July 28th, 2009
STS-127: A Mission in Pictures
Written by Nancy Atkinson
Filed under: Space Flight, Space Shuttle, Space Station
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July 29th, 2009 at 5:59 am
"there was a Moon rock on board the ISS. … It will be returned on shuttle mission STS-128 to be publicly displayed."
Is this an adequate symbol of the meaninglessness of Nasa's present projects, or just sheer stupidity?
Even if it's a grain of regolith in a lunar mare, at the cost of sending a gram into orbit, you'd expect more relevant stuff.
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July 29th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Manu… you've got to be kidding? There is and will continue to be a public fascination with the Apollo project. This artifact may seem irrelevant to you, but to me? I'll give NASA a big WOW and thumbs up for this reminder that 40 YEARS AGO man first walked on the moon. MOST people I know remember exactly where they were when Neil Armstrong made those first steps!
THEN. I'll give NASA a big thumbs down for taking so long to getting back to the moon!
July 29th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Aqua: I'm deadly serious…
This is not even connected to my recent rants against manned spaceflight. Even though I deem them useless, I nonetheless share the fascination, admire the guys who did it, enjoyed the celebrations, read as much stuff as I could these last few days.
But I've never given much love to erecting statues, naming streets and unveiling plaques.
This one beats them all, and that's it. This stone actually *came* from the Moon, so what is this little ridiculous trip about?
July 30th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Manu said:
"…at the cost of sending a gram into orbit, you'd expect more relevant stuff. "
Beats the heck out of a shuttle mission that delivers groceries to the ISS and picks up garbage to take home!