Posted by Baron Greenback [64.105.57.202 - h-64-105-57-202.CHCGILGM.covad.net] on 02 February 2003 at 15.10.42 ZuluTime:

In Reply to: Fucking arabs did NOT bring down the shuttle. posted by Ford Prefect on 01 February 2003 at 22.17.32 ZuluTime:

Why do they keep naming these things Columbia. Not as bad as, say, Challenger, but....

I am a big fan of our space program. Just that, we spend more hours and money figuring out how to safely launch satelites up there than we do on space exploration. Russia's already working on solar sails; we're still playing with fireworks. Sometimes, I feel like we'll never achieve LEO launches....