Can NASA remain nonpartisan when basic spaceflight truths are shredded?
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That would just feed them. They thrive on the conflict. The battle would also not be fair. They'll just ly.
Probably something like this. "These astronauts got there costing billions of dollars. We rescue them and do you think they said thank you?"
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NASA is something.
Sometthing is part of everything.
Everything will be destroyed.
Ergo, NASA (as n, what it was supposed to be).will be destroyed.
Simple as that.
From now on, NASA's two purposes are: lining Elon's pockets, and Glorifying the Trump Administration.
Maybe also launching Russian intel sats, soon.
Sometthing is part of everything.
Everything will be destroyed.
Ergo, NASA (as n, what it was supposed to be).will be destroyed.
Simple as that.
From now on, NASA's two purposes are: lining Elon's pockets, and Glorifying the Trump Administration.
Maybe also launching Russian intel sats, soon.
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Yes. It’s appalling to see mainstream media go with the "stranded" narrative, even in sleazy quotes. Even in newspapers that ought to know better and that don’t have any reason to court Trump.
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I was surprised that, when the four main parachutes unfurled, they didn't have photos of Trump, Musk, the Doge dog, and Putin's faces printed on them.
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They were just kept in the dark about the TRUE reasons. Easy to dismiss their opinion. Of course, Trump will instead let them burn at the stake for being disloyal, instead (because he can't help it), but there's no indication that would put a dent in his approval ratings...
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Thanks for this article. Watching people just... accept... this funhouse mirror vision of the world has been really something else, man.
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Another great article. May I respectfully mention that rampant politics is not unknown in NASA? Deke Slayton worked tirelessly to make the astronaut corps into a white, male conservative group. Some have opined it came from jealousy of John Glenn.
There are many examples, but the simplest is to notice mistakes from his astronauts weren’t mentioned for decades, and any others mistakes were leaked.
There are many examples, but the simplest is to notice mistakes from his astronauts weren’t mentioned for decades, and any others mistakes were leaked.
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As far as (their) lies go, this one barely registers on the radar.Truth on your side of the Atlantic is already on life support, with Trump busy unplugging all the cables, and everyone else just standing by.
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What I'm wondering is... Do Americans actually still realise that just about - every - single - tweet (or whatever it's called on the platform of choice) this evil clown excretes, would almost certainly be the end of him in every civilized country around the world? Because they so blatantly reveal and illustrate that he lacks EVERY trait that is necessary to be a leader? Even just by the unfathomable simplism of the discourse, completely stripped of even the faintest trace of nuance.
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They also had another publication called "Isvestia", which translates as "News".
Leading to the Soviet joke about there being "no news in Truth, and no truth in News".
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Thank you for this, especially for compiling this timeline — it gives a very clear, comprehensive view of what and when decisions were made.
One thing which really bears repeating is that Wilmore and Williams were never “stranded”… There were always at least one other option for them — together with all other ISS residents — to come home in case of an emergency:
- Starliner, before it returned, even if there was a bit of uncertainty due to the issues seen when going up
- Crew-8, was up there when Starliner left and it returned after Crew-9 got to the ISS, ; Crew-8 had two emergency seats put in in case evacuation was necessary
- Crew-9, from September onwards
- Russia’s Soyuz, also docked to the ISS if all else failed.
(It is interesting / unfortunate that a lot of reporting barely mentions, if at all, the fact that NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov — who took Crew-9 up — returned with Wilmore and Williams.)
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I think Musk crying was real.
Oh wait, big strong men? Never mind.
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I'm guessing you needed a /s. Sarcasm needs to be explicitly labeled here.
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The "All headlines that are questions can be answered with no" rule applies here.
Being non-partisan on any topic at all is no longer an option, because the fuckers behind project 2025 have made EVERYTHING political.
What car you drive is political
What medical treatments you give your kids is political
What pet your own is political.
Where you shop is political.
If you're not political today you're effectively siding with the current regime, which is political.
If you're not political, you're screwed.
Being non-partisan on any topic at all is no longer an option, because the fuckers behind project 2025 have made EVERYTHING political.
What car you drive is political
What medical treatments you give your kids is political
What pet your own is political.
Where you shop is political.
If you're not political today you're effectively siding with the current regime, which is political.
If you're not political, you're screwed.
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But even if the uniform is not fake, his wearing of it in a public setting, talking about matters related to astronautics is fakery. It's one thing for it to sit in a closest at home, maybe pulled out once in a while for him to play act at being an astronaut in his kitchen, with a goldfish bowl on his head, it's another to for him to wear it on national TV.
If this was a US marine corp uniform that had been presented to him as a gift and he wore it years later on TV, talking about military matters, he'd rightly be accused of "stolen valour".
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In defense of the person to whom you're replying, they're referring to Betteridge's Law. Which is a fair point to make, depending on how you feel about the matter.
Could have done a better job of referencing it though, I literally just DDG'd "headlines that end with a question" and got the wiki article as the top result.
Edit to add: in case my tone is unclear, I'd very much come down on the side of "Mr Berger was deliberately asking an open-ended question via the headline" (indeed, the entire point of the article was to spark discussion via the headline and the following text). So Betteridge's Law doesn't really apply here anyway.
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Many of them do call it out, but you don't hear about it because the media isn't interested in covering it. The only way you see it is if you follow their social media feeds or press releases.
Most media outlets are desperate to keep their access to Trump and not risk having their broadcast licenses pulled.
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Social media is awash with praise for the "rescue" and condemnation for the "abandonment".
Which is just more evidence that The Big Lie works like a charm.
Which is just more evidence that The Big Lie works like a charm.
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I was in second grade and we were watching it on TV at school. I still tear up when I remember it. I've never been much interested in the space program, and now I wonder if that has something to do with it.
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"I asked Elon Musk to go up and get the abandoned Astronauts" - he personally flew up there in a jet pack and carried them home in his arms - if that doesn't earn him the right to wear an astronaut suit nothing does! /s grumble grumble
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Here in Australia -
The Guardian used "stranded" and then corrected it.
SBS, Australia's community TV station, used "stranded".
I have no idea if they also used the solecism "Gulf of America" but given the lack of fact checking I wouldn't be surprised.
The Guardian used "stranded" and then corrected it.
SBS, Australia's community TV station, used "stranded".
I have no idea if they also used the solecism "Gulf of America" but given the lack of fact checking I wouldn't be surprised.
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The Musk/Trump regime is one backed by bad faith arguments, held up by lies that contradict their lies from the last time they proffered a stand point. If unchecked, the only people that will be left when they're done will be sycophants and those aligned with Nazis.
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"Nice try Diddy" - now's not the time to 'both sides' the issue, you're glazing over exactly what's happened here. Since Trump started the birther lie; since McConnell denied the supreme Court pick to Obama, yada yada etc etc. The GOP showed their hand back in the Reagan administration, they showed their hand in the Nixon era: the GOP is a white supremacist organization, that serves only the wealthiest 10%.
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Do we reckon they'll wait until Suni is safely on dry land before they erase all mention of her from NASA history, or..?
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Disgusting display on the part of Musk, Trump and this administration. Really, if I were an astronaut I think I'd sit these four years out. Lord knows what else they'd be willing to pull to try and look good, I wouldn't assume that they won't endanger people in some insane stunt.
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"The Gulf of America" is actually a large area of vacuous, impenetrable space located between Trump's ears. The vacuum is so strong, it attracts the like minded. When stood shoulder to shoulder a Bernoulli like effect will be experienced (even lower pressure at a higher speed), though paradoxically, there is no exchange of medium.
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