Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
I guess you have to be flying in First Class to use that one.
I believe the reason NASA is being snarky is because the Russian space agency opened up slots to sell for space tourists. I believe that NASA finds it annoying that the US government is subsidizing Russia’s money making efforts.
from the linked article:
“Among the new crew was US billionaire Charles Simonyi, 60, a software tycoon who paid $35m (£24m) for his 13-day trip,”
Adding insult to injury, the Russians charge Americans to use Russian equipment.
All things considered, the Russkies started this little pissing war by charging for the use of their equipment, not the other way around. It extends to *everything* on the station and the pun is intentional.
FWIW I am somewhat biased in this as I work indirectly for the people driving the ship.
He kept leaving the seat up…..
You mean we’re “dumping” on the poor guy? (can.not.resist)
Over the years I’ve come to the irrefutable conclusion that it’s better to be pissed off…than pissed on…accordingly I strongly suggest that we advise the Ruskies to… go piss up a rope… Best
Make ‘em do like my dog does – go outside.
Hey Snake that’s my line!
I’ve been to Russia – Moscow – and if their bathroom cleanliness in space mirrors what I experienced, I’d shut them out too. Of course, it’s also a little difficult in space to construct a Russkie John which mostly consists of a hole flanked on either side by tiles to suggest where to place your feet.
As a note: Their targeting people were pretty good at the feet-tile placements.
Secondary note: For anyone with a “wide stance” a la a certain Senator, I don’t know that I ever saw one of these arrangements that would work for you. Too bad that Russia didn’t and probably doesn’t have their own A.D.A.