Comments on: Why the US space program is shite http://stilgherrian.com/media/us_space_program_shite/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:43:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/media/us_space_program_shite/#comment-25989 Stilgherrian Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:30:25 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/media/us_space_program_shite/#comment-25989 Now that I re-read this nearly two years later, I can reveal that I l longer watch <em>The Bill</em>. Haven't for ages. Now that I re-read this nearly two years later, I can reveal that I l longer watch The Bill. Haven’t for ages.

]]> By: Stilgherrian · Enceladus from Cassini http://stilgherrian.com/media/us_space_program_shite/#comment-11748 Stilgherrian · Enceladus from Cassini Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:33:04 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/media/us_space_program_shite/#comment-11748 [...] I been too harsh on NASA? Last week the Cassini spacecraft zoomed past Saturn’s moon Enceladus and took these [...] [...] I been too harsh on NASA? Last week the Cassini spacecraft zoomed past Saturn’s moon Enceladus and took these [...]

]]> By: Stilgherrian · Remembering the Space Age: Arthur C Clarke dead at 90 http://stilgherrian.com/media/us_space_program_shite/#comment-11738 Stilgherrian · Remembering the Space Age: Arthur C Clarke dead at 90 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:40:57 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/media/us_space_program_shite/#comment-11738 [...] At least the First Space Age is dead. The 1960s imperative “to boldly go” as imagined by visionaries like Clarke has congealed into a bloated, bureaucratic NASA which has, in the US at least, drained all the excitement from spaceflight. [...] [...] At least the First Space Age is dead. The 1960s imperative “to boldly go” as imagined by visionaries like Clarke has congealed into a bloated, bureaucratic NASA which has, in the US at least, drained all the excitement from spaceflight. [...]

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/media/us_space_program_shite/#comment-179 Stilgherrian Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:29:11 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/media/us_space_program_shite/#comment-179 At least they had a proper Australian pilot in <em>Space: 1999</em>, and the inspiring leadership of Martin Landau as Commander John Koenig... Hmmm... I edited your comment to add the link to <em>Space: 1999</em> and now it wants to backslash-escape the apostrophe on your name. Goddam bugs. At least they had a proper Australian pilot in Space: 1999, and the inspiring leadership of Martin Landau as Commander John Koenig…

Hmmm… I edited your comment to add the link to Space: 1999 and now it wants to backslash-escape the apostrophe on your name. Goddam bugs.

]]> By: ’Pong http://stilgherrian.com/media/us_space_program_shite/#comment-178 ’Pong Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:56:18 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/media/us_space_program_shite/#comment-178 Sounds like you like to have more drama in space. Hey, turn to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_1999"><em>Space: 1999</em></a>. Sounds like you like to have more drama in space. Hey, turn to Space: 1999.

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