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Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
Sad news.
I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
"Ignoramus28169" wrote in message ... Sad news. I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces I wonder what the standard of proficiency is, learning the technical words or also mastering the difficult grammar? jsw |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:21:08 -0500, Ignoramus28169
wrote: Sad news. I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces S volkami zit, po volchi vyt! Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:21:31 -0500, Ignoramus28169
wrote: On 2011-10-06, wrote: On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:21:08 -0500, Ignoramus28169 wrote: Sad news. I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces S volkami zit, po volchi vyt! Truer words have not been spoken! When in Rome, eh? http://goo.gl/BQa2g -- We are always the same age inside. -- Gertrude Stein |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On 2011-10-05, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Ignoramus28169" wrote in message ... Sad news. I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces I wonder what the standard of proficiency is, learning the technical words or also mastering the difficult grammar? Lots of technical words in Russian are from English or German. I would say up to 50%. i |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
Ignoramus28169 wrote:
Sad news. I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces They've been doing it for quite some time. Now, especially that the Russians are our only way to get to/from the space station, we need to be able to communicate with them, without interpreters. Jon |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On 2011-10-06, Jon Elson wrote:
Ignoramus28169 wrote: Sad news. I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces They've been doing it for quite some time. Now, especially that the Russians are our only way to get to/from the space station, we need to be able to communicate with them, without interpreters. Makes sense. Fortunately, vodka is pronounced the same way in both countries. (as is "algebra", the reason why I registered algebra.com in 1995). i |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:04:20 -0500, Ignoramus28169
wrote: On 2011-10-06, Jon Elson wrote: Ignoramus28169 wrote: Sad news. I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces They've been doing it for quite some time. Now, especially that the Russians are our only way to get to/from the space station, we need to be able to communicate with them, without interpreters. Makes sense. Fortunately, vodka is pronounced the same way in both countries. Eez not wadka? -- We are always the same age inside. -- Gertrude Stein |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On 10/5/2011 9:29 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:21:31 -0500, Ignoramus28169 wrote: On 2011-10-06, wrote: On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:21:08 -0500, Ignoramus28169 wrote: Sad news. I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...an/?test=faces S volkami zit, po volchi vyt! Truer words have not been spoken! When in Rome, eh? ya beat me to it, Larry... |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
I have been thinking about this. Getting people into orbit is, well,
rocket science, but all ingredients in it are well known. So, how come we have to ask the Russians to send our cosmonavts into orbit? What if the Congress asks NASA to design a very reliable, but basic, people launching system, with disposable spacecraft? NASA can surely do it? WTF? i |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On 10/5/2011 11:30 PM, Ignoramus28169 wrote:
I have been thinking about this. Getting people into orbit is, well, rocket science, but all ingredients in it are well known. So, how come we have to ask the Russians to send our cosmonavts into orbit? What if the Congress asks NASA to design a very reliable, but basic, people launching system, with disposable spacecraft? NASA can surely do it? WTF? i Surely. But Congress doesn't want to PAY for it... |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
"Ignoramus28169" wrote in message ... On 2011-10-05, Jim Wilkins wrote: ... I wonder what the standard of proficiency is, learning the technical words or also mastering the difficult grammar? Lots of technical words in Russian are from English or German. I would say up to 50%. i French provided aviation terms to Russian, also to English (aileron, fuselage). I traced Forsirovanny (supercharged, boosted) back to the French term for forcing plant growth. Knowing French, German and Latin has helped me considerably with Russian. jsw |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On 2011-10-06, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Ignoramus28169" wrote in message ... On 2011-10-05, Jim Wilkins wrote: ... I wonder what the standard of proficiency is, learning the technical words or also mastering the difficult grammar? Lots of technical words in Russian are from English or German. I would say up to 50%. i French provided aviation terms to Russian, also to English (aileron, fuselage). I traced Forsirovanny (supercharged, boosted) back to the French term for forcing plant growth. Knowing French, German and Latin has helped me considerably with Russian. I did not even know this, but it makes perfect sense. i |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
"Richard" wrote in message m... On 10/5/2011 11:30 PM, Ignoramus28169 wrote: I have been thinking about this. Getting people into orbit is, well, rocket science, but all ingredients in it are well known. So, how come we have to ask the Russians to send our cosmonavts into orbit? What if the Congress asks NASA to design a very reliable, but basic, people launching system, with disposable spacecraft? NASA can surely do it? WTF? i Surely. But Congress doesn't want to PAY for it... Obama cancelled it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_program After all, the money should be spent here on Earth to create jobs. jsw |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On 2011-10-06, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Richard" wrote in message m... On 10/5/2011 11:30 PM, Ignoramus28169 wrote: I have been thinking about this. Getting people into orbit is, well, rocket science, but all ingredients in it are well known. So, how come we have to ask the Russians to send our cosmonavts into orbit? What if the Congress asks NASA to design a very reliable, but basic, people launching system, with disposable spacecraft? NASA can surely do it? WTF? i Surely. But Congress doesn't want to PAY for it... Obama cancelled it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_program After all, the money should be spent here on Earth to create jobs. jsw I thought that Constellation was for trips far away from the Earth? i |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:30:08 -0500, Ignoramus28169
