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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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 Posted - 10/17/2005 : 06:55:28 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Okay, here is a terrific new SFN contest. It's the “Guess
Who Will Lock This Thread” game.
If I'd had moderation rights in this folder, it could have been me... 
Since I don't, I'm not disqualified from the contest.
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
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"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2005 : 07:38:33 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
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Originally posted by filthy
The Soviets had that landing method pretty well wired. I would imagine that these astronauts were padded and strapped in like a NASCAR, Winston Cup driver.
It was ages since I read anything about the Soviets... But I recall reading that some of their manned landing capsules had retro-thrusters.
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And landing in the Barren Plains of Outer Despair, or wherever, must be a hell of a lot easier and cheaper than sending a small battle fleet to pick up a splash-down. I've wondered about that; why couldn't we have done the same in one of our desert areas?
Perhaps you weren't confident in your marksmanship? 
And then perhaps it also was a matter of isolation: If the crew were infected by bacteria or virus from outer space, it would be easier to quaranteen it as a ship, rather than the desert where austronauts could escape in any direction.
Just remember what happened in "Capricorn One"... 
Shee-it Doc, those NASA Buffoons have shown that they could drop it on a dime!
Agree, but after the first couple have shown that the coast was clear, as it were, why not do it in Death Valley or somewhere similiar? Just think of the squeals of exctasy to be heard from the UFO dingbats if it was done at night!
GREAT GOBS OF GOOSE GREASE! 16 pages! Somebody was asleep at the switch, methinks, and now there can be no loser. But then, we seem to have lost bbbb again, anyway.
P'raps he'll return....
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 10/17/2005 : 08:14:24 [Permalink]
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Whoa! Thought I had some time! Last night there were still five more posts this thread could take, I think. Anyhow, here goes…
This thread is locked due to length.
Feel free to start a new thread on this subject if you are so inclined…
Bla bla bla bla bla…
The winners will not be announced later today…
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Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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