Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Space - The Lost Frontier
Well, have you heard the latest about the glorious US space program? Those poor guys in the Space Station, Alpha, or whatever the hell they call it these days have a bunch of bum space suits. Along with a grounded shuttle, bad gyros, crappy climate control, high decibel fans and air leaks, their suits suck as well.
It seems for the upcoming space walk they have to use Russian space suites since the US space are falling apart. Wasn't it just a few short months Bush was laying out plans for a return to the moon and plans for a Mars mission? Hell, we can't even keep three overworked astronauts in a serviceable space suit.
And of course, the Hubble telescope is being written off along with who knows what else. It's pretty hard to believe that we are actually keeping two glorified golf carts running on Mars. And it's taken them months to do what some half-assed geologist could have done in a short afternoon.
But even though the space program is in shambles, things look good here on earth, the terrorist threat is lessened, Osama is caught, the Iraqis are still happy to see us, the oil situation is improving, illegal immigration is down, crime is down, good employment is up -- oh wait -- not really. In general things suck and seem to be getting worse.
2fers: Optimism in the Extreme and 7 mpg