wrote: I have been thinking about this. Getting people into orbit is, well, rocket science, but all ingredients in it are well known. So, how come we have to ask the Russians to send our cosmonavts into orbit? What if the Congress asks NASA to design a very reliable, but basic, people launching system, with disposable spacecraft? NASA can surely do it? WTF? I believe NASA to be a very inefficient organization, despite their achievements. They probably could design small craft, but they could not do so cost-effectively at all. -- I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. --Duke Ellington |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:40:19 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote: "Richard" wrote in message om... On 10/5/2011 11:30 PM, Ignoramus28169 wrote: I have been thinking about this. Getting people into orbit is, well, rocket science, but all ingredients in it are well known. So, how come we have to ask the Russians to send our cosmonavts into orbit? What if the Congress asks NASA to design a very reliable, but basic, people launching system, with disposable spacecraft? NASA can surely do it? WTF? i Surely. But Congress doesn't want to PAY for it... Obama cancelled it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_program After all, the money should be spent here on Earth to create jobs. Yeah, he's done a bang-up job here on that, hasn't he? Now they're going after defaulted student loans. Loans they can't repay because there are no jobs. Default is up to 15% this year. http://goo.gl/Bxo5P I wonder why he doesn't have GE audited and start paying taxes. Their share should be 100 times what the student loan defaults come to. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2754215/posts And maybe have the gov't (IRS, SSA, and who else?) stop payments to dead people? Senator Coburn's report http://goo.gl/8Sl8S shows over $1 billion paid in the last decade or so. -- I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. --Duke Ellington |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:21:41 -0400, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Ignoramus28169" wrote in message ... Sad news. I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...a-teaching-us- astronauts-russian/?test=faces I wonder what the standard of proficiency is, learning the technical words or also mastering the difficult grammar? Before I was married my standard of proficiency for any language was: can I talk a girl into bed. Alas, I wasn't very proficient at all, even in English. -- www.wescottdesign.com |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On 10/6/2011 7:40 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
wrote in message m... On 10/5/2011 11:30 PM, Ignoramus28169 wrote: I have been thinking about this. Getting people into orbit is, well, rocket science, but all ingredients in it are well known. So, how come we have to ask the Russians to send our cosmonavts into orbit? What if the Congress asks NASA to design a very reliable, but basic, people launching system, with disposable spacecraft? NASA can surely do it? WTF? i Surely. But Congress doesn't want to PAY for it... Obama cancelled it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_program After all, the money should be spent here on Earth to create jobs. jsw NASA jobs are almost entirely here on earth. Good jobs too. Research, engineering, manufacturing. (If you are into that kind of stuff) |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On 10/6/2011 9:43 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:40:19 -0400, "Jim Wilkins" wrote: wrote in message m... On 10/5/2011 11:30 PM, Ignoramus28169 wrote: I have been thinking about this. Getting people into orbit is, well, rocket science, but all ingredients in it are well known. So, how come we have to ask the Russians to send our cosmonavts into orbit? What if the Congress asks NASA to design a very reliable, but basic, people launching system, with disposable spacecraft? NASA can surely do it? WTF? i Surely. But Congress doesn't want to PAY for it... Obama cancelled it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_program After all, the money should be spent here on Earth to create jobs. Yeah, he's done a bang-up job here on that, hasn't he? Now they're going after defaulted student loans. Loans they can't repay because there are no jobs. Default is up to 15% this year. http://goo.gl/Bxo5P I wonder why he doesn't have GE audited and start paying taxes. Their share should be 100 times what the student loan defaults come to. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2754215/posts How about an audit of the Federal Reserve? Has that EVER been done? And maybe have the gov't (IRS, SSA, and who else?) stop payments to dead people? Senator Coburn's report http://goo.gl/8Sl8S shows over $1 billion paid in the last decade or so. I suspect they pay dead people so that they can vote. |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
"Richard" wrote in message m... On 10/6/2011 7:40 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote: ... After all, the money should be spent here on Earth to create jobs. jsw NASA jobs are almost entirely here on earth. Good jobs too. Research, engineering, manufacturing. (If you are into that kind of stuff) Money spent on NASA disproportionately neglects the needs of liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to participate. |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
Jim Wilkins wrote: Richard wrote: NASA jobs are almost entirely here on earth. Good jobs too. Research, engineering, manufacturing. (If you are into that kind of stuff) Money spent on NASA disproportionately neglects the needs of liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to participate. Liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to do anything, except work the counter of some fast food places. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense. |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
Lets look at the space program by different companies.
