On The Edge Of A Milestone African-American Achievement
on 05/25/2012 at 08:52 AM
But but but how does this reach out to Muslims and tell them how very very much we owe them for all their contributions to astronomy and space exploration? Or how terribly much we evil humans are destroying the planet through manmadegolwballwarmeningthatwilldestroytheplanetandkillusall! Nothing! Waste of Obamabucks. Ahlachoo acccchkber!
Rickvid, what makes this story just drip with liquid awesomeness is that is was pretty much done WITHOUT NASA. Ok, they had to have a place to shoot off the rocket from. And Ok, they got a $75 million grant ... which Musk could have funded from his front left pocket. But that’s about it. This is a private venture capitalist exercise. Go Team Money!!
Oh, and they put Scotty into space, Warp Factor Zero.
The SpaceX rocket was also carrying some extra cargo of a sentimental nature. The ashes of 308 deceased people - including Star Trek actor James Doohan - were contained in a special pod that was designed to separate from the Falcon 9 rocket nine minutes into its flight, according to the Telegraph.
I’m with Drew. This is awesome. I hope the private sector keeps this sort of thing going. As any fan of the late Robert A. Heinlein knows, it was private enterprise that made space travel economical.
But if they are successful, the government will insert itself: they will license the space-jockeys, the workers/maintenance people will be a gov’t unionized, and the TSA will be there to get their sexual thrills by feeling you up and examining all of your bodily orifices before you board.
And don’t forget the hiring quotas: you better have the proper number of women, minorities, and transgendered or other sexual perverts. And don’t leave out the Muslims. Can’t deny them their religious duty to fly spacecraft into large public buildings, thus murdering lots of infidels so that they can go to Paradise with their 72 virgin…pigs, most likely. Yeah, now it makes sense: can’t eat pork, might be eating one of your Paradisiacal partners. I’ve read the Koran, and I didn’t find the part where your 72 virgins are women. Could be goats, sheep, or pigs.
Oh, almost forgot. James Doohan, you finally made it into space for real. If there is an afterlife (I may believe there is, but I don’t KNOW), I hope you enjoy exploring. And if there is any ‘Scotty’ in you for real, maybe you will figure out how to communicate to us about it.
Anyone who’s curious as to where those Muslim “astronauts” would go in Space should go here. And yes, I have two entries in that article!
