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• Commented on NASA IT Summit Day 2

  The previous three comments pretty much sum up the three world views usually present here at NW. Dreamer, elite and advocate. Keith, they just make it up as they go. It's what leadership has degenerated into these days....

• Commented on Video: Think Big Picture - For Just a Moment

  Holy crap, that gave me chill bumps! Thanks, I forgot I cared....

• Commented on The Cape Week in Review - Next F9 Launch Announced, Discovery Prepped for STS-133

  "NASA has to operate in an open environment where any little problem is well reported." Are you serious? "Reported" to who? Mulloy? Ham?...

• Commented on Here We Go Again: Do More With Less

  Les, They way it works now is the more you pay for the oats, the more times it's been through the horse....

• Commented on Here We Go Again: Do More With Less

  Someone, please tell me that this isn't just back to square one with a different target vehicle and no real objective. Not to mention an insanely compressed schedule. Ares I was initially supposed to be shuttle derived. Where was the...

• Commented on White House/ Senate Compromise Reaction

  I agree on both your points. The same rot that resulted in the degradation of NASAs real vehicle design capabilities at other centers will have set in at KSC. By the time they have something to launch, ALL of the...

• Commented on White House/ Senate Compromise Reaction

  Sorry Aerin, but the R&D types are the ones being pushed out the door. A NASA lab could develop a warp engine tomorrow and it would be shut down at the end of September because it doesn't fit with the...

• Commented on White House/ Senate Compromise Reaction

  I think I completely agree with your analysis. However, I cannot understand the last sentence. "When the RECURRING by PLAN uses up all the foreseen funding, and the funding is likely to decline too, we have abdicated planning to doing,...

• Commented on UDPATE: Obama DID NOT "Charge" Bolden To Do Muslim Country Outreach

  Frank, While you are silent, others are talking: http://tinyurl.com/3y228xz This just won't go away yet. I hope that it doesn't go away until all the "new plan" cheerleaders figure out that they are a bunch of rubes. This administration is...

• Commented on Senate Rejects Obama's Space Plan

  Nelson has as much concern for his constituents as the rest of the soon to be lame ducks in congress. Interesting times ahead for us as our fellow Arab planet dwellers have said. NASA is just trading in the station...

• Commented on The Grand Master of Foot-In-Mouth Speaks

  Mike just says this stuff to screw with Keith. No one else cares what he says anymore....

• Commented on On Orbit Photo Caption Needed

  Hey guys, no more HAL jokes, hokay?...

• Commented on State Department Officials Afraid To Use Real Names When Talking About Space Policy

  Frank, This is an example of what some of us have been saying for a while. The "new plan" that some here are so enamored with is really no plan at all. Just keep the money flowing and all will...

• Commented on Has China Been Formally Invited to Join the ISS Program? (Another Update)

  So, it could (will) come down to a bidding war (extortion) between the US and China for Russian seats. Perfect. Do you think the Chinese would like to stick it to us? America, get ready for the "Humiliation Decade"....

• Commented on More Commentary on Constellation Closeout

  Sadly, I'm with you ex. When you add in the corruption, both legal and ethical, it pushed me over the line a while ago. I really don't have much to say about it anymore....

• Commented on Looming Job Losses

  At the end of Apollo there were at least four suicides outside the KSC gate. KSC NASA folks were pretty disappointed in the lack of fireworks on Friday. They wanted a chance to "help" the "amateurs". Now, there's not much...

• Commented on SpaceX Preps for Falcon 9 Launch

  Gee, you guys think the weather could be a factor? The field mills are going to be working overtime tomorrow. Spacex and the Range are getting to know one another and it's not going well for Elon. Elon needs to...

• Commented on NRC on NASA Labs: Not A Pretty Picture

  Sorry, WORKING hardware just does not appear out of thin air or from a ProE station manned by a associate designer. The real design process is iterative. Design, test, then "back to the drawing board". Not to mention supporting the...

• Commented on NRC on NASA Labs: Not A Pretty Picture

  NASA CxP Program Manager: "Labs? There are STILL labs? Where have they been hiding them? I thought you told we that we stole all their money years ago? You need to get down there and find out what those useless...

• Commented on ESMD Gets Back To Basics

  Keith, I have been wondering what Steidle has to say about the current state of affairs. Please review my past posts regarding this mater. ex_navy also chimed in. An interesting subject (to me) was being discussed in a dying thread....

• Commented on Griffin: Obama Space Policy = Drivel

  LH2 is a bitch. Even worse now with all the government "Safety" requirements to even order it, let alone test something that uses it. You need a standing army of properly equipped and trained observers in a secure area with...

• Commented on Welcome to Scott Horowitz's Parallel Universe

  It's easy not to change direction when your not going anywhere. NASA is no longer at the forefront of a noble endevor. It hasn't been for a long time. NASA has it's snout buried deep in the trough and is...

• Commented on No Hot Meals at GSFC

  Noel, It started here: http://nasawatch.com/archives/2010/04/bolden-update-t.html#comment-33175 Everyone is welcome....

• Commented on No Hot Meals at GSFC

  Noel ex_navy and I started a discussion about the military procurement process in another thread recently. I think that this is a worthy topic at this juncture. Please look it up and comment if you so desire. Time to reboot...

• Commented on Guenter Wendt

  What a grand old man. Truely, an enormously larger than life character....

• Commented on Bolden Update Today

  "NASA's problem isn't technology, it's people and culture." Yes. Hey ex, I'm too depressed right now to think clearly. There's a lot of crap going down here but I wanted to get back to you before this thread goes bye-bye....

• Commented on Bolden Update Today

  Excellent observation! From your perspective can you compare and contrast the military systems development process to NASAs? Does it reflect on a civilian vs. military relationship with Congress or what? What is the fundamental differentiator? Note that the major contractors...

• Commented on Bolden Update Today

  Thanks folks, the rumor mill is out of control. It always is in times like this. Pretty nasty rumor though. Still might be true....

• Commented on Bolden Update Today

  Somethings up....

• Commented on One KSC Worker's Perspective on The President's Visit

  The signal to noise ratio is always high when your not tuned in. KSC is far from a cartoon world, although it's headed in that direction. The "heros" of the Secret Service are not being shown the door. We used...