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[QUOTE]Originally posted by newark: [QB] Ugh... The age of exploration is not the same as the age of space discovery. In the age of exploration, there was active competition amongst nations for land, food such as spice, human labor, and mineral rights. Their ships were funded by private and public entities with a divested interest in being number 1. In all the documentaries and histories I have read, not once have I heard of a nation cutting the cost of maintaining their fleet of ships. They may have scaled back their operations; however, their ships were deemed very valuable property with the potential of expanding the power of their host nation. In the age of space, there was a race which ended in thirteen years, not after hundreds of years, when Americans landed on the Moon. Since then, NASA has scaled back on technology and its ambitions. Our ships are antiquated and are difficult to maintain. Unlike our ancestors, we are happy to have ships which are antiquated. Our sail-faring ancestors were constantly making improvements in their wooden ships as a result of experiences on the open sea and in their crews diet as a result of increased knowledge of human anatomy and needs. Between 1492 and 1776, we will see a major change in ship design and functions. Our current program is committed to the space shuttle for their is neither the budget nor the willpower to build a newer, more advanced shuttle. There is talk of extending the shuttle to 2020. This is craziness. I have seen people here refer to old airplanes. I know older airplanes are in existence. There is a very good reason for this. Many of these older planes, such as the DC-3 Dakota, fly in environments which are more benign than anything the shuttle will encounter. The shuttle is under more stress than other piece of hardware on our planet. She is required to be blasted into space at tremendous velocities and land at tremendous velocities while contending with the forces of gravity and heat. I am sick of hearing this bullshit line-If you disrespect NASA, then you shouldn't be using the spinoffs. This is so black and white that I want to puke my guts out. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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