Comments on: Posey still fighting for the shuttle http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/01/13/posey-still-fighting-for-the-shuttle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=posey-still-fighting-for-the-shuttle Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: vulture4 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/01/13/posey-still-fighting-for-the-shuttle/#comment-280590 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:59:44 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2940#comment-280590 Posey never “fought for the shuttle” when Bush announced cancellation of both Shuttle and ISS in 2010. Now, Posey finally realizes that Bush’s plan will cost thousands of jobs in his district. Posey has always hated Obama, whom he claims is not even an American. So who better to blame for the end of Shuttle, now that its too late? Posey claims government is incompetent and evil, and demands still more tax cuts, but wants billions more in taxpayer dollars– for his district.

]]> By: Space Politics » Another bid to extend the shuttle (and more) http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/01/13/posey-still-fighting-for-the-shuttle/#comment-280500 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:14:39 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2940#comment-280500 […] House legislation to extend the space shuttle program beyond its planned retirement this year may be joined by more a comprehensive Senate bill in the near future. At the symposium “Human Spaceflight and the Future of Space Science”, held yesterday in Washington by USRA and GWU’s Space Policy Institute, Jeff Bingham of the Senate Commerce Committee held up a working draft of a proposed bill titled the “Human Spaceflight Capability Assurance and Enhancement Act”. Because the bill hasn’t been introduced yet, he could not reveal its exact contents, but did say he what believed “should” be in the bill. […]

]]> By: Ferris Valyn http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/01/13/posey-still-fighting-for-the-shuttle/#comment-280398 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:03:55 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2940#comment-280398 Why the hell should we be picking the launcher at all?

]]> By: Anon2 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/01/13/posey-still-fighting-for-the-shuttle/#comment-280349 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:31:48 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2940#comment-280349 Yes, we are getting rid of the shuttle and bringing a Saturn V size expendable launcher in its place. Then after we get tired of launching Saturn V type vehicles and playing “Apollo” we will cry for a new shuttle to replace the old shuttle we stupidly threw away in the passion of mourning Columbia. And people wonder why there is no progress in space…

Stick to one system and evolve it into new generations. Don’t throw everything out and reboot with each new launch vehicle. We now know the shuttle’s weakness (heat shield, SRB). Now we need to build a new shuttle that fixes them (TSTO, new technology heat shield) instead of going off in a radical new direction.

I don’t think Posey really expects to win, but instead looks for history to remember him for trying keep space access from going backwards in time. In 5 years when everyone will be recalling the “good old days” of having a shuttle he will be able to say “I told you so”.

]]> By: CharlesTheSpaceGuy http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/01/13/posey-still-fighting-for-the-shuttle/#comment-280318 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:36:23 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2940#comment-280318 The only way to extend the Shuttle right now is to space them out. We are shortly gonna run out of parts.

]]> By: Space Politics » An outline of the new space policy? http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/01/13/posey-still-fighting-for-the-shuttle/#comment-280294 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:09:03 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=2940#comment-280294 […] No extension of the shuttle program (sorry, Congressman Posey) […]

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