Washington Budgeting, not NASA
thinking, is what led us to having to rely on a 30 year old space
shuttle for human transport.
Cutting NASA is how you punish Houston and Texas for not voting for
Obama. Of course, the Houston Comical won't come right out and say
that, they endorsed him.
Pay to Play, it's the Chicago way.
David
"A
pleasant natural environment is a good - a luxury good, philosophical
good, a moral goody-good, a good time for all. Whatever, we want it. If
we want something, we should pay for it, with our labor or our cash. We
shouldn't beg it, steal it, sit around wishing for it, or euchre the
government into taking it by force."--P.
J. O’Rourke
On 2/28/2010 4:24 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote:
Hi Billy,
We have seen what NASA can do. Hubble. Spitzer. The Mars
rovers ( still operational
several years after their 3 month expiration dates.
All unmanned missions, which last I checked were unaffected.
An international space station which is fully functional with
much promise for the future.
Built largely by the Russians, and currently eight years behind
schedule:
Your point about NASA competence being what, exactly?
The next logical step is colonization of the Moon and eventual
human flight to Mars.
That may well be true. But NASA thinking is what led us to having to
rely on a *30* year-old space shuttle for human space transport.
Look, NASA did a fantastic job on the moon, and does a fantastic
job on unmanned space flight. But human space travel at NASA is a mess,
which is wh
I agree Bush's vision was a great one, and I am sad that it was
lost. But it is a mitigated disaster. When, I dunno, President Jenna
Bush take's up her father's legacy in 2020, it may well be wise for her
to adopt a more lean/Silicon Valley approach vs. the
military-industrial megalith of the current NASA.
-- Ernie P.
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