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USCSS Nostromo here we come!
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Clinically Insane
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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10366508/
How cool is that?! NASA's gonna outsource payload transport to 3rd party commercial companies. They've opened an official office for it now and people can register for credentials to become qualified pilots, crewman, etc. for space travel and operations. 
Being a sci-fi nut, this is one of the coolest announcements. The average Joe (assuming you're qualified) can actually work in space. Well, probably the people who apply are above average, but you get the idea.  
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Finally!
I have been ready for a while now.
Can't wait get up there and deliver Ice cream from the Milky Way!
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"Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.”
Emile M. Cioran
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Northern VA - Just outside DC
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Just remember, DON'T LOOK INTO A POD! The cornbread ain't that bad either...
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Clinically Insane
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Originally Posted by Y3a
Just remember, DON'T LOOK INTO A POD! The cornbread ain't that bad either...
Riiiiiight.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Is that all you ever say? Every time someone says something, the only thing you say is riiight...
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Originally Posted by His Dudeness
Is that all you ever say? Every time someone says something, the only thing you say is riiight...
What's wrong with calling people for what they are?
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"Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.”
Emile M. Cioran
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10366508/
How cool is that?! NASA's gonna outsource payload transport to 3rd party commercial companies. They've opened an official office for it now and people can register for credentials to become qualified pilots, crewman, etc. for space travel and operations.
Being a sci-fi nut, this is one of the coolest announcements. The average Joe (assuming you're qualified) can actually work in space. Well, probably the people who apply are above average, but you get the idea.
This is pretty cool.
The only real deliveries that'll be happenning is of contruction materials for whatever space station they are building next though.
It'll be a good 50 years before this actually becomes useful.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Sigh... maybe the Japanese can freeze me and wake me up in 50 years. I'm sure they'll still need someone to teach them English.
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Clinically Insane
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Originally Posted by His Dudeness
Is that all you ever say? Every time someone says something, the only thing you say is riiight...
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Riiiiiight.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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