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Commented on Coalition for Space Exploration Contest Winner
Of those three, I think I'd reverse the order.... -
Commented on Stratolaunch Systems Unveiled
From Apollo on steroids to WK2/SS2 on steroids...... -
Commented on NASA Point of "Contact" - Please Don't Call Me
Is hq-nstrf-call@mail.nasa.gov not valid? Editor's note: I guess not. They do not respond to my emails.... -
Commented on Video: Start Your Day With A Cosmic Bang
Pretty. Quite pretty. But I'm missing what it has to do with pounding sand into bureaucratic orifices.... -
Commented on Will The Webb Money Sponge Drain Funds From The Rest of NASA?
Simple solution - merge the programs. Launch Webb fully deployed on an SLS... Redesigning JWST for launch loads couldn't be that hard... Then cancel them together.... -
Commented on NASA and ATK Announcement
SLS would at least start out with the 5-segment boosters.... -
Commented on NRC Report on NASA and Orbital Debris Released
"...numerous meteoroid and orbital debris programs..." Whty would it be more than one? Is it one program per funded mission? Ludicrous if so.... -
Commented on NASA KSC's Office Chair Failure Analysis Team In Action
As noted above, it's a good exercise, using common materials rather than anything exotic. OTOH, if done in response to a lawsuit, then it's a small fraction of the eventual expense.... -
Commented on Houston You Have a Cheese Problem
What sort of sausage? crackers?... -
Commented on Developing the Next Generation of Robots
All that's missing from the pic shown is a human skull in the hand...... -
Commented on Why is JPL Sitting on Dawn Images? (Update: Still Waiting)
Maybe DHS hasn't finished doctoring... ummm... reviewing the pics...... -
Commented on NASA's Next Big Thing
Contractors don't do engineering?... -
Commented on Video: NASTAR Suborbital Scientist Astronaut Training: Full Acceleration Flight Profile Centrifuge Runs
3Gz/6Gx? Really? 6.7 RSS?... -
Commented on NASA Commercial Crew Program Requirements Workshop
Release the Creeping Requirements!... -
Commented on Dick Underwood
Wow. Impressive stats, both during an active life of public service and in retirement.... -
Commented on Airplanes Fueled With NASA Chicken Fat
Does this qualify the obese for fare discounts?... -
Commented on Cheerleaders and Women@NASA
Dudes! It's a chick thing! Just leave it! Seriously - some female scientists & engineers decided to show young women & girls that they didn't have to wear taped-up glasses to join the club, and to have some fun while... -
Commented on NASA 360 is on Hulu.com
Featuring the Langley tunnel & an SR-71. Both decommissioned some time ago.... -
Commented on Wallops Flight Facility Opens "New Era" - But Not On Its Webpage
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/ribbon-cut.html It was there yesterday, although without pics.... -
Commented on NASA New Vision Statement - Not so Popular
To explore and use the heavens for America's benefit.... -
Commented on Citizen Science - Nonstop - For a Century
"Ciizen Science" sounds so .... soviet...... -
Commented on NASA New Vision Statement - Not so Popular
1. It's a truly awkward mouthful of words. 2. It's uninspiring. 3. It's meaningless. Other than that, it's fine.... -
Commented on Photos: Echoes of a Past Space Future
But at least they had iPads. The future ain't what it used to be. Y. Berra, apoc.... -
Commented on Solar Sailing
OTOH, since this isn't really a SOLAR sail, then maybe it's successful, leaving solar sail success at 1/3.... -
Commented on Solar Sailing
So far, then, there has been (maybe) only one successful solar sail mission (IKAROS), out of 4?... -
Commented on Solar Sailing
"...operating as planned..." in this case means had just enough juice left to deploy the sail, then start uncontrolled re-entry?... -
Commented on NASA: It's Our Space Station - Not Yours
Any ideas on how a significant inclination change might be accomplished?... -
Commented on Webb Problems at NASA: Rewarding Bad Management
I had thought a requirement for an Orion-comparable docking ring was added back in'07.... -
Commented on A "Public" Space Conference the "Public" Will Never See
It's not meant to be a public meeting. It's an internal planning meeting - presented by consultants - on how and/or what to present to the public.... -
Commented on NASA and LEGO Join Forces
I'm thinking the "M" in Project M is for Mindstorm!...