Out of curiosity, would the Columbia disaster have likely occurred if the external tank had been painted? Since it was a piece of foam off that tank that caused the damage, I assume the paint would have helped prevent that, correct?

Thank you for this comment which is so much better than anything I could have posted while so pissed off.

And the ISS would not exist without the Shuttle.

The Space Shuttle Program was awesome. I have some special memories of it. Growing up on the gulf-side of Florida in the late 80s, I was at the prime age to be fascinated with that stuff. Field trips to Cape Canaveral were regular. I had all the Lego models and even went to Space Camp.

“Sadly, the Shuttle Program would turn out to be more of a very expensive anchor that would keep mankind stuck in orbit for decades than a economical space plane that could facilitate exploration beyond earth’s orbit.” Incorrect. You need to research the unclassified Shuttle program accomplishments. No need to even up…

We are a republic. It helps to start with facts before ranting about how the US isn’t something it isn’t. We don’t compare ourselves to a foreign nation that is the size of one US state.

It’s a sad state of affairs when liberals look back to Richard Nixon and think “I wish our candidates were as liberal as that guy!”

This describes my night life. Fall asleep within minutes but startled awake between 3-4am for weeks now. My anxiety and depression are messing with my sleep patterns, which in turn makes me even more anxious because I'm too tired to focus at work. I'll try some of these tips, I hope one of them can help!

I can also do that, but I wake up in the middle of the night pretty much every night, to the point where I went to a sleep lab to see what was up (they found no sleep apnea but plenty of heightened brain, cardiac & respiratory activity at my usual stress-wake time of 3 AM). Being able to fall asleep instantly is…

The install thing does suck. What I think is weird though is the first games I got for it are all pretty small installs (>15GB), but the newer ones are freaking huge(<40GB). It should’ve launched with a 2TB drive if they were gonna do this bullshit.

8-bit Cinema sucks. They should just stop.

Yes. It had thunderdome.

I think some people have forgotten or maybe weren’t around at the time. Because this happens often in these imaginings of retro games. This looks more like a 16 bit game with 8 bit music added. The graphics remind me of Super Star Wars. A 16 bit game.

I was/am sort of skeptical, largely because a lot of the appeal of Minecraft I think for a lot of people is the creative freedom to do and craft anything more than any sort of established lore, so a game that strips out that freedom for a more linear/restricted experience doesn’t really speak to me, but then I was…

That’s the ticket laddie.

I think it’s that she isn’t lit appropriately for the scenery. Some hints of orange and green need to be applied to the highlights and shadows on her.

I don’t think its weird at all and I honestly don’t understand most of these comments or this article. My ex and I were first and foremost friends. And after the relationship ended, we went back to being friends. I don’t really get the need to actively try to sever a connection with someone that cares about you just…

my ex and i broke up a few weeks ago and she’s still the only person i text on a daily basis.

Now that’s the kind of thinking that the institute likes to see. Remember to always accuse people who oppose speed limits being set absurdly low to wanting to allow people to drive 120mph, drunk, in blizzard, on a school day, and in a school zone. Because after all, anyone who want’s speed limits set by sound proven…

This speed kills message is brought to you by the Joan Claybrook Institute of Slow Driving in cooperation with the Ralph Nader Foundation for Boring Automobiles and produced by Blood on the Highway Films.
Because we should always set speed limits based on most impaired and least experienced driver we can imagine.