tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post2412260831097441572..comments2023-07-14T07:42:45.273-05:00Comments on Beam Me Up - Science & Science Fiction news: Air Force's Scare-Mongering Space Ad - Fear Mongering at its Best!Beam Me Uphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-69293560813430079902008-05-14T13:41:00.000-05:002008-05-14T13:41:00.000-05:00WEll the Russian launch hysteria was at least base...WEll the Russian launch hysteria was at least based in some reality. I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to that first launch, but when Uri went up, everyone I knew went wild. In both cases you could look up and see the problem, it was in some part real and the reaction pulled us out of our comfort zone and forced us to compete on a world stage. This newest event is just the opposite, how toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-11290320078676859802008-05-11T17:03:00.000-05:002008-05-11T17:03:00.000-05:00(I was not around at the time) but the level of un...(I was not around at the time) but the level of uninformed hysteria in the article does seem reminiscent of that which surrunded the appearance of Sputnik in orbit, some half century ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com