21 Sep
2005
21 Sep
'05
12:54 p.m.
Quoting Michael Carnes <michaelcarnes@earthlink.net>:
They actually learned a lot from a minimal, non-expandable platform (Mir). We built this great fancy, infinitely expandable boondoggle that requires constant attention from the 2 guys stuck up there.
How else would you have 2 guy's spend their time? hmmmm? Look at it as "busy work". You can only play so many card games... ;)
The ISS is the result of a unholy alliance among politicians, contractors and the careerists who took over NASA.
If one believes in "evolution", then maybe it is slowly evolving... However, if one believes in "intelligent design", then perhaps it is slowly evolving... ;)