How did the current administration spend all the money? How much did the last one piss away in Iraq and Afghanistan? Enough to have a manned base on the moon and Mars:) Michael
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2013, at 11:52 AM, Adam Hupe <[email protected]> wrote: > An example of our wonderful ineffective government serving its citizenship. > This is the worst "leadership" I have ever witnessed. They should take the > money fleeced from the public to write worthless new BLM laws and to pay for > the "Affordable Healthcare Act?" and apply it to science. At least we will > get some kind of a return in technology. Science and education are two areas > that should be funded and not adding government jobs to oversee worthless > programs. > > > Manned space flight will something that our grand children will only be able > to dream about because the current administration spent all of their money > and probably several generations that will follow. Future generations will > have the outrageous burden of paying for the current administrations out of > control spending. > > > At least a drunken sailor blows his own money while in port, not the > over-taxed taxpayers' funds. Of course they could print more money forcing us > into hyperinflation. Wait a minute, this is already happening. > > > Best Regards my fellow comrades, > > > Adam > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carl Agee <[email protected]> > To: meteoritelist meteoritelist <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:28 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Postponement of the 8th International Mars > Conference to 2014 > > As the "Sequestration" starts to propagate... > > Carl Agee > > > -- > Carl B. Agee > Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics > Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences > MSC03 2050 > University of New Mexico > Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 > > Tel: (505) 750-7172 > Fax: (505) 277-3577 > Email: [email protected] > http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Pulliam, Joyce N (6050) <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:40 AM > Subject: Postponement of the 8th International Mars Conference to 2014 > To: > > > Postponement of the 8th International Mars Conference to 2014 > > ________________________________ > > The impacts of sequestration on the Federal budget have led to new travel > policies that severely constrain the participation of NASA center employees, > including JPL, and other government employees (e.g., the U. S. Geological > Survey) in scientific conferences, including the planned 8th International > Mars Conference set for July 15-19 on the Caltech campus. The current > fiscal environment is sufficiently restrictive that we, the organizers of > the conference, have decided to delay the meeting for one year, holding it > instead in June/July of 2014. We sought advice from the MEPAG Executive > Committee, which unanimously concurred with our decision. > > > > We were preparing for a general mailing last Monday when NASA Headquarters > asked us to hold off and consider whether the conference could be hosted > electronically. This was a reasonable request, given recent success for > several meetings held via electronic media. However, after consideration, > we felt that this would not work for the 8th International Conference on > Mars. This series of Mars conferences have at opportune times provided > comprehensive looks at our state of knowledge regarding Mars. They are, by > design (e.g., broad participation, no parallel sessions, and yes a captive > audience in an academic setting) meant to foster cross-disciplinary > discussion, integration and innovation. > > > > Although it was our strong preference to hold the conference this year, the > meeting in 2014 will include even more results from Mars, including > Curiosity’s further exploration of Gale Crater, as the rover will then be > well into the second year of its primary science mission. We have no doubt > that Mars will remain in the news in the coming year, given the ongoing > orbital and surface exploration of the planet, and there could be several > focused workshops or conferences in that time; each needs to decide if an > electronic forum is appropriate. In the meantime, we will work with NASA > over the coming year to obtain its approval for extensive participation by > its researchers, which is vital to the overall success of a conference that > is of the scale of its predecessors. We look forward to a full conference > in June/July 2014 and hope to see you there. > > > > Dan McCleese / Dave Beaty / Rich Zurek > > 8th International Mars Conference conveners > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
