Comments on: The task force and one reaction http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/05/the-task-force-and-one-reaction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-task-force-and-one-reaction 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: Stephen C. Smith http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/05/the-task-force-and-one-reaction/#comment-300750 Wed, 05 May 2010 13:46:05 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3428#comment-300750 Any time a sentence includes a comment, reaction or statement by Posey, I have to fight the strong urge to move on to the next paragraph. What a bloviator. Kosmas is right there with him.

]]> By: MrEarl http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/05/the-task-force-and-one-reaction/#comment-300748 Wed, 05 May 2010 13:38:08 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3428#comment-300748 Thank you Anne for clear explanation of most blogs and the people who participate. ;-)

]]> By: Anne Spudis http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/05/the-task-force-and-one-reaction/#comment-300742 Wed, 05 May 2010 12:48:42 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3428#comment-300742 ….M: (Knock)
A: Come in.
M: Ah, Is this the right room for an argument?
A: I told you once.
M: No you haven’t.
A: Yes I have.
M: When?
A: Just now.
M: No you didn’t.
A: Yes I did.
M: You didn’t
A: I did!
M: You didn’t!
A: I’m telling you I did!
M: You did not!!
A: Oh, I’m sorry, just one moment. Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?
M: Oh, just the five minutes.
A: Ah, thank you. Anyway, I did.
M: You most certainly did not.
A: Look, let’s get this thing clear; I quite definitely told you.
M: No you did not.
A: Yes I did.
M: No you didn’t.
A: Yes I did.
M: No you didn’t.
A: Yes I did.
M: No you didn’t.
A: Yes I did.
M: You didn’t.
A: Did.
M: Oh look, this isn’t an argument.
A: Yes it is.
M: No it isn’t. It’s just contradiction.
A: No it isn’t.
M: It is!
A: It is not.
M: Look, you just contradicted me.
A: I did not.
M: Oh you did!!
A: No, no, no.
M: You did just then.
A: Nonsense!
M: Oh, this is futile!
A: No it isn’t.
M: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn’t; no, you came here for an argument.
M: An argument isn’t just contradiction.
A: It can be.
M: No it can’t. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
A: No it isn’t.
M: Yes it is! It’s not just contradiction.
A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
M: Yes, but that’s not just saying ‘No it isn’t.’
A: Yes it is!
M: No it isn’t!
A: Yes it is!
M: Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.
(short pause)
A: No it isn’t.
M: It is.
A: Not at all.
M: Now look……………..
Python Argument Sketch

]]> By: Trent Waddington http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/05/the-task-force-and-one-reaction/#comment-300736 Wed, 05 May 2010 12:19:48 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3428#comment-300736 G Clark, no matter how much money you throw at it, there isn’t any tanks to extend the shuttle without a gap, so how can you close the gap by extending the shuttle? It’s a logic trap, one that politicians don’t get trapped in because they don’t use logic.

]]> By: G Clark http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/05/the-task-force-and-one-reaction/#comment-300734 Wed, 05 May 2010 12:08:47 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3428#comment-300734 Of course it can be done. Not cheaply by any means, but it can be done.

The proper question is, should it be done.

]]> By: Trent Waddington http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/05/the-task-force-and-one-reaction/#comment-300726 Wed, 05 May 2010 11:26:05 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3428#comment-300726 So is there anyone out there who thinks the Shuttle can be extended to close the gap? Who isn’t a politician I mean.

]]> By: Anne Spudis http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/05/the-task-force-and-one-reaction/#comment-300725 Wed, 05 May 2010 11:10:20 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3428#comment-300725 A healthy and viable space station is critical to the emergence of the commercial space industry that the president’s proposal relies on. If the space station is lost, the primary reason to send humans into space in the next decade will be lost.
That is a blow that would probably eliminate any business case for the commercial market and would cripple the future of manned space exploration in this country. We send humans into space to advance science and technology, not for vanity. How space exploration helps us on Earth

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