K11 Owners Group

[Roy S.]

My better Half and I were at the launch yesterday... Very impressive!




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1993 K1100LT/On going project
1990 K75rt
1991 K75s
LURKER at LARGE

[rydor]

Lucky dog!!!

[John Clauss]

When I was in college in West Chester, PA I read about a Saturday morning launch. My buddy and I decded to drive down and watch it. So we took Friday off, drove down, slept in the car and got up to see the launch and then drove home, Silly thing to do, but still glad that I got the experience.
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1997 K1100LT
1975 R75/6

It will bring you so close to nausea, it will make you sick! - Big Al

[Off the grid]

Cool and all, but I can't see a multi-million dollar launch when 10% of the country is out of work (and rising), healthcare costs are out of control, our mortality rates for cancer/diabetes/obesity is off the charts.......


.....and we are launching rockets?

Stay classy, America.
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Bane of your existence since July 2006
2007 Triumph Tiger ABS. "Sabertooth"
2009 Husqvarna TE610. "The dirty Italian mistress"

[Roy S.]

I’m bias… My Better Half works for NASA and I hear a lotta good.
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1993 K1100LT/On going project
1990 K75rt
1991 K75s
LURKER at LARGE

[Off the grid]

I'm glad the Mrs has a job, but launching rockets with the problems our nation currently faces seems a bit fubared with the priority list, no?
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Bane of your existence since July 2006
2007 Triumph Tiger ABS. "Sabertooth"
2009 Husqvarna TE610. "The dirty Italian mistress"

[Roy S.]

http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/
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1993 K1100LT/On going project
1990 K75rt
1991 K75s
LURKER at LARGE

[Roy S.]

I'm very comfortable exploring the possibilities for future generations along with the price tag.
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1993 K1100LT/On going project
1990 K75rt
1991 K75s
LURKER at LARGE

[Roy S.]

[ulm210]

[quote="Roy S."]
I'm very comfortable exploring the possibilities for future generations along with the price tag.[/quote]

So then you are a big supporter of the large investment required for alternative energy in relation to the small immediate return... right?

[jpberens1994K1100RS]

Lot's of stuff going up on those rockets is good stuff, sent up there to keep our daily routine just that, routine.

Communication satellites

Atmospheric & Weather monitoring equipment

National security equipment

NASA has been put on a short short lease by the admin and the current state of financial affairs. That's OK, needs to be monitored.
Sure, there's a lot of stuff that COULD be cut from the budget, and when the chips are down, and we have friends, family, neighbors out of work. Hungry, can't pay the bills, have cancer, dying of diseases still yet without a cure. Energy future resources dwindling and uncertain, you name it.
Times are tough, getting tougher, are we strong enough?
I for one hope & pray that as a country we'll still have the resources to retain & employ the people whom make so many of the things we take for granted still possible.
Damn hard to judge where & what we should spend money on to help insure what we have today, we'll have tomorrow.
Takes smarter people than I.
But, if you've ever had the opportunity to experience a launch, to feel the ground rumble, hear the deafening roar, and begin to grasp the science and technology involved in the end result, well, I dare say it may make you feel proud too.
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1993 K1100RS that I'd rather be riding FAST!
2014 Moto Guzzi Norge

[Roy S.]