tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893724621360177695.post6142474828984729239..comments2023-03-30T16:45:53.919-05:00Comments on The "C" Word - that's chemistry of course: In search of HiggsAylwin Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051125260705797284noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893724621360177695.post-19733067091137388372007-09-12T14:53:00.000-05:002007-09-12T14:53:00.000-05:00I guess I am talking more on the technological pro...I guess I am talking more on the technological property of the space shuttle. Here we have the most complex machine ever built with a completely unique and ground breaking design. <BR/>True, it never really accomplished what it was supposed to do in its fullest and currently I think the ISS is simply to prove it CAN be done. Things like the Hubble Space telescope, establishing inter governmental tasks (MIR, ISS) are deffinately ups on the accomplishment.<BR/>But I agree, after that it can be debatable.<BR/>But I will certainly miss the entire design and concept. The new things NASA has up its sleeves is far to reminiscent of the Apollo era and completely lacks the reusability the shuttle provides.Snipper "Book Zeller"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08445493940274651615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893724621360177695.post-53201521032069916862007-09-10T08:58:00.000-05:002007-09-10T08:58:00.000-05:00I don't know that Fermi will necessarily go away a...I don't know that Fermi will necessarily go away altogether. There are plans for a new linear accelerator to be built there. Over the last twenty years or so it always seems to be on a bit of a knife edge.<BR/><BR/>I have mixed views on the Space Shuttle thing: how much has been accomplished really?Aylwin Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16051125260705797284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893724621360177695.post-38765981775751701072007-09-08T13:10:00.000-05:002007-09-08T13:10:00.000-05:00I too read an article in the Trib a few mornings a...I too read an article in the Trib a few mornings ago while leisurly enjoying my 10 minute breakfast before I catch a bus to the airport. Fortunately the tribute is delivered down here in farmcountryUSA.<BR/><BR/>I did not know that they were closing fermi down in a few years. Incidentally that coincides with the early retirement of the Space Shuttle Fleet... two tradgic endings to monumental programs.Snipper "Book Zeller"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08445493940274651615noreply@blogger.com