NASA is firing up the experimental rocket engine 5M15, which runs on compressed liquid methane. Holy mama!
Black Jack Crack said:
A waste of money. The moon is a gray dead rock that circles the earth, Mars is a red planet that has never sustained life, we are COMPLETELY ALONE.
Those NASA clowns throw away billions of dollars for shit like this when the money could be spent improving our world. Pass me a prozac.
Robert KvH said:
It's always hard to predict what technology will result in a spinoff that can change the world. The drive for miniature electronics got a large push because of the weight and space restrictions of launching things into space. Would you prefer to give up all the satellites in orbit? ie no GPS location, no weather satellites (no hurricane warnings), etc? Exploration of the unknown is an important part of human existence. Similar comments were made about leaving Europe, China, etc. Don't forget, without an accurate chronometer, navigation was wildly inaccurate.
Back to myself:
Indeed. I am not in doubt naysayers have been saying it since the dawn of civilzation: "What? Go gallivanting away on a poinless and expensive adventure to find other towns? When we have so many problems to fix right here in our own town?"
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A waste of money. The moon is a gray dead rock that circles the earth, Mars is a red planet that has never sustained life, we are COMPLETELY ALONE.
Those NASA clowns throw away billions of dollars for shit like this when the money could be spent improving our world. Pass me a prozac.
"Those NASA clowns throw away billions of dollars for shit like this when the money could be spent improving our world."
But those glowing figure eights in the blast stream sure do look cool. Besides, NASAs current expenditures are petty cash compared to U.S's genocide budget. Surely, that's where you should start cutting if anywhere.
Oh no!... We have to be safe, and everybody knows the best way to be safe is to kill lots of strangers.
"we are COMPLETELY ALONE."
Uh huh. And we know this - how? Because you, sitting in your la-z-boy and scratching your fat ass, said so? Sorry, Forrest, but you'll have to do better than that.
"everybody knows the best way to be safe is to kill lots of strangers."
It is if those strangers are trying to kill you. Maybe you hippies should get real jobs.
"It is if those strangers are trying to kill you."
In Iraq U.S. kills more children than adults, a necessity consequence of blind killing in a country where most of the people are under 15. I guess you could rationalise that when they grow old they might try to kill you, so better take them out now when they are still small and helpless.
But you have a lot of work ahead of you if you are going to go through every country this way.
"Maybe you hippies should get real jobs."
As hitmen, you mean?
"As hitmen, you mean?"
No, just anything where you're not sitting around scratching your ass. You might want to try it sometime. Btw, I am not American.
It's a good thing do-nothing, pseudo-intellectuals like you weren't around (or were a definite minority) in World War II, or the krauts and Japanese would be running things right now.
You (and Europeans in general) need to take your head out of your ass once in a while.
My, how ill mannered, I say!
TTL speaks with George Ignatius Joe, and Corey Haim jumps in out of nowhere, as if he were the one whose previous sayings were contradicted. And with what tone, I ask you? What crude language? Utterly apalling manners, indeed!
Young Corey, it is very urgent for the sake of your social future that you promptly visit my school and learn how to behave in the world. You'll thank me one day, son.
Miss Gladys Beaurington, headmistress of the London School for Proper Manners
Miss Gladys, is it the kind of English school which cane pupils in the bare behind?
That is classical Corey Haim. He just likes to help out where he can, the saint.
Only if need be, Mister Stobblehouse. Only if need be. I am happy to say, most of our pupils turn out to learn impeccably without the need for corporeal punishments.
Of course, even in extreme rebellious cases, modesty is always carefully preserved. A caned pupil will never be facing his comrades, so as to avoid embarrassing eye contact. They'll always be turned the opposite way. Mere basic etiquette, it is. Even bare behind caning has its savoir-vivre, yes?
Miss Gladys Beaurington, headmistress of the London School for Proper Manners
It's always hard to predict what technology will result in a spinoof that can change the world. The drive for miniature electronics got a large push because of the weight and space restrictions of launching things into space. Would Black Jack prefer to give up all the satellites in orbit? ie no GPS location, no weather satellites (no hurricane warnings), etc? Exploration of the unknown is an important part of human existence. Similar comments were made about leaving Europe, China, etc. Don't forget, without an accurate chronometer, navigation was wildly inaccurate.
"It's always hard to predict what technology will result in a spinoof that can change the world."
Indeed.
Above I mocked U.S. from spending so much tax money on the military industrial complex. Of course, to be fair, some very useful stuff has come out from that, too. In particular, the Internet.
About us being pacifists - here's a bit of a poem by W.H. Auden.
"Our researchers into Public Opinion are content
That he held the proper opinions for the time of year;
When there was peace, he was for peace; when there was war, he went."
We only know who we are where we are. We don't know who we'll be when we get wherever we are going to.
"Above I mocked U.S. from spending so much tax money on the military industrial complex. Of course, to be fair, some very useful stuff has come out from that, too. In particular, the Internet."
What would we do without these little gems of yours, ttl?
Quite right, it is no accident that Through The Lens is a past commentary-award winner.
That wasn't meant to be a compliment. I'm flabbergasted that ttl could ever win anything, actually. Your standards are lower than I thought.
I knew you did not mean it as a compliment, but since you'd chosen to be circumspect, that's how I chose to see it.
I like to see interesting comments, so if you have any, fire ahead.
I think the expression is "fire away." I can't be the judge of whether or not my comments are interesting. If I did that, I'd have the ego of a ttl.
Nasa clown wrote: "I can't be the judge of whether or not my comments are interesting."
There is no need to judge, yourself or others. Just do your stuff. Everyone's voice is unique and therefore perfect. You don't have to agree with something to find it interesting.
To me 'interesting' means authentic more than anything else. Now, authenticity often manifests in originality, which is cool, but it is not the point. Being true to yourself is.
Nasa clown continues: "If I did that, I'd have the ego of a ttl."
It is possible that I have an inflated ego. But it is also possible that you confuse confidence or courage with ego. To write what you think, under your own name, in a public forum, and in a foreign language, does take quite a bit of courage. You should try it, it's a powerful exercise.
The challenge is not in being agreeable or stimulating, but expressing your true self, and living your True Will [1].
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[1] True Will is defined at times as a person's grand destiny in life and at other times as a moment to moment path of action that operates in perfect harmony with Nature. This Will does not spring from conscious intent, but from the interplay between the deepest Self and the entire Universe. Therefore, the enlightened person is one who is able to eliminate or bypass one's ego-created desires, conflicts, and habits, and tap directly into the Self/Universe nexus. Theoretically, at this point, the person acts in alignment with Nature, just as a stream flows downhill, with neither resistance nor "lust of result."
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