RE: [meteorite-list] Fwd: The Next Five Big NASA Failures [Editorial]

2004-11-16 Thread mark ford
Interesting editorial. What people often forget though is that space exploration is still primarily about military technology and politics. It's a lot easier to get funding for 'a science survey mission' than a 'new spy camera technology mission'... One wonders how the current ( slightly

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: The Next Five Big NASA Failures [Editorial]

2004-11-16 Thread Francis Graham
Bob Verish's forward does have some good critiques about NASA. One book of NASA critique is Lost in Space: The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age by Greg Klerkx (Pantheon Press), now available for $6.95 from Edward Hamilton, bookseller, Falls Village CT 06031. (+ $3.50 SH of course!)