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• Commented on Juno Leaves Earth On A Trip To Jupiter

  JPL/CalTech has a stranglehold on Mars missions. JPL is or is not a part of NASA when it is convenient for them. I can't think of a recent mission to Mars where they were not in charge from Day 1....

• Commented on Juno Leaves Earth On A Trip To Jupiter

  Clearly you don't understand how NASA SMD science missions are selected. Discovery, Mars Scout, and New Frontiers missions are PI led and competitively selected by SMD. JPL has to compete along with everyone else and generally it is the PI...

• Commented on Where Is The Solar Electric Propulsion BAA?

  Because the ~$600K study (assuming multiple awards under the $2M dollar bucket) a team gets is not the prize. The inside track to the $200-$300M flight demo is. AM Swallow: Boeing has been under contract to DARPA for the past...

• Commented on Where Is The Solar Electric Propulsion BAA?

  Rumor has it that this is wired for Boeing. Maybe the BAA language wasn't to Boeing's liking and GRC is rewriting....

• Commented on Updated Current Discovery Mission Proposal Summaries

  Seeing that you are a Ball employee, I can understand the bitterness. Must be tough to lose every round. Unfortunately you also don't appear to understand the selection process. The missions are chosen based on the strength of the science...

• Commented on Using Existing Rockets for Future Human Exploration

  I don't see any indication that LM is proposing to invest their own money in a lunar far-side mission. There is no economic payback for doing so. I do see this as part of a larger effort to put a...

• Commented on More Plutonium 238 Production Pressure

  Pu-238 is fissionable but requires an outside source of high energy neutrons and thus cannot sustain a chain reaction. Pu-239 is a fissile material (hence its use in nuclear weapons) which means it can sustain a chain reaction. What makes...

• Commented on Orion Starts Test Phase

  "LockMart still doesn't get it. They're not building a capsule but are over-milking a cow til it falls over and dies. They have no launch vehicle that can even lift their capsule plus payload plus launch escape system." What an...

• Commented on Here Come The Layoffs

  I don't think I would characterize Oler in that fashion. A policy wanna-be maybe. I have to admit that NASA HSF is a complete waste even though I have many friends and co-workers who are involved. Where I diverge from...

• Commented on New NASA Policy = Higher USAF Launch Costs?

  taka2k7 - I take it you have proof that ULA is ripping off the US Govt.? Would you mind sharing that information for the benefit of the rest of us?...