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DamselStock In reply to Cassy-Blue [2014-10-17 19:23:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Yea, it really is a sore subject here in Houston at Mission Control that NASA is no longer really NASA. The salt on the wound was when Obama snubbed us when deciding on who should get a shuttle. This is just a replica. The asshole in chief decided that New York and California should get shuttles, but not MISSION CONTROL! New York and California have sooo much to do with NASA after all. So, he showed how much he hates Texas and the South by giving Mission Control a replica.

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Cassy-Blue In reply to DamselStock [2014-10-17 20:51:28 +0000 UTC]

Waaaaaaaait what? New York doesn't even do shit when it comes to the space program, it's Florida and Texas :/ I thought one went to the Smithsonian museum in DC and  the Kennedy space center kept one. It wasn't Obama who made the decision (meh I still don't like him), it was Nasa that did. The thing that influenced the decision was that the museums/institutions had to put in a proposal to get the space shuttles and whoever had the best proposal and tourism counts got the real deal or so they said plus they had to pay like 28 million dollars to move and restore the shuttles for display. So someone could have had a better proposal, which I still don't understand why they didn't keep two and then send the others away, but maybe mission control doesn't have the same tourism numbers as Kennedy Space Center---all a money game because someone/several someones slashed NASA's budget....... (I currently dislike all politicians regardless of leaning so).

At least NASA is still working on the Orion project so we can stop hitching a ride on the Russians. It's supposed to be test launched in this December....but who knows how the timeline will go. 

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DamselStock In reply to Cassy-Blue [2014-10-17 22:44:13 +0000 UTC]

It was at the suggestion of the Obonzo administration that New York receive a shuttle, and so they complied. But, hey... we received two seats -- yes, two seats -- from a shuttle's flight deck and a replica shuttle. I guess we should be glad that the 747 is real, eh? (Yes, that was sarcasm)

Our Mission Control area actually has huge a tourism industry. Space Center Houston is the family theme-park style attraction, but Johnson Space Center is where you go behind the scenes at Mission Control. The majority of our astronauts live and train here and in fact you can watch them train... well, you could when NASA was actually NASA. Heck, about 15 miles from the Space Center you will see many businesses with a space/NASA theme. One McDonald's even has an "Astronaut" hovering above the roof "fixing" the golden arches!

Anyway, New York, California, Florida and DC/Smithsonian are the ones who have a shuttle though we are fighting and raising money to get NY's as they have no need for it. It needs to come home to retire.

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Cassy-Blue In reply to DamselStock [2014-10-17 23:08:36 +0000 UTC]

 I read obonzo as garbanzo lol. Spread the wealth around, common theme with him :/ . I didn't realise that, I'm so used to the Kennedy Space center since heh I'm from Florida. Cape Canaveral used to have a lot of space kitschy vibe, but not as much as in Houston, especially since they decommissioned the space shuttles. The one elementary school on cocoa beach near the port is adorable, their mascot is the space shuttle. I dunno, NASA just wimped out because funding and fear of funding being even more cut Their funding has been slowly being cut more and more since the end of the lunar program and I think they're afraid they'll shrivel up if they don't comply, espcially since they're doing the orion project to replace the shuttles 

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DamselStock In reply to Cassy-Blue [2014-10-19 02:58:14 +0000 UTC]

Have you seen this Orion Boarding Pass to Mars ? You can send your name to Mars on the Orion in December!

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Cassy-Blue In reply to DamselStock [2014-10-19 15:21:44 +0000 UTC]

I just saw it because of Cheryl's poll. That's a super neat public awareness move for NASA

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DamselStock In reply to Cassy-Blue [2014-10-18 08:44:09 +0000 UTC]

LMAO @ Garbanzo! Well, that may not be too far off since garbanzo is a common word for the chickpea. We all know how much the Obama's love chickpeas as they are forcing students to eat hummus in schools. Seth said when they served him hummus every single day of the week he then decided to no longer buy his lunch.

I am so disappointed about the space program too. There are talks about some very wealthy people wanting to privately fund space exploration the way NASA used to do. Would be nice if someone could get us back into orbit and exploring and inventing life altering products like in the past. NASA has given us so many daily use products we take for granted, I wish they would continue that, at least.

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DamselStock In reply to EveLivesey [2014-10-17 17:23:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Eve! Not sure why, but your message did not show up in my Message Center. Very weird. I only saw it when looking at my homepage.  Anyway, I took about 400 photos, now just got to weed out the unusable and unfit shots and complete any necessary edits to make them as perfect as possible for my having been surrounded by thousands of screaming kids I was so thankful for Seth's impeccable behavior and he smiled the whole time he was there so I think he really enjoyed seeing, as he says, "real space things that really went in space!!"

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EveLivesey In reply to DamselStock [2014-10-18 15:03:25 +0000 UTC]

He's a lucky boy - I'd love to visit NASA!

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