safest Space travel?

[LCHIEN]

OK, we know NASA has trouble with diaper wearing, whiskey-drinking astronauts flying space shuttles with leaky o-rings, and flakey foam and dinged heat shields.

So China has trouble with quality control, toothpaste, pharmaceuticals, lead paint, food additives, etc. and a general lack of intellectual property respect and serious problems with bribery and corruption - their space program is 30 or more years behind in sophistication.

Russia has its space seats for sale to the highest bidder, with general low pay and low morale in its space program which has seen its best years long ago as well.

So if you had to go up into space, whose Rocket would you fly on?

[HarmsWay]

Are you kidding? If any of them gave me an opportunity to get to space, I'd take it in a heartbeat.

Bob

[TK421]

You can go on YouTube and see a few different Chinese rocket explosions.

Didn't you know that Russian rockets run on highly refined vodka? They're getting tanked the whole way up and back.

I wouldn't be to thrilled about having to ride in the shuttle but at least I would be able to understand everyone.

I'm waiting for Burt Rutan to straighten out his problems.

[billwmeyer]

Space

I agree with Harmsway. I would take any opportunity at all to go into space. Maybe I should try for an alien abduction!

Bill

[bmyers]

I am waiting for a Burt Ratan design home-build kit and I'm all over it like white on rice. Great project for me and my son (AND daughter if she's so inclined)..

My 4 yr old son asks me all the time what I want to be when I grow up. White lies are ok to tell sometimes due to the fact that I'll never be a grown-up in the truest sense of the word. I just tell him I want to be an astronaut when I grow up...




Bill

[LinuxRandal]

OK, we know NASA has trouble with diaper wearing, whiskey-drinking astronauts flying space shuttles with leaky o-rings, and flakey foam and dinged heat shields.

So China has trouble with quality control, toothpaste, pharmaceuticals, lead paint, food additives, etc. and a general lack of intellectual property respect and serious problems with bribery and corruption - their space program is 30 or more years behind in sophistication.

Russia has its space seats for sale to the highest bidder, with general low pay and low morale in its space program which has seen its best years long ago as well.

So if you had to go up into space, whose Rocket would you fly on?

As to the whiskey drinking, I believe the term is Bottle Rockets.

And you have to be a little crazy to sit on a bomb and light the wick. But it might be fun.

[Ed62]

You'd have a hard time getting me on an airplane. Me, boarding a rocket, just ain't gonna happen.

Ed

[scorrpio]

When Swiss or Germans have a space program, I'll consider applying.

[mater]

If I had to go it would be American.

[Thom2]

At first I was going to agree with Harmsway, but then as I sat here thinking about it a little more .....

I just couldn't see myself climbing aboard a Harbor Freight rocket

especially when I won't even buy most corded power tools from them.

I'll have to think about this a little more and get back to you.

[BearPipes-1]

Where's the "not in a million years" option? I'd happily auction off my spot to one of you optimists.

[LinuxRandal]

Where's the "not in a million years" option? I'd happily auction off my spot to one of you optimists.

Right below the eating Mexican food rocket option!