Comments on: My First Shuttle Flight http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/ Shedding some light on topics of software development, Visual FoxPro, saving our planet, paying it forward, and anything else I find important enough to share. Sun, 13 Jan 2019 18:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Rick Schummer http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Rick Schummer Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:16:26 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/#comment-547 Ivy_Techno,<br /><br />Instead of personal one-on-one questions I prefer to answer them in a forum like FoxForum.com or Foxite.com where several people can benefit from the answers, and your chances of getting solutions are better because there are lots of developers who can answer the questions.<br /><br />Rick Ivy_Techno,

Instead of personal one-on-one questions I prefer to answer them in a forum like FoxForum.com or Foxite.com where several people can benefit from the answers, and your chances of getting solutions are better because there are lots of developers who can answer the questions.

Rick

]]> By: Ivy_Techno http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Ivy_Techno Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:23:33 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/#comment-548 I am very grateful I found your blog that I’m a Foxpro programmer and got to your blog searching my Foxpro solution. May I still get your advice for my Foxpro problems about multiple table indexes not working with seek command? I am very grateful I found your blog that I’m a Foxpro programmer and got to your blog searching my Foxpro solution. May I still get your advice for my Foxpro problems about multiple table indexes not working with seek command?

]]> By: Mike Lewis http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Mike Lewis Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:10:29 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/#comment-549 Thanks for sharing this terrific story with us, Rick. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing this terrific story with us, Rick. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed reading it.

]]> By: Andrew MacNeill http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Andrew MacNeill Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:56:47 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/#comment-550 Wonderful Post, Rick!<br /><br />Awesome experience to be sure and you are one in a few (in relative terms) who got to experience it.<br /><br />Congrats! Wonderful Post, Rick!

Awesome experience to be sure and you are one in a few (in relative terms) who got to experience it.

Congrats!

]]> By: Rick Schummer http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Rick Schummer Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:04:40 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/#comment-551 Hi BOb,<br /><br />Thanks for the kind remarks.<br /><br />I believe every penny spent on the space program is worth it. Research and development cost money and the things NASA has provided to earthlings because of the money spent has a high return on investment. To put it in perspective, we could run NASA at full throttle with a 20% bump in money for 28 years with the money thrown away on TARP *or* printed for the dreaded stimulus package that were passed by congress in a hurry up fashion.<br /><br />The US Air Force has a reusable ship based on the X-37 that is still in development. It is unmanned and can stay in orbit for 270 days.<br /><br />Commercial rockets will allegedly be used to put USA astronauts in low earth orbit. Personally I like the idea, but I am skeptical on the outcome. NASA will lose mindshare of rocket scientists and will be in bad shape if they decide they want to build and launch their own.<br /><br />Rick Hi BOb,

Thanks for the kind remarks.

I believe every penny spent on the space program is worth it. Research and development cost money and the things NASA has provided to earthlings because of the money spent has a high return on investment. To put it in perspective, we could run NASA at full throttle with a 20% bump in money for 28 years with the money thrown away on TARP *or* printed for the dreaded stimulus package that were passed by congress in a hurry up fashion.

The US Air Force has a reusable ship based on the X-37 that is still in development. It is unmanned and can stay in orbit for 270 days.

Commercial rockets will allegedly be used to put USA astronauts in low earth orbit. Personally I like the idea, but I am skeptical on the outcome. NASA will lose mindshare of rocket scientists and will be in bad shape if they decide they want to build and launch their own.

Rick

]]> By: Bob http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-552 Bob Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:04:07 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/#comment-552 Rick,<br /><br />Congrats on your experience. It is obvious how passionate you are about it. <br /><br />BTW: Did you know that the space shuttle is pretty much a failure when it comes to the financial goals. While a "reusable" craft was built, in the long run it doesn't cost less for every launch. I'm pretty sure this is why they are scrubbing it.<br /><br />What will replace it though? There were plans for a craft but I think those were canceled too.<br /><br />Nice post too... you are a very talented writer.<br /><br />BOb Rick,

Congrats on your experience. It is obvious how passionate you are about it.

BTW: Did you know that the space shuttle is pretty much a failure when it comes to the financial goals. While a "reusable" craft was built, in the long run it doesn't cost less for every launch. I'm pretty sure this is why they are scrubbing it.

What will replace it though? There were plans for a craft but I think those were canceled too.

Nice post too… you are a very talented writer.

BOb

]]> By: Jody L. Meyer http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-553 Jody L. Meyer Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:46:50 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2010/04/my-first-shuttle-flight/#comment-553 Great Post Rick!!! Thank you so much for sharing your dream and experience with us. Just love it!!! Great Post Rick!!! Thank you so much for sharing your dream and experience with us. Just love it!!!

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