.  but never mind that. did paris get sent back to jail?!   | ||||
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06-09-2007, 04:21 PM
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| Political Genius Republican Yorba Linda Ca.
| It was reported that Paris Hilton's dog was not on the shuttle......  | ||||
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06-09-2007, 04:23 PM
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| Political Genius Republican Yorba Linda Ca.
| Originally Posted by Nonphixion
YouTube - 8 june 2007 Space Shuttle Atlantis LAUNCH STS-117 | ||||
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06-10-2007, 12:58 AM
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| Member Republican 
| Watched the launch. That shit never gets old. It was the first launch I've watched live since Challenger in 1986, so my stomach knotted up when I heard mission control say "go throttle up".  | ||||
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06-10-2007, 08:06 AM
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| Ron Paul '08 Libertarian Party Queens, NY
| Originally Posted by Joe_Cool You know they pressurize the external fuel tank with helium. I wonder if that has any affect on the lifting properties of the vehicle
Last edited by Nonphixion; 06-10-2007 at 08:16 AM. | ||||
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06-10-2007, 04:48 PM
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| Member Republican
| Originally Posted by Nonphixion I doubt it, since the fuel is hydrogen.
I'd never heard about the helium. | ||||
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06-10-2007, 05:13 PM
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| Political Genius Republican Yorba Linda Ca.
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06-10-2007, 09:24 PM
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| Lurker  Republican Michigan
| Thank you very much! Until I read this thread today I was feeling like I was the only one in America who could care less about the Hilton situation. I was starting to worry! Thanks for the reality check folks!  | ||||
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06-11-2007, 01:18 PM
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| Deuteronomy 32:41  Paleolibertarian USA
| Aah, I remember skipping school to watch the shuttle launch in '86. I actually played sick so I could watch the whole thing LIVE (back when launching the shuttle was more important than a pop star). I will never forget that day. Wow. | ||||
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06-11-2007, 10:07 PM
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| Administrator  libertarian Oklahoma
| We really really REALLY need to retire the shuttle. It's outdated and they are all falling apart. More issues on this mission  | ||||
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06-12-2007, 01:55 AM
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| Junkie libertarian
| Who gives a shit about a shuttle, we are in a fucking war | ||||
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06-12-2007, 08:28 PM
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| interwebberus professionalus Independent
| Originally Posted by hsmith because we as modern humans, having little intellectual capacity, can only concentrate on one thing at a time.
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06-13-2007, 09:59 AM
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| Hamiltonian > Jeffersonian  Libertarian Party DFW
| Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95 So I spent the last half of the day on wikipedia v.NASA
__________________ “The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.” --Alexander Hamilton--  | ||||
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