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(...) Shuttle = great idea in 1972, ridiculous albatross in 2004. You're undoubtedly right about the $4.3B being spent before a single SRB is lit. What really bugs me is the systematic way they're trying to kill all manned spaceflight by unfunding (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) It's not over yet. Look at House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's comments in these articles: (2 URLs) He's quoted as calling the proposed NASA budget cuts as "unacceptable" and followed that by saying, "It would be very hard to get this bill to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) Not to disparage the results of his studies, but that has got to be the funniest thing I've heard in months. On the surface, I can see that it's a valid source of robotics research, but if I think about it too hard I keep coming up with images (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) All those new initiatives were a neat idea, but as you can see Shuttle has eaten them alive. Congress voted $4.3 billion for a shuttle that won't fly before that money is all gone. It has always done this because our lawmakers are addicted to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) That sucks. That was a great way to potentially generate billions of dollars in NASA R&D without having to spend tax dollars to pay for it all. It also allows a greater variety of ideas to be explored, since noone has to justify experimenting (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) There's an argument to be made for both sides. Watching the space battle scenes in Ep 1.1, some scenes show shots being fired in silence, but in the space battle scenes of Ep 1.13, they seem to take a few liberties for cinematic effect. When (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Heh. Even hard-core fans are amazed at the comparatively low technical quality and such of the premiere movie after having watched the full series, but to be fair, I believe it had an even lower budget than the individual episodes, and that (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) As a cyclist, I've known this for years, and I didn't even have to play around with rocket powered roaches. (...) I look forward to seeing the first springy legged Lego robot. Cheers, Allister (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) From the subject of this post, I had thought that you had built more bots. This was very dissappointing, Lenny. (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(URL) I was reading the July issue of Discover (quickly becoming one of my favorite magazines) at the library and found an article about development of robotic leg locomotion. what follows is my narrative/impression of the article since I can't link (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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And you thought the brouhaha over the HST was intense... this one will turn into a big old catfight before it's over. (URL) Basically, the House Appropriations subcommittee in charge of NASA's budget just gave a big thumbs-down to the space agency's (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Admittedly, not much. I caught bits of episodes here and there (which, I grant, is not the best way to get one's teeth into a longterm space opera). I saw a good bit of the pilot, one episode with Checkov, and a chunk of the finale. (...) I (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) IIRC, they did not - they flew by in complete silence, unless you were "listening" to the inside of the pilot's helmet. (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) How much of it did you watch? I'll admit that Bruce Boxleitner's portrayal of Sheriden was pretty cheesy coming out of the gate, but one of JMS's commentary tracks reveals that he specifically requested it be that way for the first few eps of (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) "It's not the mileage, it's the years!" :) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Two weeks ago, a group of friends and I pretty much agreed that the only thing that we expected would make I, Robot accurate to the original story is the use of the 3 Laws. Mass carnage just sells better. Even though I've never read the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Think this is most appropriate for .geek than anywhere else... I saw the movie, rather enjoyed it but a few things-- ***Spoilers below!!!**** There were scant few 'Asimov' moments, but that goes with Hollywood 'suggested by'... When Spooner is (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) They'd need one heck of a makeup artist to get Ford to look like he did in the first movie. Remember, despite what the CGI breakthroughs of the SW prequels might suggest, both Lucas and Spielberg are reportedly adamant about only using (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) (snip) Well, if the action is to be set in the fifties, then why not have "People's Anthropological Kommissar Piotr Piotrovich Silvov" as the main villain, using a Tokarev to threaten our timeless hero? The Zanis just lost much of their "fear (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) Evil Zani Cultural Anthropologist Baron Bruz von Schlieckberndt: "Herr Jones! You shall nhot drink from this fountain! I vill plug you vith this cool-looking Luger ihf you try!" Indiana Jones: sotto voce "Zanis! I hate these guys. (aloud) And (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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