Space Program by Windows: The boosters and nose cone have software compatibility problems. Have to relaunch the rocket every morning. Space program by McDonalds. The rockets are inexpensive, and identical. Every town has its own rocket. Kids love McRockets, and grow up to be obese astronauts. Space program by Nike: The only rocket with 7 foot tall black astronauts. Their rockets go higher. Space program by Obama: Built, expensively, by union thugs. Got a problem with that? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... I believe NASA to be a very inefficient organization, despite their achievements. They probably could design small craft, but they could not do so cost-effectively at all. -- I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. --Duke Ellington |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
Overall, I'd rather have a rocket in space, than a five year
study on gerbil sex. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message m... Money spent on NASA disproportionately neglects the needs of liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to participate. Liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to do anything, except work the counter of some fast food places. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense. |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On 10/6/2011 1:44 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Jim Wilkins wrote: Richard wrote: NASA jobs are almost entirely here on earth. Good jobs too. Research, engineering, manufacturing. (If you are into that kind of stuff) Money spent on NASA disproportionately neglects the needs of liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to participate. Liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to do anything, except work the counter of some fast food places. And feed the researchers, scientist and engineers! See? Everybody had a job. I thought it was a bit odd that the first economic turn-down in the 70s came just after NASA was throttled back. Thousands of highly skilled (and well paid) engineers and production people were laid off - and then the economy tanked. Gee, why would that happen??? |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
Richard wrote: On 10/6/2011 1:44 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote: Jim Wilkins wrote: Richard wrote: NASA jobs are almost entirely here on earth. Good jobs too. Research, engineering, manufacturing. (If you are into that kind of stuff) Money spent on NASA disproportionately neglects the needs of liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to participate. Liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to do anything, except work the counter of some fast food places. And feed the researchers, scientist and engineers! See? Everybody had a job. I thought it was a bit odd that the first economic turn-down in the 70s came just after NASA was throttled back. Thousands of highly skilled (and well paid) engineers and production people were laid off - and then the economy tanked. Gee, why would that happen??? Every Liberal action has an unfortunate reaction. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense. |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
Stormin Mormon wrote: Overall, I'd rather have a rocket in space, than a five year study on gerbil sex. That's not what the gerbils said about you! ;-) -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense. |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On 2011-10-06, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Stormin Mormon wrote: Overall, I'd rather have a rocket in space, than a five year study on gerbil sex. That's not what the gerbils said about you! ;-) My rocket is headed for Uranus! i |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On 10/6/2011 4:20 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Richard wrote: On 10/6/2011 1:44 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote: Jim Wilkins wrote: Richard wrote: NASA jobs are almost entirely here on earth. Good jobs too. Research, engineering, manufacturing. (If you are into that kind of stuff) Money spent on NASA disproportionately neglects the needs of liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to participate. Liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to do anything, except work the counter of some fast food places. And feed the researchers, scientist and engineers! See? Everybody had a job. I thought it was a bit odd that the first economic turn-down in the 70s came just after NASA was throttled back. Thousands of highly skilled (and well paid) engineers and production people were laid off - and then the economy tanked. Gee, why would that happen??? Every Liberal action has an unfortunate reaction. Sounds a bit like Newton. Every action has an (unfortunate) reaction? But... For what it's worth... I don't believe most of the "conservatives" I know are really conservatives. Many are simply bigots who go by a better name. And the "liberals" are often "me-firsters". I truly believe that the time is coming when all this politically (in)correctness will slough away and people will call things as the really are. And it's coming soon... Welcome to the Twenty-First Century! |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:24:56 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote: "Ignoramus28169" wrote in message m... On 2011-10-05, Jim Wilkins wrote: ... I wonder what the standard of proficiency is, learning the technical words or also mastering the difficult grammar? Lots of technical words in Russian are from English or German. I would say up to 50%. i French provided aviation terms to Russian, also to English (aileron, fuselage). I traced Forsirovanny (supercharged, boosted) back to the French term for forcing plant growth. Knowing French, German and Latin has helped me considerably with Russian. I got severely bollocked at school for daring to suggest that the word "combine" (as in combine harvester) was of English origin, not Russian. Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
