Seven Astronauts’ Lives Hang in Global Warming Balance
It seems that NASA has had a ton of problems lately. It’s bothersome to think that these aerospace engineers, presumably the best in the world, are not able to figure out a way to get those pesky thermal tiles to stay stuck to the tanks on the body of the shuttle. Those thermal tiles coming off have caused a couple of tragic mishaps with our space shuttles. Now we have seven astronauts in space and lose thermal tiles again. You would think our scientists could figure out a solution to the problem.
I have been wondering what on earth the problem is (well, maybe not ‘on earth’).
I found some information at Newsbusters that sheds light on the problems that NASA is having. I didn’t realize where the problems started, so I found this very informative. For those who did know, its good to be reminded because you can be sure this won’t be reported in the old media.
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The screaming left is always going on about the lives that will be lost from the global warming boogeyman, yet I can’t find a single newspaper willing to confront the seven lives that may be lost on Wednesday because of it. You may recall how Clinton/Gore EPA regulations forced NASA to switch to a freon-free foam, one that doesn’t stick to the tanks, one that causes up to 11 times more damage to the life-saving thermal tiles, all in an effort to make the libs feel better about flying their personal jets across the globe. Ever since then we’ve had scare after tragedy every time a Shuttle launches.
A cursory look at Google News shows that the brave and enterprising journalists from American news organizations are completely unwilling to even mention this important story. It makes me wonder what Adolph Ochs, the publisher of the New York Times who created the journalistic oath to cover the news “without fear or favor”, would think of the state of journalism today. Show me the journalist with the courage to look the families of these astronauts in the face and tell them the science has already been decided.
Who knew? I didn’t.
August 13th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
The Pigeon on Losing a Pet…
I don’t know if animal’s have souls; but if you do, I hope you remember us fondly.
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August 13th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
not as though it matters…
… but eBay just lost a customer. I say it does not matter not out of any sense of self-deprication (though I have my own fair share of that), but rather because I have purchased all of maybe three things……
August 13th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
Michael Moore’s “Sicko”…
Several interesting posts and links about Michael Moore’s “documentaryâ€, SICKO, caught my eye in the past few days. Each of these excerpts should be read in their entirety at the linked blogs, because they are important to all of us……
August 14th, 2007 at 12:39 am
Man Bitten and Hospitalized By Decapitated Rattlesnake Head…
According to Scientific American snake heads are dangerous from 20 to 60 minutes after being removed from the body. It kind of sounds like to me that snakes would make a perfect politician.
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August 14th, 2007 at 3:31 am
Britney Spears’ new look for Elizabeth Arden is Unbelievable…
Britney Spears lovely in her new ad for her latest fragrance Believe. She looks svelte, toned and … clean. She looks so lovely in the ad that fragrance firm Elizabeth Arden has had to release a statement that they didn’t use a body double….
August 14th, 2007 at 4:15 am
OJ’s tacky book: I’ll take two…
I blogged this not long ago, the tacky book that OJ wrote and the bickering of who gets the money for it if published. In it I made two observations.
So…let’s suppose OJ does get the book published and the book makes 38 Mi…
August 14th, 2007 at 4:58 am
It’s one reason I read Jerry pournelle’s “blog” pretty regularly:
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/archives2/archives2mail/mail372.html#foam2
and
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/archives2/archives2mail/mail372.html#vanderbilt
August 14th, 2007 at 8:47 am
The Knucklehead of the Day award…
Today’s winner is Hillsborough State Attorney Mark Ober….
August 14th, 2007 at 9:25 am
The Berlin Wall…
An iconic symbol of the Cold War, the wall divided East and West Berlin for 28 years, from the day construction began on August 13, 1961 until it was dismantled in 1989….
August 14th, 2007 at 9:35 am
The climahysterics are disturbed and disgusting examples of human beings.