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• Commented on SpaceX's Secret Sauce

  RC, You do not know me so please don't make silly ad hominim attacks. Your response is another example of cheerleading. Give it a rest....

• Commented on SpaceX's Secret Sauce

  I hope Elon succeeds beyond his wildest dreams. But hope is not a plan. The senior manager that talked about the nth flight had it right. If SpaceX has a failure, can they bounce back? Elon has stated to Congress...

• Commented on NASA's Perception of Size and Commerce

  I checked your math and you are wrong. $75,000,000/250=$300,000 per job. No civil servant gets that much. Editor's note. You are right, no civil servant gets that much. But many make over $100,000. In addition to their salary, add in...

• Commented on Space Commerce: NASA Changes Its Mind - Again

  There was not enough info presented at the webcast for the judgements that all the posters are making here. Therefore I offer this to you from the movie "Bill Madison": "Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the...

• Commented on SLS: A Rarely Flown Rocket to Nowhere?

  So for 38 billion, which is 3.8 billion per year until 2021, we can man rate shuttle hardware like SRBs, SSMEs, and extended ET AND get the MPCV manrated!!! What a bargain!!!. I mean it is not like any of...

• Commented on Dear NASA Folks: Show Up For Work, Please

  This article confirms my suspicion. It seems the President had all agencies send the same political message. Man it sucks being right so often. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/what-administration-telling-troops_577837.html...

• Commented on Dear NASA Folks: Show Up For Work, Please

  My original post on this thread was meant to highlight how this administration has politicized NASA. Somehow it descended into us all fighting the previous battle. Sorry folks but Shuttle is over. I worked on it for 20+ years and...

• Commented on Dear NASA Folks: Show Up For Work, Please

  terrapinjim, You and I clearly disagree over who caused this mess. That is fine. But can you honestly read this release and not see the politics in it? I have never seen NASA be this political. In the grand scheme...

• Commented on Dear NASA Folks: Show Up For Work, Please

  So disappointing. Another politically motivated document disguised as official communication. "Congress is debating how to meet its obligations" and "The President expects congress to do its jobs" are 2 statements that are clearly meant to place the blame at congress's...

• Commented on Official NASA Shuttle Talking Points

  I know the history of shuttle. I worked on it for 20+ years. Here is quote from Mr. Coats memo: "The Bush Administration in 2004 made the decision to end the Space Shuttle program. President Obama extended the program's life...

• Commented on Official NASA Shuttle Talking Points

  All facts or lack thereof aside, why is Mr. Coats doing electioneering for President Obama? He is NOT a political appointee but a career civil servant subject to Hatch Act restrictions. The overall message of "It's all Bush's fault" is...

• Commented on President Obama Announces "Capture the Flag" in Space

  bassplayinben, Note that I said "debt crises" not vote to increase debt. My point is that this president is clueless on this topic and his standard answers are boring. Thank goodness we only have less than 16 months before the...

• Commented on NASA KSC's Office Chair Failure Analysis Team In Action

  I work at KSC and this is embarrassing. Maybe we should issue a GIDEP alert....

• Commented on President Obama Announces "Capture the Flag" in Space

  This will be a great phone call...."Dear ISS astronauts, I regret to inform you but due to the debt crises, which I totally ignored until 2 weeks ago, the space station must be abandoned because those evil Republicans want tax...

• Commented on Leaping Above The Sky One Last Time

  Well said Keith. I work at KSC and the hardest part is not the ending of the Shuttle but the total lack of communication from HQ on what the long range plan is to get us back to space. Beyond...

• Commented on House Appropriations Committee Targets NASA for Deep Budget Cut

  Yes elections have consequences. When you vote for an administration that increases our national debt to the point this one has, then something gets cut. Funny how the science folks on this blog seem to think that their programs should...

• Commented on Where You Stand Depends On Where You Sit

  For all of you NASA haters, Mike Leinbach was not whining. If any of you knew him, and I suspect many who read this do, then a whiner is the last thing that Mike Leinbach is. He was just stating...

• Commented on 2011 Spending Bill Update

  "Who the hell are you to question Gen. Bolden's ethics? Disgusting." My guess is that JonathanN is a taxpayer and space program supporter who is sick and tired of Gen. Bolden testifying to Congress and not having any answers. Furthermore,...

• Commented on NASA's Official Shutdown Plan

  This entire shutdown process has served as a great microcosm to show truly how lame our NASA HQ management has become in this administration. At my work location, we got formal instructions on what the furlough meant to us and...

• Commented on Bolden, Congress, and HLVs

  Excellent post SpaceZ. I would like to add to your message for all of those sticking it out for STS-134 and 135. Not only should you finish strong, but finish with your heads held high. Many years from now, people...

• Commented on women.nasa.gov is Online

  There was a time for this...about 30 years ago when women did not study math/science in college. I have been in the space business for almost 30 years. In that time, I have had several exceptional supervisors who were women,...

• Commented on NASA Statement on Astrobiology Paper by Richard Hoover

  I hope this is not too far off topic. All of the supporters of Mr. Hoover seem to just toss aside the normal peer review that should be done before publishing something of this magnitude that was financed by the...

• Commented on ATK (Apparently) Does Not Need NASA Money For Liberty [Update]

  What is the difference between ATK using an SRB paid for by NASA and someone else proposing use of Atlas V which was paid for by USAF? I am not making a judgement on either launch vehicle, but you need...

• Commented on Bolden's Tenure: A Disturbance In The Force?

  I can see where this is headed when a confidential administration source is quoted. Mr. Bolden's days as NASA chief are numbered. Regardless of his intentions, he will be the scapegoat for this administration. This way Obama saves face when...

• Commented on Should Congress Design the Next Big Booster?

  Gaaaare you wrote "Do you really think that Barack Obama, the President of the United States of America, actually sat down at his desk, collected his thoughts, and developed this plan? Do you think any modern presidents have personally developed...

• Commented on Should Congress Design the Next Big Booster?

  RC, I seem to have struck a nerve here. Tell me who the great minds are that Obama consulted when he made this "bold" plan up? What does my position on taxes have to do with my comments? Are you...

• Commented on Should Congress Design the Next Big Booster?

  Flash001, I hate to ask but are you even an American citizen? Do you know anything about the Constitution? Your questions lead me to believe that you have NO idea of Congress's role. They can write into the authorization bill...

• Commented on Which "Compromise" Will Prevail?

  Keith and Frank, I hate to say this but I knew this Whitehouse would not carry through with their plans. I had a huge issue with their plan from the beginning when there really was no plan just a hodgepodge...

• Commented on Full Draft Text of House NASA Authorization Legislation

  Papa you are so wrong stating "And it's certainly not up to Congress to make such a technical judgment." This is NOT a technical discussion anymore. Cx could get us a heavy lift, shuttle derived can get us heavy lift,...

• Commented on Full Draft Text of House NASA Authorization Legislation

  After reading this bill and associated stories it is now clear that President Obama, the hero to almost all Cx haters, has shown no interest or leadership since February 1 on this issue. His "plan" was no such thing. It...