NASA renames Mission Control to honor 1st Space Flight Director - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Contag;29182691]I'm sorry, Iraq and Afghanistan were great ideas ([B]validated by the American public via the reelection of Bush[/B] )and the development of novel and innovative fields is a bad idea for the American economy. The government should stop spending money and let the economy contract until it has self-corrected. :downs: And it's not sad at all that they're renaming Mission Control after a pioneering man just as the government is crippling the space program. [editline]15th April 2011[/editline] Is that better?[/QUOTE] lolno, try again. In 2000 it was Gore vs Bush, with Gore winning the popular vote. In 2004 it was Kerry vs. Bush with the votes split right down the middle. If you truly think that because we vote someone into office, they are doing exactly what we, the American people say, then you have a lot to learn.

Lies! It is just to cover up their new sponsorship! "NASA, brought to you by Kraft foods"

Knowing NASA, the renaming procedure took 12.4 million dollars and the coordination of 6 different agencies.

[QUOTE=Raidyr;29183120]Knowing NASA, the renaming procedure took 12.4 million dollars and the coordination of 6 different agencies.[/QUOTE] All sign replacement specifications were provided in imperial, but the company requested metric.

[QUOTE=EagleEye;29182941]lolno, try again. In 2000 it was Gore vs Bush, with Gore winning the popular vote. In 2004 it was Kerry vs. Bush with the votes split right down the middle. If you truly think that because we vote someone into office, they are doing exactly what we, the American people say, then you have a lot to learn.[/QUOTE] Sounds like a great place.

Houston is still pissed that we didn't get a shuttle, NASA. :colbert: [editline]14th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=TheBrokenHobo;29182248][img_thumb]http://lifeboat.com/images/blue.ocean.jpg[/img_thumb] What about these?[/QUOTE] Ocean exploration is ruled by oil and mining companies oddly enough. Yet they're the ones most likely to fuck it up. It's going to be a "battle" between environmentally conscious research companies and mining/gas companies to discover the ocean. One to exploit it and one to learn about it. In about 10 years there's going to be an exponential explosion of mining companies buying leases on the ocean floor to grind up sea beds for minerals. I'm not sure what the future for research holds up its basically the same thing that's been going on for years. "Donate to *insert fund here* to save *insert some ocean aspect here*". I'd like to see governments give a shit about the ocean but there's no real need to. We already have the strongest Navy in the world so as far as the government is concerned we're "done" with the ocean. It's going to be up to private companies if we want to go anywhere.

[QUOTE=OvB;29183257]Houston is still pissed that we didn't get a shuttle, NASA. :colbert: [editline]14th April 2011[/editline] Ocean exploration is ruled by oil and mining companies oddly enough. Yet they're the ones most likely to fuck it up. It's going to be a "battle" between environmentally conscious research companies and mining/gas companies to discover the ocean. One to exploit it and one to learn about it. In about 10 years there's going to be an exponential explosion of mining companies buying leases on the ocean floor to grind up sea beds for minerals. I'm not sure what the future for research holds up its basically the same thing that's been going on for years. "Donate to *insert fund here* to save *insert some ocean aspect here*". I'd like to see governments give a shit about the ocean but there's no real need to. We already have the strongest Navy in the world so as far as the government is concerned we're "done" with the ocean. It's going to be up to private companies if we want to go anywhere.[/QUOTE] If memory serves, the underwater drones used to scout for oil have already discovered several (almost universally TERRIFYING) species that have made the news on the floor of the ocean in several locations. So yeah, I think your prediction is entirely accurate.

[QUOTE=TheBrokenHobo;29182248][img_thumb]http://lifeboat.com/images/blue.ocean.jpg[/img_thumb] What about these?[/QUOTE] Actually, exploring the ocean's deeper depths could actually help create technology we could use in space. [editline]15th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=GunFox;29183520]If memory serves, the underwater drones used to scout for oil have already discovered several (almost universally TERRIFYING) species that have made the news on the floor of the ocean in several locations. So yeah, I think your prediction is entirely accurate.[/QUOTE] God damn Republicans....or is it democrats too, I don't know at this point. Fuck it, GOD DAMN GOVERNMENT!

