Aww Crap

 

1. It may sound like b.s. but men and women sometimes getting killed really is the price of progress.  When you’re finding new ways to do things, some of the ways don’t always work as planned.  When you’re working at extremes, even modest faults can prove fatal.

   It’s been a long time since people looked at test pilots are daredevils who cheat death.  Well, we’re getting back to an era where test pilots are betting their skills against death if anything goes wrong.

   Over in England, they’re got a car that set the land speed record over Mach 1.  They’re preparing another that should break 1,000 MPH. 

   Are we getting again to where adventure is meaningful, with real risk of failure?  Where people again desire to be the greatest?  To have accomplished something and left your name in the history books?

   We’ll analyze the wreckage, learn what went wrong, build it better and carry on.  If you’re going to talk about giving meaning to death, that’s the only way you can give value to the test pilot’s death.

   Posted by Dr. Jeff       10/31/2014  at  05:39 PM  



2. I’m back.

   No longer a “New Jersey Yankee” but now a North Carolina Rebel”

   Too bad that spacecraft wasn’t crammed with all those Liberal Hollywood brats that were (I stress WERE) willing to pay $250,000 to take an ego-boosting jaunt in it.

   I feel really bad for the test pilots since they were just doing a job to earn a living.

   However, if the Global warming Obama ass-kissers like Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina Jolie and her moron hubby Brad Pitt were in the vehicle I’d applaud when it augered in.

   Posted by New Jersey Yankee       11/01/2014  at  11:55 AM  

Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.