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Buzz Aldrin’s WPost Editorial

July 21, 2018July 6, 2018 Advanced Systems, Apollo Program, Destroying NASA, NASA, NASA History, SPACE

Buzz Aldrin’s editorial was published on July 16,2009. There is one thing about Buzz Aldrin that has never changed. He, above everyone else who

Space 101

May 4, 2017May 3, 2017 Advanced Systems, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, Rush Limbaugh, SCIENCE, Science Fiction, Snowflakes, SPACE, Star Trek, Vulcanology

This afternoon Rush Limbaugh was bemoaning the fate of the Millennial Generation. They live in abject fear of imminent planetary destruction due to Global

The Moon Also Rises

December 14, 2015December 12, 2015 Advanced Systems, Barack Obama, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Destroying NASA, ECONOMY, HISTORY, ISS, Jimmy Carter, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Newt Gingrich, Obama Administration, POLITICAL, Private Space Systems, REPUBLICAN, Ronald Reagan, SCIENCE, Science Fiction, SPACE

It isn’t very often that we get to see our wildest dreams come true (or start to come true), but I just did. Back

Water on Mars

September 29, 2015September 28, 2015 Advanced Systems, CULTURE, Democratic Party, Destroying NASA, ECONOMY, HISTORY, NASA, NASA History, Obama Administration, Planetary, POLITICAL, Republican Party, SCIENCE, SPACE, Star Trek

This is the game-changer, if we allow it to be. I can wax poetic about the discovery of running water on Mars. In order

The Wanderers Narrated by Carl Sagan

December 3, 2014November 30, 2014 Advanced Systems, Astronomy, NASA, NASA History, Planetary, SPACE

There are some people who’s passing create a dent in our lives, even if meeting only once. Carl Sagan was one of those. Erick

Space, Finally!

September 17, 2014September 17, 2014 Advanced Systems, CCtCAP, Commercial Crew Program, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, SPACE

One of these days we’re finally going to be back in the space business. On Tuesday, NASA (a name which has almost disappeared from

The Great Vision of the Great Bird of the Galaxy

June 12, 2014June 11, 2014 Advanced Systems, Art, Classic Hollywood, Classic TV, CULTURE, NASA, SPACE, Star Trek, Star Trek Inventions

Very few people – ever, have the opportunity to shape the future, with their vision. It wasn’t even really a vision, just an idea

Why Humans Must Explore Space

July 20, 2013July 16, 2013 20th Century US, Advanced Systems, Apollo Program, Art, Astronomy, Ayn Rand, Classic TV, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Destroying NASA, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Far Righ Loons, Koch Brothers, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, PERSONAL, Planetary, Private Space Systems, Russian Space Program, SCIENCE, SPACE, Star Trek, Tea Party Patriots

Have you ever stopped to consider what might happen in space exploration if the Koch Machine had money riding on it? Have you ever

Meteors, NASA, Budgets & Ignorance

February 16, 2013February 15, 2013 Advanced Systems, Astronomy, Cultural Illiteracy, Destroying NASA, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Historial Ignorance, Idiot Conservatives, Koch Brothers, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Randian Economic Disaster, SPACE, Star Trek Inventions

This is just plain cool. It is also a bit weird. Siberia, primarily known as the birthplace of one of the greatest baritones in

I Have Just Seen the Future & There IS Going to Be a Starship Enterprise!

November 23, 2012November 18, 2012 2012, Advanced Systems, Barack Obama, Idiot Conservatives, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, Romney, Science Fiction, SPACE, Star Trek

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five -year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out

FINALLY! Some Exciting NASA News!

September 24, 2012 2012, Advanced Systems, Apollo Program, Barack Obama, Idiot Conservatives, ISS, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, Romney, SPACE, STS

Oh, The Pink Flamingo LIKES this one! It is exciting, forward, and just plain right. It is the next logical step, and a good

What If Newt Was Right All Along

May 14, 2012May 14, 2012 2012, Advanced Systems, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Destroying NASA, ECONOMY, Gingrich, GOP POTUS, Idiot Conservatives, ISS, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, Romney, SPACE, Star Trek, Star Trek Inventions

I want to believe! When the proposal for this rolls around, you’d better hope some jerk like Mitt Romney is not the resident of

Romney’s Epitaph for American Greatness

April 24, 2012 2012, Advanced Systems, Astronomy, Barack Obama, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Cultural Illiteracy, Destroying NASA, Gingrich, GOP POTUS, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, Romney, SPACE, TOMBSTONE

“…“If I had a business executive come to me and say they wanted to spend a few hundred billion dollars to put a colony

Spaced Out & Ticked Off

April 20, 2012April 19, 2012 2012, Advanced Systems, Apollo Program, Destroying NASA, Gingrich, GOP POTUS, ISS, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Obama Administration, Private Space Systems, Romney, Russian Space Program, SPACE, STS 1

What does the photo on the right and the Obama Administration have in common? The photo is of the Dumbell Nebula. Draw your own

The Importance of Being Newt

March 6, 2012March 5, 2012 2012, Advanced Systems, Astronomy, Barack Obama, Destroying NASA, Gingrich, GOP POTUS, ISS, NASA, NASA History, Obama Administration, Private Space Systems, Romney, Santorum 2

