[geeks] Crap! Not again...

[Chris Byrne]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geeks-bounces at sunhelp.org 
> [mailto:geeks-bounces at sunhelp.org] On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
> 
> 
> >  And they have the oldest shuttle sitting doing nothing, 
> and it is in 
> > like new condition last I heard... they should recommission the 
> > Enterprise, it never saw space and is probably in better condition 
> > structurally then the others
> 
>    Enterprise is nowhere near a "complete" spacecraft.  For 
> one thing, 
> it has no engines.  It was never intended to fly in space.
> 
>        -Dave

If our govermnet really wanted to put a new shuttle into space Id say
it'd be pretty easy (barring all the regulatory contractor related
bullshit that makes a screwdriver cost $47.00 of course)

Hand Burt Rutan a billion bucks, give him a five year deadline, the
right to ask for any NASA engineers he needed, and no interference.  

Obviously this isnt going to happen. Of course if a few people like say,
Jim Clark, Bill Joy, Steve Wozniak, Paul Allen et al got together and
decided they wanted to build a spacecraft...

Also probably not gonna happen.

Oh well. It's not like the human race should progress beyond the
earthbound state we're in now right. After all If god had wanted us in
space he'd have given us rocket motors instead of arms.

Chris Byrne