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
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"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
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Just HAD to be a poindexter, didn’t it…
like a poindexter is gonna have to worry about it ever happening to himself…
Lisa Nowak must have been one of those consummate professionals, I’ll bet.
So glad that I avoided the male/female navy, at least at sea. Not that I have any thing against females, I married one and am totally happy with the decision. It’s just that when I was CO of a major shore station, I experienced first hand, the “he said, she said” accusations that came up almost every day. From my experience, it boiled down to a 50/50 proposition where the male was guilty as hell and in other cases, the female was fudging. The bottom line was that it took up lots of my time that could have been spent on more productive persuits. I don’t mean to imply that any of this was the fault of female sailors. It’s just the nature of things that when you mix the sexes, you will have problems. Same goes when you mix gays and straights.
“Lisa Nowak must have been one of those consummate professionals, I’ll bet.”
Some of Mrs. Nowak’s neighbors (no joke. they all lived within a 5 mile radius)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Yates
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/15/1044927854202.html
Now…as all the astronauts pretty much live in the same neighborhood, see why this no sex thing isn’t such a problem…?
Look, the main issues would be “re-entry” of the “Orbital Vessel” into its “Docking Station” and the possibillity of a issue with ” Pre-launch Detonation” of the ” Mission Pay-Load”….Ahem.
Then you get into the whole issue of Newtonian laws of physics with ” Objects in motion staying in motion” and the likelihood of the young ladies’ ” upper nacelles ” causing grievous injury to herself…or others..
Besides, who wants to really wants to be responsible for the “clean up in aisle 5″ that could occur in a weightless environment should things get out of hand??
Likely we might have an OSHA & EPA issue if the “personal DNA material” of an Astronaut was somehow “put into orbit” if you know what I mean…I better quit on this post while I am ahead…
Well done SK1…I think your comment was a hoot and came off quite nicely. Best
Poindexter is in fact a former Tomcat guy. What goes on cruise (spaceflight) stays on cruise (spaceflight). That’s the story, no Sh$t, I wans’t there, you can’t prove I was there, nobody saw me….
…or at least that’s how I’d play it. Worked fine in ’91, didn’t it?
Sure, sure, it’s all don’t ask, don’t tell until some fool tries to do a money shot. Then, even though your in space, there isn’t enough.
So that’s it, Mr. Poindexter — “No sex, we’re astronauts.” Somehow that *doesn’t* have a ring to it.
Marianne
Damn, and I read this story on the day I hear the Checkmates launch Mutha into space, no less.
Climb so high, fall so far, and all.
Funniest Whose Line *Ever*.
Potentially NSFW, mainly because I can’t believe Ryan Stiles’ question got past the censors.
The ad-line for the original Alien film :”In space, no one can hear you scream” suddenly has a whole new meaning, don’t it? (ROFL)
Sounds like somebody forgot to explain to Poindexter the actual meaning of “Conquest and Colonization of Space.”
Consummate professionals don’t consummate professionally?
Joke my wife heard on DC area radio yesterday, “and the DJ basically said that NASA had banned sex on the ISS now that NASA scientists had figured out what sex was.”
Hey, we train for every severe challenge
http://www.theonion.com/video/nasa-simulator-prepares-astronauts-for-rigors-of-a,14294/
Well that policy will eliminate the metaphysical debate about what being “on top” means in a weightless environment.
Well, we do need a NASAsutra. It’s all about the research.
And Sarge; “Consummate professionals don’t consummate professionally?” Practice makes pregnant.
According to the late G. Harry Stine, there is a “3 Dolphin Club” analogous to the “Mile High Club.” Highly unofficial, natch.