tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post7571017860431584598..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: Memories of Apollo and the MoonAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-34093498851910224842009-07-23T12:30:50.805-07:002009-07-23T12:30:50.805-07:00TRUTHER CONSQUENCES...
aka "THE RIGHT STUFF!...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ez-NpFVwQw" rel="nofollow">TRUTHER CONSQUENCES</a>...<br /><br />aka "THE RIGHT STUFF!"<br /><br />(some of us still have the spirit)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-31260933034435457782009-07-20T12:37:39.142-07:002009-07-20T12:37:39.142-07:00The space program was a brilliant way to bring us ...The space program was a brilliant way to bring us together with a common goal. It fostered pride and patriotism.<br />George Bush (either one) could have accomplished a similar goal by declaring that we would be energy independent by 20XX. Our technology is certainly capable.<br />The goal of today's leading elites, however, is to divide, not bring together. The language situation (at least in CA), the "haves" and "have nots", pitted against each other as if there were some heinous plot afoot to subjugate those "without". The race issue will never die as long as there are those on both sides who find advantage in the ghettoizing of America. Political correctness has paralyzed our once free speech. All these things divide and bring fear to the heart of man. The Nation's heart then dwells on the insignificant and we loose sight of our rights withering away.Dave's Daily Day Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491764990082380190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-59674875563793203532009-07-20T07:57:50.879-07:002009-07-20T07:57:50.879-07:00Thank you, Momkiss.
Regretably, war is the way n...Thank you, Momkiss. <br /><br />Regretably, war is the way nations settle their differences and the way liberty is protected. We can all take pride in our military.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-37768793861503312292009-07-20T07:56:21.058-07:002009-07-20T07:56:21.058-07:00Buzzg, you caught the theme of my post perfectly. ...Buzzg, you caught the theme of my post perfectly. One hopes a bew generation of Americans with recapture the spirit you and your colleagues had in former times.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-65761859568201066882009-07-20T07:35:29.569-07:002009-07-20T07:35:29.569-07:00Perhaps we have no need to go to the moon again, a...Perhaps we have no need to go to the moon again, and maybe the exploration of deep space is better left to machines. The spirit that launched Conestoga wagons west on the Oregon Trail into an equally treacherous unknown was the same spirit that launched Apollo. I worked on that project and I remember the can do spirit and enthusiasm that permeated every day. When Grissom, White and Chaffee were lost on the launch pad, we grieved and then we persited and prevailed. lt will take that same spirit to prevail against our latest challenge. I for one, don't get the feeling that spirit is with us anymore. Maybe it's just lost for the moment and not gone from us forever. I hope.Buzzghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03897676479222811119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-86046912142444773062009-07-20T06:50:53.387-07:002009-07-20T06:50:53.387-07:00Alan:
I echo your sentiment. Normally, I'm a...Alan:<br /><br />I echo your sentiment. Normally, I'm all for science and exploration, but returning to the moon for pride or "because it's there" makes little sense right now, especially with the financial problems we face. We have an orbiting lab that gives us the platform we need to do whatever "space" research we want to do. From a "national pride" point of view, it's somewhat disappointing that we've let our space program decay to the point that we have to depend on the Russians to get us up there, but it seems to me that if there were any really promising science being done up there, we would have appropriated the money for a better vehicle a long time ago. Focusing on straightening out our problems here on Earth seems much more important right now. I will say that the spin-offs from our space program have been great for the world though. I'd like to think that we could do something to keep developing new and exciting technologies with real-world applications through some other channel. There is an exhaustive list of the great things our space program has produced here:<br /><br />http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html<br /><br />There is probably a similar list of technologies that have been spun off from the military as well, so perhaps we'll have to be happy with that for the next few years. I've heard that there is no funding for the ISS after 2016, and they plan to let it de-orbit shortly thereafter. Perhaps we can get our problems down here sorted out before that day comes. If not, then we would be well advised to focus our energies elsewhere. Until we have restored a sound economy and our national security, 4-wheeling around craters and hitting golf balls over the horizon will be a luxury we can't afford ....Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903448394061019454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-80791346599866717782009-07-19T20:03:25.341-07:002009-07-19T20:03:25.341-07:00" U wrote,"It says we had more guts, mor..." U wrote,"It says we had more guts, more smarts, more need to prove ourselves to the world in 1969 than we do today."<br /><br />Now more than ever America has so much more to prove- if by no other means than wars to show the power of freedom and democracy. It isn't guts. It has been the blood of our sons and daughters who put the red in red, white and blue. <br /><br />I might not agree with all the content but The NY Times writers could not have written a better article-- well done.Momkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11439303678064193520noreply@blogger.com