http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/05/04/briefly-noted-2/ Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:37:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/05/04/briefly-noted-2/comment-page-1/#comment-236664 mike shupp Tue, 05 May 2009 03:38:07 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2242#comment-236664 The irony here, of course, is that The New York Times thoroughly despised manned space programs of any sort during the 1960's and 1970's, including Apollo and the space shuttle. So the ineffectual space program they're currently pointing at with Great Concern is just the sort of manned space program the Times always thought we should have. They should be chortling with glee -- and perhaps would be, if the internet wasn't driving newspapers into equal insignificance. The irony here, of course, is that The New York Times thoroughly despised manned space programs of any sort during the 1960′s and 1970′s, including Apollo and the space shuttle. So the ineffectual space program they’re currently pointing at with Great Concern is just the sort of manned space program the Times always thought we should have. They should be chortling with glee — and perhaps would be, if the internet wasn’t driving newspapers into equal insignificance.

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