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Feb. 1st, 2003 09:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
egypturnash...how long before the art archives see a flood of crying furries looking up into space?
Bet lots of NASA's meagre budget will now get poured into the War OnCommon Sense Terrorism.
I'm not at my best in the mornings.
The Shuttle's safety record is actually pretty good. How long has the program been going? How far past the expected lifetime are all of the shuttles? Two explode in twenty-five years or so, maintained on far too small a budget... the launches are quite routine now, only making the news when something goes wrong.
Bet lots of NASA's meagre budget will now get poured into the War On
I'm not at my best in the mornings.
The Shuttle's safety record is actually pretty good. How long has the program been going? How far past the expected lifetime are all of the shuttles? Two explode in twenty-five years or so, maintained on far too small a budget... the launches are quite routine now, only making the news when something goes wrong.
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Date: 2003-02-01 07:28 pm (UTC)The present culture will be ready for space, once there is a magical carriage that is somehow economical, completely safe, and runs on lotus blossoms.
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Date: 2003-02-01 09:17 pm (UTC)...or how we each choose to deal with tragedy, through art or otherwise.
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Date: 2003-02-01 10:01 am (UTC)God, what a disgusting thought.
I confess, the fact that CNN keep flashing "no evidence of terrorism" is pissing me off. Of COURSE there's no evidence of terrorism, it's bloody idiotic, space flight is inherently risky, and if Bush tries to hustle his own agenda during his speech to the nation, I may expire from the pure tackiness of it all.
Actually, the first tribute I've seen...
Date: 2003-02-01 10:51 am (UTC)http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi
Re: Actually, the first tribute I've seen...
Date: 2003-02-01 05:25 pm (UTC)Re: Actually, the first tribute I've seen...
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Date: 2003-02-01 06:12 pm (UTC)I could probably be called a hypocrite for mocking the Weepy Furry Urge, given that I perpetrated something similar a week and a half ago because Hirsch died. I dunno. I'm just remembering the flood of 'Weeping Eagle In Front Of Two Burning Towers With Gun Or Obscene Gesture' art and cringing in anticipation.
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Date: 2003-02-01 06:20 pm (UTC)Falco..
Date: 2003-02-04 01:11 am (UTC)And I do still have "Jeanie" as an mp3 on my hard-drive.
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Date: 2003-02-01 07:19 pm (UTC)The artist could have =at least= added some angel wings to the shuttle!
In a crisis, all the correlations go to one.
Date: 2003-02-01 06:31 pm (UTC)Well said, dear.
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Date: 2003-02-01 08:40 pm (UTC)http://home.pacific.net.au/~kaptain/Cryariver.jpg
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Date: 2003-02-01 08:55 pm (UTC)You win! It's perfect in every way except for being drawn with too much assurance.
*love*
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Date: 2003-02-01 09:41 pm (UTC)JG Ballard's 'Memories of the Space Age' was a disturbingly prophetic collection of stories.
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Date: 2003-02-01 11:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-02-02 02:37 am (UTC)Thank you Peggy.
Of course my scanner ruined it, then Photoshop ruined it and then uploading it ruined it completely - but I'm glad you still like it.
Dark Star...
Date: 2003-02-04 01:14 am (UTC)