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• Commented on Webb Troubles Continue

  "If something goes wrong, as with the Galileo's antenna,..." The most likely cause of Galileo's antenna problem was failure of the lubricant on the deployment drive mechanism. The spacecraft went into extended storage after the Challenger disaster much longer than...

• Commented on House Gets Firm With NASA Over Data Request

  According to the National Aeronautics and Space Act, NASA is "under the supervision and direction of the President". Congress can make all the "demands" it wants to. They are not the boss of NASA....

• Commented on White House Responds To Congress on FY 2011 Budget

  "What happens first, a man rating for Falcon 9 or a public revolt against sending hundreds of millions in hard currency to Russia for rides in a can?" NASA astronauts are already Soyuz to go to the ISS. Two just...

• Commented on Sen. Nelson Attempts To Formulate a Compromise

  Now that Nelson has thrown in the towel, I don't see how anyone can think that Constellation will somehow survive into FY2011. And if HLV goes ahead next year as he proposes, it won't take long for the same NASA...

• Commented on Looming Job Losses

  Once again, we see the only justification for continuing with the Constellation program coming down to keeping pork barrel jobs in Alabama, Florida, and Texas....

• Commented on Falcon 9 Reaction

  While watching the live video feed of the launch, I was sickened by the contingent of Constellation huggers in the side bar chat who continually wished for a failure today. Now go out and get a real job, you slackers!...

• Commented on Impact Of Space Policy Changes Becoming Clear

  People think that KSC is the only game in town. It's not. The European spaceport in French Guiana will soon be launching Soyuz spacecraft with cosmonauts (as early as 2010), and I see no reason why a US commercial human...

• Commented on Huntsville and Houston On The Hill

  It's refreshing to see the union being honest about the true purpose of the the Constellation program. Science, schmience. Preserve those high-paying, pork barrel jobs at all costs! Yeah, that's the ticket....

• Commented on Story Musgrave Thinks That The ISS is "an ungodly sin"

  Musgrave is correct. The ISS is a white elephant with little scientific value. The money wasted on it and the Shuttle missions to supply it could have been better used for a bee swarm of robotic science missions to all...

• Commented on NASA To Participate in Toyota Accelerator Probe

  This entire investigation is a political "dog and pony show" to appease the general public's demand that their government do something - anything - on this matter. If one objectively looks at the facts and statistics, Toyota vehicles have not...

• Commented on NASA Procurement Pays Gourmet Prices for Hotel Snack Food

  "We are required to interact with the public through the science community, public media, and educators at conferences to inform on the results of our investigations." If a NASA Engineer is too busy doing his real job and doesn't have...

• Commented on NASA Procurement Pays Gourmet Prices for Hotel Snack Food

  I thought attendance at conferences by NASA employees had been canceled due to the budget crisis. When did this get turned back on? And how many of the Goddard Space Flight Center (just a short drive from Baltimore) people spent...

• Commented on Nelson Meets Obama and Biden; Topic: Space

  People who were counting on Nelson to draw a line in the sand over Constellation need to re-think their strategy. Whatever is coming down the pipe for HSF, it will be what the President wants it to be....

• Commented on OSTP Space <strike>Summit</Strike> Conference Update

  The Constellation program is/was not viable with the budget constraints imposed on it. The only way to even stand a chance of reducing the "gap" is to gut all other programs from NASA, since Congress is not going to increase...

• Commented on Daily Space Policy Reaction

  "...conduct a 30-day study that would find ways within NASA's proposed $19 billion budget to 'ensure uninterrupted, independent U.S. human space flight access,' according to a letter outlining their request." I'll save them the time and money of the study:...

• Commented on Orion Under Siege

  First, it was "Apollo on steroids". Then it was "Apollo on vitamins". Now they are looking at "Apollo on Geritol". What's next?...

• Commented on New NASA Online Calendar Is Totally Confusing

  Keith, I don't know what you are complaining about. If you don't behave yourself and stop your incessant whining about NASA errors, there won't be any presents for you under that Merlinpeen bush on the 32nd of Flurmuary....

• Commented on A Wet Moon Is Hot Once Again

  "...whereby it would place a lander on the Moon in 1,000 days - once approved." Keith, this is a NASA program. MSL will take a thousand days and $400 million just to fix some bad motors. You are obviously incorrect...

• Commented on USA: Looking For Ways To Hang On

  "This really about protecting our rates to be competitive for future follow on work." Follow on work? USA was formed and awarded the contract to process the Shuttle against the strong objections of NASA. Do you think they are going...