Want a good reason for BIG science, you know, the kind Thomas Jefferson advocated when he spent three mil for the Louisiana Territory, then

Space and the Lack of American Vision

February 16, 2012February 14, 2012 2012, Advanced Systems, Destroying NASA, Gingrich, GOP POTUS, ISS, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, Romney, Santorum, SPACE

“…“My Republican competitors instinctively decide we couldn’t go into space because they’re cheap and they have no idea how technology works … they think

Moonbatty for Romney? Krauthammer, Newt & Lyin’ for Mitt

January 30, 2012January 29, 2012 2012, Advanced Systems, Apollo Program, Destroying NASA, George W. Bush, Gingrich, GOP POTUS, MAIN PAGE, Romney

“Fifty years ago, Kennedy opened the New Frontier. Obama has just shut it.” Charles Krauthammer One of the reasons those of us who are

To the Moon & Mars!

January 26, 2012January 25, 2012 2012, Advanced Systems, Apollo Program, Gingrich, GOP POTUS, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, Romney, SPACE

“The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.” Ronald Reagan Do you have a loved one who has had their

Hillary Working on Grandiose Idea

January 23, 2012January 21, 2012 Advanced Systems, Hillary Clinton, MAIN PAGE, NASA, Newt Gingrich

If this were Newt Gingrich, we would be hearing what how absurd and grandiose he is being. He would be called irrational, Newt Skywalker,

Why We Need Newt – A Vision for the Future

January 3, 2012January 2, 2012 2012, Advanced Systems, Destroying NASA, George W. Bush, Gingrich, GOP POTUS, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, Romney

The Chinese plan to go to the moon. George W. Bush had a ambitious plan that would put us there in about 8 years.

When the Right Has a Sci-Tech Candidate – the Left Laughs!

December 16, 2011December 15, 2011 2012, Advanced Systems, Gingrich, GOP POTUS, ISS, MAIN PAGE, NASA, Private Space Systems, Romney, SCIENCE, SPACE

We finally have a GOP candidate who is a tried and true techie. His science works. He knows his stuff. What does the left

Space Balls, the President

December 12, 2011December 11, 2011 Advanced Systems, Barack Obama, Destroying NASA, ISS, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, SPACE

One of the reason The Pink Flamingo fears the “harmonic conversion” of liberals and libertarians is the abject destruction of NASA. There are some

Newt’s Cure for America: Space to Grow

December 12, 2011December 11, 2011 2012, Advanced Systems, Destroying NASA, Gingrich, GOP POTUS, ISS, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, Romney, SPACE

The Pink Flamingo has been waiting a long time for this. I have spent the past 31 years of my life advocating for this

UPDATED: Why I Want Newt

December 11, 2011December 11, 2011 Advanced Systems, Gingrich, GOP POTUS, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, Romney, SPACE 1

UPDATE: Last night during the debate, Mitt Romney proved he doesn’t know much about science books. “…Asked where he and Gingrich differed, Romney said,

I’m Just Sick and Tired of It All!

November 19, 2011November 17, 2011 2012, Advanced Systems, Destroying NASA, Gingrich, GOP POTUS, Idiot Conservatives, Laura Ingraham, MAIN PAGE, Michael Medved, NASA, NASA History, Newt Gingrich, Perry, Romney, Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, SPACE, Third Party Losers

Would someone please explain to The Pink Flamingo why being a lobbyist is now something that should disqualify Newt? Why is being a lobbyist

Oh, That Lovely Bridge in Brooklyn Is on the Market Again

September 15, 2011September 14, 2011 Advanced Systems, Democratic Party, Destroying NASA, Idiot Conservatives, Libertarians, NASA, Obama Administration, Republicans, Third Party Losers

If you believe those lovely and adorable losertarian, tea party pandering prostitutes in the House are going to authorize a new heavy lift launch

How’z That Commercial Space Thingie Working Out for You?

September 3, 2011September 2, 2011 Advanced Systems, Destroying NASA, MAIN PAGE, NASA, Obama Administration, Private Space Systems

Please pardon The Pink Flamingo for being a little late on the uptake here. Barack Obama has repeatedly proven that he’s a big government

The Great Libertarian Lie About Private Space Systems

July 25, 2011July 22, 2011 Advanced Systems, Destroying NASA, Idiot Conservatives, ISS, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Obama Administration, Private Space Systems, Russian Space Program, STS, Tea Party Patriots, Third Party Losers 5

And so they cut. They shred, and they destroy. The Pink Flamingo is well aware that we live in a world where there are

You Know That Hitching a Ride to the Space Station?

July 24, 2011July 22, 2011 Advanced Systems, Barack Obama, Destroying NASA, George W. Bush, ISS, John McCain, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, STS

“As president, I’ll make our space program a priority again by devoting the attention and resources needed to not only inspire the world with

UPDATED: The Really Dirty Truth About the Shuttle Program

July 23, 2011July 23, 2011 Advanced Systems, Destroying NASA, ISS, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, Russian Space Program, STS

“As president, I’ll make our space program a priority again by devoting the attention and resources needed to not only inspire the world with