Genesis! Read Why Da Boom.

[Ankaris]

So, Genesis, remember that? Slammed into Utah with a giant cry of "OMG! WTF?!" from technicians involved.<br><br>But we never knew exactly why it happened... UNTIL NOW!<br><br><a href='http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/fc/Sci ... -1/OPINION' target='_blank'>Dammit guys! Double check, DOUBLE CHECK!</a><br><br>And with this, the global IQ lowers several points >_<<br><br>In case you don't want to read that article, I quote and sum up thusly...<br><br>"The Genesis craft, returning from a three-year, $264 million journey to collect cosmic dust a million miles from Earth, slammed into the Utah desert in September because, a review board said, a gravity switch that was supposed to trigger its parachutes failed because it had been installed backwards."<br><br>Seriously, with our expanding technology, the most obvious direction for human expansion is out there, but will we ever do any significant when they can't do something THIS simple right?<br><br>Ah, screw it.<br><br>*Misappropriates funds and starts designing his own spacecraft*<br><br><br><br>

[Holyman83]

*pats his inter-dimensional fighter*

[Zaaphod]

<!--QuoteBegin-Ankaris+Oct 30 2004, 11:56 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Ankaris @ Oct 30 2004, 11:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> *Misappropriates funds and starts designing his own spacecraft* <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Heh. You could hardly do worse than NASA.<br>

[Steve the Pocket]

Someone should just get some investors interested and start their own space program. They'd be more careful because they're afraid of losing funds, whereas our government will just keep throwing more money at NASA until the earth slams into the sun like so much space junk.<br><br>Privatize the space program???<br><br>We could do worse. It's not exactly doing mankind any good; might as well restrict its funding to people who actually care, rather than millions of taxpayers who are already hurting from the recession.

[Holyman83]

<!--QuoteBegin-Octan+Nov 1 2004, 08:15 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Octan @ Nov 1 2004, 08:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Privatize the space program??? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> That does not sound like a bad idea. For the most part you only hear about when NASA screws up. Maybe that would change it. <br><br>NASA has actually done a lot of the mankind just not recently <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->...we got a lot of technology that we use every day for going to the moon...Granted it is all stuff that by now we prolly would have had anyway but you never know<br>

[Nyss]

<a href='http://www.armadilloaerospace.com' target='_blank'>http://www.armadilloaerospace.com</a><br><br>Thank id Software's daddy, John Carmack for it.<br><br>There will be a private space sector one day <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->