You mean the Gerbils would prefer a five year study on
Mormon sex, instead of a rocket? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message m... Stormin Mormon wrote: Overall, I'd rather have a rocket in space, than a five year study on gerbil sex. That's not what the gerbils said about you! ;-) -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense. |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
Give them a break (in the head ?) they are skilled in
slinging mud, ink, paint, scams... Martin On 10/6/2011 1:44 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote: Jim Wilkins wrote: Richard wrote: NASA jobs are almost entirely here on earth. Good jobs too. Research, engineering, manufacturing. (If you are into that kind of stuff) Money spent on NASA disproportionately neglects the needs of liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to participate. Liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to do anything, except work the counter of some fast food places. |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
Stormin Mormon wrote: You mean the Gerbils would prefer a five year study on Mormon sex, instead of a rocket? They said their sexual activity was none of your business! :) -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense. |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
Martin Eastburn wrote: Give them a break (in the head ?) they are skilled in slinging mud, ink, paint, scams... Their heads are already broken, from slinging all that other ****. :( -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense. |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
Richard wrote: On 10/6/2011 4:20 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote: Richard wrote: On 10/6/2011 1:44 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote: Jim Wilkins wrote: Richard wrote: NASA jobs are almost entirely here on earth. Good jobs too. Research, engineering, manufacturing. (If you are into that kind of stuff) Money spent on NASA disproportionately neglects the needs of liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to participate. Liberal arts majors who aren't qualified to do anything, except work the counter of some fast food places. And feed the researchers, scientist and engineers! See? Everybody had a job. I thought it was a bit odd that the first economic turn-down in the 70s came just after NASA was throttled back. Thousands of highly skilled (and well paid) engineers and production people were laid off - and then the economy tanked. Gee, why would that happen??? Every Liberal action has an unfortunate reaction. Sounds a bit like Newton. Every action has an (unfortunate) reaction? But... For what it's worth... I don't believe most of the "conservatives" I know are really conservatives. Many are simply bigots who go by a better name. There have always been wolves in sheep's clothing. And the "liberals" are often "me-firsters". And "me-onlys", like Daffy Duck yelling "It's mine! It's ALL mine". I truly believe that the time is coming when all this politically (in)correctness will slough away and people will call things as the really are. I, for one am tired of being told I can't call a spade a shovel. And it's coming soon... Welcome to the Twenty-First Century! I wasn't sure I was going to get here. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense. |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
Ignoramus15921 wrote: On 2011-10-06, Michael A. Terrell wrote: Stormin Mormon wrote: Overall, I'd rather have a rocket in space, than a five year study on gerbil sex. That's not what the gerbils said about you! ;-) My rocket is headed for Uranus! Let'r rip! Marvin the Martin is waiting to blast you out of time space. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense. |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
That calls for five year study of Buggs Bunny.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message ... Ignoramus15921 wrote: On 2011-10-06, Michael A. Terrell wrote: Stormin Mormon wrote: Overall, I'd rather have a rocket in space, than a five year study on gerbil sex. That's not what the gerbils said about you! ;-) My rocket is headed for Uranus! Let'r rip! Marvin the Martin is waiting to blast you out of time space. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense. |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
wrote in message ... On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:24:56 -0400, "Jim Wilkins" ... Knowing French, German and Latin has helped me considerably with Russian. I got severely bollocked at school for daring to suggest that the word "combine" (as in combine harvester) was of English origin, not Russian. Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC Most successful Russian inventor named Comrade Reguspatoff. jsw |
Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts
Stormin Mormon wrote: That calls for five year study of Buggs Bunny. Then do it. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense. |
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