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Friday, July 29, 2005
SHUTTLE FLEET GROUNDED AGAIN Once again the USA's biggest case of corporate welfare makes front-page news. NASA, USA welfare recipient #1, has grounded the shuttle fleet, again, after noting that a chunk of insulation fell off the shuttle, Discovery's external fuel tank. This is the same thing that caused the Columbia space shuttle's flight to end in tragedy. If someone attempted to register one of these contraptions with any State DMV I'm certain they would be denied due to basic safety violations, and yet, we routinely hurl them into space. I could go on forever about this overt shuttle stupidity and the ridiculousness of our space program in general, but instead, I think I'll ask you a question. What has the space program done for you? If you're hooked on Tang, love your microwave so much that you've given it a name or can't live without Velcro or Teflon; you're in luck. These are the only by-products of the space program that I can think of that have somehow benefited the ordinary citizen, with the possible exception of Tang. There may be others that I'm unaware of but was it necessary to funnel hundreds of billions of dollars through NASA in order for us to benefit from a few minor items? Keep in mind too that these products have reaped billions for the corporations that produce them, so it's not a case of something filtering down to the public compliments of the government. For more exposes of NASA see: "THE CURIOUS CAT ARCHIVES," in my website.  Visit "The Independent Writer" and have a good laugh on Jim Ippolito |
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