c********i
发帖数: 1489 | 1 前一周，听CNN, NPR,92.9等等新闻，最后退役的四架航天飞机，居然没有一个留在了
Houston Johnson Space Center，让人愤怒感慨，特别是本地电台里的人讽刺说 "too
bad we do not have a 212 number".
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/shuttle_station/features/shuttle_map
Atlantis - Florida, Kennedy Space Center
Endeavour - Los Angeles, California Science Center
Discovery - Virgina, Smithsonian
Enterprise - NYC, Air & Space Museum.
大概这又是一个基于政治倾向而非公平性的决定。
凭什么和航空半文钱关系都没有的NYC都可以拿到一个，
而作为关键控制中心的Houston却因为现任总统的愚蠢倾向和党派之争落选？
"Houston, we have a problem"，
不记得有哪个宇航员曾经说过 “New York we have a problem?!”
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said the Johnson Space Center in Houston
should have been one of the retirement homes for an orbiter, "but it is
clear political favors trumped common sense and fairness in the selection of
the final locations for the orbiter fleet," he said in a statement.
"There is no question Houston should have been selected as a final home for
one of the orbiters -- even Administrator Bolden stated as much. Today's
announcement is an affront to the thousands of dedicated men and women at
Johnson Space Center, the greater Houston community and the state of Texas,
and I'm deeply disappointed with the administration's misguided decision,"
Cornyn said.
我对Houston Control Center有着深厚的感情，大概是每次有朋自远方来，我必带他们
去NASA游玩 - 虽然说实话都是些老古董之类的东西 - 所以居然也去了不下于5次了 -_
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然而，又是亲眼体会经济之衰落，航天项目的中止和逐渐私有化的过程，我总是觉得无
比心疼。
那些远征者(Challenger, Columbia), 当初是为何, 牺牲了性命?
里根时代的宏图大志, 又是怎样在经济低谷的时候化成泡沫和幻影。
这真是一个无比庸俗而现实的年代，象每一个为了生计奔波的中产阶级一样，我还是关
心下一顿吃什么饭，周末到哪里去购物，油价又如何如何上涨，工资又是如何没有变化
，股市是如何预测不到之类的，我应该关心的问题………… | h*********e
发帖数: 6226 | | c********i
发帖数: 1489 | 3 Right, like I said, topics would raise people's interest are only
1) Which restaurant to go
2) Which house to buy
3) Which community good for kids' education
blahblahblah
I love NASA & Clear Lake for another reason, etc | I****r
发帖数: 795 | 4 说明houston航天够强大了，不需要一个退役的航天飞机来装饰门面。 | Z**k
发帖数: 76 | 5 那决定没啥问题。航天飞机都放在人们去的较多的旅游城市。谁没事来Houston。。
too
【在 c********i 的大作中提到】
: 前一周，听CNN, NPR,92.9等等新闻，最后退役的四架航天飞机，居然没有一个留在了
: Houston Johnson Space Center，让人愤怒感慨，特别是本地电台里的人讽刺说 "too
: bad we do not have a 212 number".
: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/shuttle_station/features/shuttle_map
: Atlantis - Florida, Kennedy Space Center
: Endeavour - Los Angeles, California Science Center
: Discovery - Virgina, Smithsonian
: Enterprise - NYC, Air & Space Museum.
: 大概这又是一个基于政治倾向而非公平性的决定。
: 凭什么和航空半文钱关系都没有的NYC都可以拿到一个，
| h********n
发帖数: 5148 | 6 如果有了航天飞机,那人们又多了一个理由来HOUSTON. | H****H
发帖数: 11039 | 7 我和我家领导这两天还到处找人求科普呢，跟朋友碰头就会问问，大家也都风闻一点，
都知道的不多。
那天忙着的时候开着电视听了一耳朵新闻，也觉得Houston蛮冤的，NASA居然连这个优
先权都没有。电视采访里有个议员很赌气地说干脆把航天中心也搬走了算了，后来还采
访了很多老百姓。
退役的航天飞机是个宝，谁都想揽到自己手里赚游客的钱，这里面没有什么公平的考量
。说到底还是Houston方面在这个问题上表现太弱，没抢过别的城市。
已经决定了的事情，大家也没什么好说道的啦，并不是不关心啊。
【在 c********i 的大作中提到】
: Right, like I said, topics would raise people's interest are only
: 1) Which restaurant to go
: 2) Which house to buy
: 3) Which community good for kids' education
: blahblahblah
: I love NASA & Clear Lake for another reason, etc
| x********u
发帖数: 2341 | 8 关键是现总统不喜欢前总统的根据地，可怜咱德州池鱼之殃啊！！ | b****r
发帖数: 17995 | 9 巴马知道怎么也拿不到德州的票，航天飞机给中间州有助于他连任 | c********i
发帖数: 1489 | 10 I wonder who would go to NYC and have time to visit the Air & Space museum
for retired space shuttle?!
