Great accomplishment. But for those of us over the age of 30, I sincerely -- ModerateHokie 05/31/2020 07:48AM Never trust anyone over thirty. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2020 08:14AM Truth!!! ** -- reestuart 05/31/2020 10:05AMInsert a Link
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Great accomplishment. But for those of us over the age of 30, I sincerely -- ModerateHokie 05/31/2020 07:48AM Never trust anyone over thirty. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2020 08:14AM Truth!!! ** -- reestuart 05/31/2020 10:05AM Very significant -- kinghokie 05/31/2020 07:26AM And we're doing it ourselves, and NOT paying Russia exorbitant fees... -- EDGEMAN 05/31/2020 07:33AM But we should be embarrassed that we had to do that -- Vienna_Hokie 05/31/2020 09:07AM No doubt. -- EDGEMAN 05/31/2020 09:12AM Yep, as was the decision to undo it -- Vienna_Hokie 05/31/2020 09:16AM Don't care, just glad he did it! ** -- EDGEMAN 05/31/2020 09:26AM Yes. Yet it is significant that a new generation has shown -- ColoVT82 05/31/2020 06:09AM The first time I read it thought "the bacon was successfully passed" LOL! ** -- EDGEMAN 05/31/2020 07:34AM ^^Is hungry^^ ** -- MP4VT2004 05/31/2020 09:28AM And the knowledge that produced highly modernized systems. Lost in -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2020 06:58AM For the love of God, can you just let us have some good news?.... -- Hubman 05/31/2020 12:33AM You realize that private companies designed and built the shuttles right? -- Vienna_Hokie 05/31/2020 09:14AM But NASA handled the shuttle launches in-house. -- MP4VT2004 05/31/2020 09:32AM Oh, to be a fly on the wall in the first meetings with Musk people -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2020 10:05AM There’s always someone here to kick my puppy ** -- HwoodHokie 05/30/2020 10:39PM Fell asleep on the sofa and missed it. So I have nothing to reminisce about -- MikeVT85 05/30/2020 10:31PM It is a symbol. We don’t have to rely on others for a ride to ISS -- OrlandoHokie 05/30/2020 10:17PM You’re not wrong... -- No1Hokie 05/30/2020 10:12PM SpaceX is, in addition to it's technological leadership, a marketing hotbed -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2020 07:01AM Partly because they're lagging behind SpaceX -- 133743Hokie 05/30/2020 10:59PM If you’re talking launch vehicles only, then... -- No1Hokie 05/30/2020 11:15PM ULA has a comparable contract to spacex and are way behind them on the -- 133743Hokie 05/31/2020 09:35AM SpaceX contract is way less. $2.6B vs $4.2 for Boeing ** -- Bass`n Hokie 05/31/2020 11:07PM Yes. I've noted that before. They have a comparable contract for services, -- 133743Hokie 06/01/2020 10:47AM They're not the only game in town because we have competition in the -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2020 08:16AM Missed where the Russians have been landing their rockets on.... -- VT BronzeBacker 05/30/2020 9:37PM And what does that accomplish? Recovers the booster -- Vienna_Hokie 05/31/2020 09:04AM This is flat out wrong. ** -- vtbones 05/31/2020 09:57AM That was kind my thought below in the "moment of history" thread.... -- `lag 05/30/2020 11:53PM Been 10 years since we last did it and even then it was 20-30 -- 133743Hokie 05/30/2020 9:33PM I hear you, but what choked me up was hearing the cheers in the background -- HokieGator 05/30/2020 9:25PM Never gets old. Even airplanes amaze me. ** -- TechMomof2 05/30/2020 9:29PM Yep. Flyovers get me every time. ** -- HokieGator 05/30/2020 9:30PM Space travel is not easy or safe. There are enough deadly failed missions -- UTPr0sim 05/30/2020 9:15PM Why do you hate America? ** -- vt_mughal 05/30/2020 9:02PM I didn't feel that way. -- MP4VT2004 05/30/2020 8:50PM Mostly right, but -- Bass`n Hokie 05/30/2020 9:03PM Nasa is handcuffed because they don't if the budget to do it tgemselves -- 133743Hokie 05/30/2020 9:37PM Actually, Boeing did launch their unmanned test flight in December -- AlaHokie83 05/30/2020 11:48PM And it failed. They haven't done anything succesfully yet that has made it -- 133743Hokie 05/31/2020 09:41AM The capsule didn't dock , but did return safely to Earth. -- AlaHokie83 05/31/2020 09:49AM The point is ULA is way behind, with a bigger budget. I had forgotten they -- 133743Hokie 05/31/2020 09:55AM Uh, I wouldn't count on Boeing to send astronauts to space -- IronBlood 05/30/2020 9:35PM Ha! Yeah I agree with that, but -- Bass`n Hokie 05/30/2020 9:42PM Interesting how the Boeing contracts are always larger for the exact same w -- 133743Hokie 05/30/2020 11:03PM I didn't mean to distinguish between private vs. public companies... -- MP4VT2004 05/30/2020 9:05PM Well, that's how DoD buys almost everything --> -- Bass`n Hokie 05/30/2020 9:40PM Personally I never get tired of seeing rockets and such launch. It doesn't -- AbsolutVT03 05/30/2020 8:56PM I agree. It is downright amazing to me. -- MP4VT2004 05/30/2020 9:03PM I'm the same way. Watching today I alternated between awe and anxiety just -- AbsolutVT03 05/30/2020 9:06PM Agreed. I had the same thought. ** -- MP4VT2004 05/30/2020 9:11PM My emotions were the same, well said. ** -- hokietony 05/30/2020 8:52PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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