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Commented on Mike Griffin's Lukewarm Support for Stratolaunch
Having Mike Griffin on your team is only a big negative. He's an unpleasant, wishy-washy, knowitall who's always putting his foot in his mouth.... -
Commented on There is Something Amiss with MSL's Drill After All
I thought Mars was self-sterilizing. Just soak that drill in the poisionous atmosphere and radiation laden sunlight should do the trick.... -
Commented on ESA Contact With Phobos-Grunt - Off and On and Off
Do they have a partial launch window too?... -
Commented on Retro NASA Watch
Okay, can someone tell me exactly how Gemini 9 got dirty? Is it really dusty, dirty in space? Wait, it can't be dirty in space! What the heck?... -
Commented on Is Something Wrong With the Drill on MSL? (Update)
Gotta be something wrong with that drill! Launch window closes 18 Dec. NASA can't hide this little secret forever, you're move NASA. Gotta be something wrong with that drill!... -
Commented on Phobos-Grunt Mission Threatened
Still hard to find any new updates, the latest I could find was dated 11 Nov and it looks like the mission is almost certainly lost. http://planetary.org/blog/article/00003257/... -
Commented on Phobos-Grunt Mission Threatened
I'm mildly shocked there haven't been any updates on the fate of Phobos-Grunt during this weekend.... -
Commented on Steve Squyres is the new NASA Advisory Council Chairman
There's no better choice than Steve, a former student of the great Carl Sagan. Congrats Steve!... -
Commented on NASA Astronaut Andy Thomas is Still Bashing China On The Job
Houston, we've got a rogue astronaut problem!... -
Commented on New Astronauts Sought
What happened to the Astronaut that made the Chinese flag stomping slide? Did they can him?... -
Commented on Video: China Uses "America The Beautiful" on Their Space Station Propaganda
It seems to me the stomping on the US Flag slide is just very amateurish, like something an untouchable cocky astronaut would make.... -
Commented on Ron Garan's Earth Gazing - Who Is Actually In Charge of NASA Public Affairs?
Another great pic that seems more like science fiction than real.... -
Commented on NASA Exploration Ideas - With Added China Bashing (Update)
I wish China the best of luck in Space. Same for the Russians and Europeans. Then the people of the U.S. will wake up and see how badly NASA is being mismanaged.... -
Commented on Big Rocket - But Where Will It Go?
There's nothing to get excited about here. First, everyone who follows space long enough realizes the U.S. does not care enough to spend the right amount of money on HSF. It's just too expensive and it's not that high on... -
Commented on SLS Design Unveiled
What is this? Does this version even get out of LEO? There's no way they're going to get this through!... -
Commented on Houston Still Simmers over Shuttle Snub
"He (Charlie) essentially said, 'I care more about foreign tourists than I do about the community who built the shuttle,'" said Rep. Olson. Ahh, I get it. Charlie's charge from the president is to cater to foreign countries. This is... -
Commented on ULA Rocks Juno Launch
Yes, ULA did a great job with this video, especially the music. Kudos also go to NASA for their outstanding Twitter and Facebook pages as well. http://twitter.com/#!/NASAJuno http://www.facebook.com/JunoJupiter... -
Commented on Rejoice Comrades! Glorious Era of Soyuz Begins (Update)
This is a great day for the American space program. The Shuttle is gone and now we have to innovate and compete to get back in space. This is the most exciting time to date!... -
Commented on Mike Griffin was against the Space Shuttle before he was for it
The NASA Admin job is absolutely brutal. They have to resign when a new President is about to be inaugurated, how fun is that? Mike did some great things, like resurrect the Hubble repair mission, and I thank god for... -
Commented on Ed Weiler Thinks Obama's JWST Budget = "Road to Nowhere"
If this baby finally launches and ends up failing will the fallout be survivable? Especially if we end up spending over 6 Billion? OR Let's say we shut it down now and forget about it. Will the fallout be survivable?... -
Commented on NASA is Sitting on Dawn Images Again (Update)
Yeah, there was hardly any announcement over the weekend, no pictures, no video, no interviews. I don't know what happened but somebody dropped the ball. F- I just can't believe this.... -
Commented on Ed Weiler Thinks Obama's JWST Budget = "Road to Nowhere"
Wasn't Cassini supposed to be the last of the Big and overly expensive robotic missions? What happened? It'd be better to cancel this thing to save money then launch it and find out it won't unfurl properly (Galileo) or the... -
Commented on The Road Ahead
I think I've read over a hundred stories like these in the last year and a half. Of course, some written better than others. I feel bad for the folks losing their jobs, I think flying the Shuttle again after... -
Commented on Last Minute Plea To Not Retire Shuttle Fleet
Anyone (especially these guys!)who would make a last minute effort to save the shuttle is living in a far, far, different world than I am.... -
Commented on The Economist Still Is Not Thrilled With Humans in Space
I think after the Shuttle's final launch there will be clearer heads and better ideas to push forward. The Shuttle is an iconic figure in a lot of people lives, it's end will lamented but let's face it, this has... -
Commented on So ... Where Are those Cool Soyuz Fly Around Pix? (Update)
It's the 21st Century and we're still relying on sneaker-net lol.... -
Commented on Stunning ISS Images: Stars Above, Lights Below
Outstanding! The pic with the entire shuttle cargo bay lit up (with DEXTRE working hard in the foreground) is one of my favorite space photo's ever.... -
Commented on Amazing Wide Angle Photos Taken Outside of the Space Station (Updated)
These are awesome photos, I've been wanting to see something like this for a long time. I bet there's a lot of fantastical things NASA does all the time that we don't know about.... -
Commented on Dismantling NASA
The present day NASA is simultaneously too big to fail and too big to succeed.... -
Commented on Scolese: Webb Launch Could Slip to 2022-2024 (Updated)
Wow, I cannot fathom this thing sitting on terra firma until the next decade. I know good things come to those who wait but not this. Better off to cancel the damn thing....