Well, I already decided my vote, now. Those liar politicians. | | | a*******5
发帖数: 492 | 11 这个，现实是很无奈的。飞上天的东西赚不了钱啊，现在在休斯敦往地下钻的能赚钱 | a**p
发帖数: 13 | 12 Here was the reason that provided by Mr. Waynehale.
Wayne Hale is retired from NASA after 32 years. In his career he was the
Space Shuttle Program Manager.
Why Houston Did Not Get A Shuttle
Posted on April 14, 2011 by waynehale
Immediate reaction from many people in the Houston area was that the Orbiter
disposition decision was politically tainted. For example, this was the
explanation of my old Rice classmate Annise Parker, her honor the Mayor of
Houston.
Maybe there is some truth to that. It’s hard to say what goes on inside
the Washington beltway with any certainty.
But my suspicions lie closer to home. Houston didn’t get an orbiter
because Houston didn’t deserve it.
Not that we don’t have a long history with the shuttle; it was largely
designed here; the program was managed from here from the beginning to the
end, every single mission was planned here, the astronauts who flew the
shuttle are based here, trained here, live here. Mission control is here.
KSC is the only real competition for closest historical tie to the shuttle,
no disrespect to Marshall, Stennis, Dryden or other NASA centers.
But Houston is blasé about the shuttles. Houston and Texas have come
to regard NASA and JSC as entitlements. We deserve JSC and the shuttle
just because of who we are.
Not true. Anything worthwhile is worth fighting for.
No disrespect to those who spearheaded the effort to bring the shuttle here,
but the response was lackluster. The local politicians gave lip service,
some weak letters to the NASA administrator and little else. We got a limp
editorial or two in the local newspaper. The movers and shakers downtown
barely lifted a finger. Its hard to tell if Austin and the Texas
Legislature even knew what was happening. A rally at city hall was poorly
attended, too little, too late, and totally ineffective.
You can tell that Texas regards involvement with NASA as an entitlement by
the evidence: when was the last time a sitting governor came to JSC? I
know the answer: Ann Richards in 1995. When was the last time the Houston
mayor bothered to visit JSC? Anybody remember?
Other states have strong programs to bring space investments to their states
; Texas has virtually nothing.
Thousands of high paid, white collar jobs are leaving the Clear Lake area as
NASA and JSC wind down. The City of Houston and the State of Texas have
done, well, next to nothing. Nobody gets excited; nobody tries to bring new
work here, a little lip service, no real effort.
Nope, Houston does not deserve an orbiter because Houston doesn’t care.
Don’t expect JSC and its mission control to be here forever just because we
are entitle to them.
No, with the level of interest that our citizens and leaders have in JSC, I
soon expect to see that facility in the hands of a different federal agency.
Soon the National Park Service will be leading tours through the historic
– and empty – halls of the Johnson Space Center National Historic Site.
Because we just don’t care enough to do anything about it. | l******a
发帖数: 1203 | 13 同意，他知道他赢不到德州，所以干脆把脸皮撕了给德州看。
【在 b****r 的大作中提到】
: 巴马知道怎么也拿不到德州的票，航天飞机给中间州有助于他连任
| b*******e
发帖数: 6920 | | n***y
发帖数: 15001 | 15 doing good...
【在 b*******e 的大作中提到】
: 好久没见你出现拉~~
: 最近怎麻样？
| b*******e
发帖数: 6920 | 16 你不是一直都在么
【在 n***y 的大作中提到】
: doing good...
| c********i
发帖数: 1489 | 17 Oh, I am still alive....luckily ^ ^
Has crabbing season arrived in Galveston yet?
【在 b*******e 的大作中提到】
: 好久没见你出现拉~~
: 最近怎麻样？
| b*******e
发帖数: 6920 | 18 我也说不准阿
你已经回大陆啦
【在 c********i 的大作中提到】
: Oh, I am still alive....luckily ^ ^
: Has crabbing season arrived in Galveston yet?
| a******e
发帖数: 36306 | 19 要是从外州过来，自然还是肯尼迪中心更有意思
【在 h********n 的大作中提到】
: 如果有了航天飞机,那人们又多了一个理由来HOUSTON.
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