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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 09:55 AM Original message |
NASA 'plans to spend US dollars 1.6 bn on space taxis' |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. I was hoping for something a little more ambitious than an earth-orbit taxi. nt |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. better than nothing--good thing it is not called a space train-because then |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I'd settle for a great space coaster at this point. n/t |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. it's a bit of a let down. nt |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Why think big when you can think stupid? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. They've got that too - the Space Launch System: |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. Whopping $1.6 billion? That's about 15 days of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I was going to point that out |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. ... |
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Owlet (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
9. It's been done already |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
10. Most of the 1.6 billion dollars will be used to provide jobs ... |
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