On 12 Feb 2005 at 2:19, Randall Clague wrote:
> At 12:35 PM 2/10/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >INTRODUCING A BILL TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF COMMERCIAL SPACE FLIGHT -- HON.
> >JAMES L. OBERSTAR (Extensions of Remarks - February 08, 2005)
> >
> >I've got a real bad feeling about this...
>
> Try to get a transcript of the Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I)
> Committee hearing from Wednesday. I missed it, but everyone I talked to
> about it said Administrator Blakey was magnificent. (Patti Grace Smith's
> description of her as a forward-leaning Administrator is literally correct.
> Most bureaucrats, when they are verbally attacked by a Congressman, lean
> back to answer, as if to surrender or give ground. Marion Blakey leaned
> forward, and fired right back.) She explained to Mr. Oberstar that the T&I
> Committee does not have jurisdiction over suborbital flight, because it is
> not transportation.
>
> She also told the AST Forecast Conference audience Thursday morning that
> we're not doing all this work so our children can go to space. We're doing
> this for *us*. So *we* can go. Man, she GETS it! And so does Secretary
> Mineta, and so does Chairman Calvert.
>
> Yeah, it was a good week.
>
I have the transcripts and will study them over the next few days. Just
from a quick scan-through, I am cautiously optimistic about Cong.
Boehlert's comments. The witnesses from industry did good, although Lou
Gomez' document looks cheesy (probably because it was converted from PPT to
PDF by someone clueless.)
Chris
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