Sunday, January 29, 2006

Environmentalists Gut the U. S. Space Program

ENVIRONMENTALISTS GUT THE U.S. SPACE PROGRAM

The tragedy of the Challenger was that seven living representatives of the pioneer
tradition were smashed to earth by political cowardice and legal arrogance that
destroyed the spaceship Challenger in the name of "Spaceship Earth." --Michael J. Bennett,
The Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident Report, Vol 4, Page 65


"If it‘s not broke, don‘t fix it!" engineers
Proclaim. Just do your job and don’t protest.
We need asbestos putty’s sealing strength
For heat. It’s gone so use the second best.
This foam’s disastrous," they said. "Don’t use it."
New freon-less inferior tank foam
Will shed eleven times as much and hit
The tiles. Columbia’s not coming home.
After a billion dollars and two years,
Discovery expels its smoke and heat.
The freon-less foam falling raises fears.
We have to ground the failing shuttle fleet!
The Moon and on to Mars, a noble quest
That shouldn’t have to suffer second best.

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