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Offline rpm

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« on: August 16, 2003, 12:07:54 AM »
Looks like NASA may have some competetion.
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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2003, 12:50:09 AM »
I predict there will be a 7-11 and a $20 ****ty motel on the moon within the next 10 years.
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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2003, 07:42:02 AM »
Nice to see what our foreign aid dollars are doing in india....

What a crock of sh*t.
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« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2003, 11:29:57 AM »
China is expeteted to send a manned craft into space this year or next.
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« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2003, 12:15:28 PM »
Its great to see what all the offloading of american jobs to India has enabled them to do.

If your in the IT business and still have a job, just wait.
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« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2003, 12:23:01 PM »
The thing that confuses me is the money they are willing to throw at it. Isn't a large part of India's population living in poverty, or has that changed? :confused:
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« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2003, 03:43:20 PM »
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The thing that confuses me is the money they are willing to throw at it. Isn't a large part of India's population living in poverty, or has that changed? :confused:


isn't the same true for the Soviet Union/ Russia or China?

I wish India best of luck.Competition spurs progress!
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« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2003, 04:06:42 PM »
anyone else amazed at the time span between the landing of humans on the moon and the current China/India "plans" to  simply reach the moon?

For me it puts into perspective how increadible the moon landings were in 1969.

India thinks they can land a an unmanned craft by 2007......nearly 40 years after man walked on the moon.

The US had freaking SUV's on the moon..... :)
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« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2003, 07:53:06 PM »
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The US had freaking SUV's on the moon..... :)


but they don't anymore,do they? the US manned space program hasn't evolved at all in 20years.:(
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« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2003, 01:25:00 PM »
naturally udet...all that money has gone into giving the airforce another fancy plane...
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« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2003, 02:09:57 PM »
tell them they don't have to go to the moon, we been there , there's nothing there.

going directly from earth to moon is not the right way to go. it was JFK's idea to beat the russians to the moon. american engineers wanted to build a space station.

 USSR never put a man on moon , never intended to, USSR just wanted the USA to waste time going to moon so they could work on their own space station.

the right way to do it is to go from earth to space station then space station to moon then moon base to mars, but what do i know , i'm no "rocket scientist"
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« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2003, 02:44:03 PM »
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naturally udet...all that money has gone into giving the airforce another fancy plane...


Man, don't even get me started.....
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