it really has taken NASA 11 years to develop a parachute

[dilbert firestorm]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017...ut-spaceflight

NASA's acting chief technologist says the agency is limited by political emphasis.

its all due to politics? I call bullshit on that.

[Mr MojoRisin]

Isn't that something? Took them 11 years to build a parachute, but they can put a man on the moon, a Rover on Mars and a International Space Station orbiting the Earth in excess of 300 miles, no problem, lol.


Jim

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by Mr MojoRisin

Isn't that something? Took them 11 years to build a parachute, but they can put a man on the moon, a Rover on Mars and a International Space Station orbiting the Earth in excess of 300 miles, no problem, lol.


Jim

First they didn't do all that in 11 years, but I'm glad to see you don't believe that their exploration of space has been a conspiracy of events filmed in a studio someplace by the government. As for the ISS, that's been a "collusion" with the Russians, who are still colluding with the U.S. government to provide ingress and egress to and from the ISS, and most particularly resupply and "life boat" technology.

[Jackie S]

In defence of the contractor, a parachute is something that has to work, every time. There is no backup.

It does no good to spend billions on high tech items to leave earth, go somewhere else, and return if the whole thing ends up as a pile of junk after hitting the earth at a destructive velocity.

[Mr MojoRisin]

Originally Posted by LexusLover

First they didn't do all that in 11 years, but I'm glad to see you don't believe that their exploration of space has been a conspiracy of events filmed in a studio someplace by the government. As for the ISS, that's been a "collusion" with the Russians, who are still colluding with the U.S. government to provide ingress and egress to and from the ISS, and most particularly resupply and "life boat" technology.

Who took the picture?


Jim

[dilbert firestorm]

Originally Posted by Mr MojoRisin

Who took the picture?


Jim

Its a CNN pic, but either NASA or Russians took it.

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by Mr MojoRisin

Who took the picture?


Jim

Are you trying to prove its "authenticity"?

But I suppose a more fundamental question to you would be:

Are you challenging THE FACT that the Russians have been an integral partner in the construction and operation of THE ISS?

If there were an emergency on the ISS today the "life boat" is Russian made, Russian monitored, and Russian controlled to landing. The last crew were delivered by a Russian launch of a Russian spacecraft. That's because Obaminable decided he'd rather piss of money on "green projects" rather than "squander" it on the "fossil fuel" driven ISS .... you know ... those gasoline engines and generators that keep it going!!!!

[bamscram]

Here LL read up so you can have correct info.

https://www.space.com/16748-internat...e-station.html

[Mr MojoRisin]

Originally Posted by LexusLover

Are you trying to prove its "authenticity"?

But I suppose a more fundamental question to you would be:

Are you challenging THE FACT that the Russians have been an integral partner in the construction and operation of THE ISS?

If there were an emergency on the ISS today the "life boat" is Russian made, Russian monitored, and Russian controlled to landing. The last crew were delivered by a Russian launch of a Russian spacecraft. That's because Obaminable decided he'd rather piss of money on "green projects" rather than "squander" it on the "fossil fuel" driven ISS .... you know ... those gasoline engines and generators that keep it going!!!!

I asked who took the picture. It would be much easier for you to just say you don't know.


Jim

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by bamscram

Here LL read up so you can have correct info.

https://www.space.com/16748-internat...e-station.html

I'm "read up"! ... How many times you walked onto the Johnson Space Center, Little Boy? (And I'm not talking the tourist trap!)

Do yourself a favor, if you can. Quit "assuming"! You'll end up like MOJO... thinking the world is a huge conspiracy.

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by Mr MojoRisin

I asked who took the picture. It would be much easier for you to just say you don't know.


Jim

Who took the picture is not relevant to the discussion.

[Mr MojoRisin]

Originally Posted by LexusLover

Who took the picture is not relevant to the discussion.

Then why did you post it?


Jim

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by Mr MojoRisin

Then why did you post it?


Jim

The picture IS RELEVANT to the general topic of NASA and the development of technology with respect to NASA's general mission.

But the precise member of ISS crew #39 ("Expedition") who took it is NOT.

It's also RELEVANT to the discussion of "Russian Collusion"!!!!!

Because Expedition 39 was on the ISS in the beginning of Obaminable's 2nd term.

[bamscram]

Originally Posted by LexusLover

I'm "read up"! ... How many times you walked onto the Johnson Space Center, Little Boy? (And I'm not talking the tourist trap!)

Do yourself a favor, if you can. Quit "assuming"! You'll end up like MOJO... thinking the world is a huge conspiracy.

Showing your fetish for little boys again perv?

If you were "read up" you wouldn't make so many mistakes.

[Mr MojoRisin]

Originally Posted by LexusLover

The picture IS RELEVANT to the general topic of NASA and the development of technology with respect to NASA's general mission.

But the precise member of ISS crew #39 ("Expedition") who took it is NOT.

It's also RELEVANT to the discussion of "Russian Collusion"!!!!!

Because Expedition 39 was on the ISS in the beginning of Obaminable's 2nd term.

You can't see the picture of the ISS is a rendering?


Jim