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• Commented on NASA's New Strategy: Close Its Reference Libraries

  Hobart, I agree with you when it comes to journal papers, or at least those published in the last couple of decades. I can search for these online, and then download those that are relevant. There's really no justification for...

• Commented on NASA's New Strategy: Close Its Reference Libraries

  "Well, you know, it seems that would be really easy to find out. In the best tradition of investigative journalism, why don't you just give them a call?" Your reply wasn't directed at me, but I spoke to a staff...

• Commented on NPOESS in Space (Finally)

  I agree that the name is terrible, but this uninspired choice is NOAA's doing, not NASA's....

• Commented on The NPOESS "Headache" Just Got Worse

  Please just make sure that the procurement professionals you hire to replace the engineers don't come from the DoD -- these were the same people that procured toilet seats at the bargain rate of $600 each. On a more serious...

• Commented on women.nasa.gov is Online

  I generally dislike these sorts of federally-funded non-white-male-group-specific celebratory events for a host of reasons, but rather than elaborating on these let me just point out the unsolicited reactions of my teenage daughter and her friend (also a girl) when...

• Commented on Justice Department Ignorance of NASA Security

  Most of the work NASA does has national security implications? I think not. Among the thousands of astronomers and earth scientists and related support contractors spread across the different NASA centers I doubt there are many that do such work....

• Commented on Why is NASA Sticking Its Nose Into Canadian Energy Policy?

  "The US per capita energy usage and energy wastage is the highest around..." This sounded a little fishy to me because I just don't think that Americans are that different from Canadians (no offense intended to citizens of either country!),...

• Commented on Yet Another (Flawed) NASA Employee Survey That Will Soon Be Ignored

  "...Survey for civil service staff..." While I think this survey is a complete waste of time and tax dollars, I note that once again HQ is excluding all on-site contractors from a NASA-wide survey. Please explain to me, Mr. Bolden,...

• Commented on Do These Words Still Work?

  "...I can attest that the Department of Defense is far more efficient and competent then NASA or any other government agency." Wow - I must respectfully but vigorously disagree. (And for the record, I have been employed as a contractor...

• Commented on Do These Words Still Work?

  Starjock wrote: During the past 40 years NASA has grown into just another inefficient government bureaucracy... Thank God that our country's Military Space, and the Space activity of other non-NASA government agencies, are separate from NASA. Are you actually suggesting...