[QUOTE=Swilly;29183608] God damn Republicans....or is it democrats too, I don't know at this point. Fuck it, GOD DAMN GOVERNMENT![/QUOTE] The Canadians and Brits are poking around already, with Russia and China itching to get started. AFAIK there are no American companies yet. The Canadians will be mining within the next year or so. [url]http://www.nautilusminerals.com/s/Home.asp[/url] [url]http://www.neptuneminerals.com/[/url] Concerns me because private resource companies have a [i]wonderful[/i] track record of being good to the environment of which they exploit. If they can do it without putting out huge amounts of copper and other minerals into the water then column more power to them.

[QUOTE=GunFox;29183520]If memory serves, the underwater drones used to scout for oil have already discovered several (almost universally TERRIFYING) species that have made the news on the floor of the ocean in several locations. So yeah, I think your prediction is entirely accurate.[/QUOTE] Just wait until the giant colonies of Phronima ooze out from below the ocean and start devouring whole cities. [editline]15th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=OvB;29186266]The Canadians and Brits are poking around already, with Russia and China itching to get started. AFAIK there are no American companies yet. The Canadians will be mining within the next year or so. [url]http://www.nautilusminerals.com/s/Home.asp[/url] [url]http://www.neptuneminerals.com/[/url] Concerns me because private resource companies have a [i]wonderful[/i] track record of being good to the environment of which they exploit. If they can do it without putting out huge amounts of copper and other minerals into the water then column more power to them.[/QUOTE] You're just saying that because you don't know about the maneating swarms of goblin shrimp that patrol the darkest depths of the ocean.

For a second I thought they renamed it only to his name. I'm glad they kept Mission Control. Wow. Theres a lot of debate in a thread dedicated to the memory of somebody who changed the world. If you started this argument then fuck you and your personality.

I misread first as first spaceflight director.

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;29181967][img_thumb]http://authors.library.caltech.edu/5456/1/hrst.mit.edu/hrs/apollo/public/images/kraft4.jpg[/img_thumb] [/QUOTE] Guy on the right is Patrick Stewart's brother

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;29182088]Why the Hell would we want to outer space when we can't even resolve Earthly issues?[/QUOTE] This argument makes so little sense it's unbelievable. These people think that one day we will go "well that's every single problem on Earth solved, now we can go to space"

[QUOTE=smurfy;29193898]This argument makes so little sense it's unbelievable. These people think that one day we will go "well that's every single problem on Earth solved, now we can go to space"[/QUOTE] Especially amusing given that reliable travel through the solar system would effectively mean the end of mineral resource scarcity. All sorts of things become possible when you can mine other planets, moons, or asteroids.

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;29182088]Why the Hell would we want to outer space when we can't even resolve Earthly issues?[/QUOTE] We won't ever "solve" earthly issues. Some are solved, new appear. It would be waste of time to wait.

That man has more experience then we will ever have in that kid of stuff, Respectable.

[QUOTE=TheBrokenHobo;29182742]And yet the ocean is the entirety of our planet. What's the point of going out to space when if we went into the oceans we could find something even more important? If you think about it, we've explored barely anything in space at all. A nanometer to a nanometer. We can keep investing in [I]developing [/I]space tech, but until we can actually do something useful in space, I say we explore the oceans. Hell, maybe we'll find something in the oceans that helps with space travel.[/QUOTE] Until we can do something useful in space? So the discovery of the hole in the ozone layer, detailed mapping and modelling of the oceans, climate and weather systems, research into solar cycles, the magnetosphere and how solar flares and sun activity affect power systems, electronics and weather, the studying of other planet's atmospheres and rocks giving us a much better understanding of out own planet all done my spacecraft, satellites and astronauts, not to mention the countless spin off technologies from space research such as modern medical imaging are all useless.

Space is a must if out species is to survive. Our extinction is ultimately inevitable, but I'd rather die knowing that were giving a damn then just fucking it up for our next and future generations.