Thursday, December 24, 2015

Sugar Plums, Fairies, or Russian RD-180 Rocket Motors

We know you're wanting those rocket motors because too much marzipan turns your brain into cake icing.  McCain is bent sideways because United Space Alliance (i.e. Boeing and Lockheed Martin) is proceeding with purchase of a number of Russian RD-180 rocket motors for their launch vehicles.  (RT:  McCain sees red as US gives green light for Russian RD-180 rocket engines order)

(Ed:  you can't even muster a little Christmas spirit?)

We have plenty of Christmas spirit ... but ... look around you.  This is a fookin' blog.  How much Christmas would you expect to find.

(Ed:  a lot!)

Fair enough, Tiny Tim.  Have some marzipan.



John McCain is like the Steve Harvey of Washington except he hardly ever gets anything right but his observation on this one is accurate insofar as Boeing and Lockheed have been getting their rocket motors for launch of Department of Defense satellites for years.

(Ed:  U.S. defense contractors are getting their rocket motors from Russia?)

It's true, matey.  Rest easy, tho.  It's America ... it's not supposed to make sense.

Note:  we suspect John McCain did not get enough marzipan as a kid and that's why he turned out so mean.

(Ed:  he was a POW in Vietnam)

Yah, of course he was.  He's also been sending other kids to war ever since.  Fuck 'im.


Now if you're askin' where does Elon Musk get his rocket motors, let's get it clear from the top he makes them himself at SpaceX.  Everything Elon Musk shoots off into space was made in the good old U.S. of A. and, what's more, he does more innovative stuff with it than Boeing or Lockheed ever did.  Achievement of a soft landing for a launch booster some days ago by SpaceX after a production launch had never previously been accomplished by any commercial launch team.

Note:  Jeff Bezos and his team accomplished a soft landing of a booster not so long ago and it was a great performance but it wasn't at the level of the SpaceX launch which confirmed absolutely the ability to recover a launch vehicle after a production launch.


The reason we're amused by John McCain is there are multiple sanctions against Russia ... but ... they're dropped whenever any defense contractor comes up with any wanker exception, as you see with Boeing and Lockheed.  We don't support sanctions because they have somewhat less efficacy than a high school girl fight in which the only major objective is for one girl to humiliate the other girl by pulling off her shirt.  As some may have noticed, Putin doesn't care if anyone pulls off his shirt because, well, he's hotter than you are.

(Ed:  he's hotter than you too, bitch!)

Nah, I'm beautiful with the Galaxy Guitar.  Putin plays piano (sort of) but he can't shake that groove-makin' thang like I can shake the Galaxy Guitar.  Ha!

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