Mike Hilton

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• Commented on Bolden Meets The Press

  FlexPath has NEVER been a part of "my vision" for anything NASA should do. I have no idea where you got that idea....

• Commented on Bolden Meets The Press

  Great post and right on....

• Commented on Bolden Meets The Press

  
  Delta IV Heavy has launched 2 operational missions with 100% mission success. Sorry, you're incorrect. The first (DemoSat launch) was officially listed as a "partial failure". Therefore not 100% successful....

• Commented on Bolden Meets The Press

  
  Delta IV Heavy has launched 2 operational missions with 100% mission success. Sorry, you're incorrect. The first (DemoSat launch) was officially listed as a "partial failure". Therefore not 100% successful....

• Commented on Bolden Meets The Press

  Fine, you picked two, it still won't give you better and it won't be usable for trips to the moon, forget about Mars. So, a narrowly defined spacecraft (crew and cargo to the ISS only) will eventually wind up costing...

• Commented on Bolden Meets The Press

  You are correct sir...Goldin did use "Smaller, Faster, Cheaper". HOWEVER, most of the ones touting Obama's vision are saying things like "Faster, Better, Cheaper" which it is not. I stand by MY characterization and hope that it is now clear...

• Commented on Bolden Meets The Press

  "What Obama is trying to do is put in the first stage of a true space infrastructure. To do that, he needs a functioning space station, a vibrant space taxi industry, a funded R&D program (to figure out what the...

• Commented on China's Lunar Ambitions

  No, getting to the moon was not the rationale for the Ares V, the eventual next steps to Mars needed it so it was deemed to be an integral part of the move to the moon. Most of the money...

• Commented on Bolden Meets The Press

  It appears the plot thins. One has to wonder why cancel? If it was "budgetary" then it proves Obama wanted those funds funneled into programs consistent with his vision. The biggest insight here is that if Bolden is correct on...

• Commented on A Less Than Perfect Rollout

  "Was it screwed up? Yes it was," he said, confessing that he had ignored advice from aides that might have made for a smoother presentation. "I didn't listen to people," he added."...Charles Bolden First of all, everyone makes mistakes but...

• Commented on You Know You Messaging Plan Is Not Working When ...

  Well "zapkitty" I'd been wondering where you've been. It's nice to see that you've put down the kool-aid long enough to post. Thanks for another "staw man" argument but no one has been distracted in this debate about HSF "Obama...

• Commented on You Know You Messaging Plan Is Not Working When ...

  Well "possum" you're quite emotional aren't you. Let me see if I get this straight, Mike Griffin singlehandedly destroyed an entire agency in his four short years? I'm sure that he wishes he had that kind of power. Seriously, it's...

• Commented on Mixed Messages From A Less Than Perfect Rollout

  You're the one not "getting this". Without the money to build Orion/Ares I/Ares V there won't be any money to build anything taking us anywhere for a long time either. You need to go back and read Augustine's report. If...

• Commented on You Know You Messaging Plan Is Not Working When ...

  To assume that the execution of the "message" is to blame for people being upset at Obama's grand vision for NASA is a bit naive. It doesn't matter how much one sugar coats a cow pie it's still a cow...

• Commented on Farewell Full Cost Accounting?

  Not only will NASA not have to keep up with where the original funding was going but now they won't have to keep up with where the new $1B per year goes either. Hey, since we're not going anywhere, why...

• Commented on Buzz Aldrin Thanks President Obama

  Well "possum" I see you pulled more unsubstantiated "facts" out of your......hat. Hope? We don't need "hope" to review the facts. Let's see...Augustine stated that Ares I and Orion would have an estimated recurring cost of almost $1 billion per...

• Commented on Mixed Messages From A Less Than Perfect Rollout

  NASA's Administrator, Charles Bolden, accepted part of the blame. "I could have done a better job of communicating" with Congress, he said. "I will take the hit for that." Ooooh that's really showing leadership. What else could he have told...

• Commented on NASA Is Oblivious

  Perfect post....

• Commented on NASA Is Oblivious

  "A "properly" funded Constellation program would still not get us to the Moon before 2030"...."possum". Well "possum", your conclusion is not supported by the findings of the Augustine Committee. Honestly, I don't know why I keep reading and responding to...

• Commented on Buzz Aldrin Thanks President Obama

  "The goals of Constellation started with building the most expensive rocket ever built. Remember what happened last time NASA did that?" Yeah, I remember the last time. We got the space shuttle with 1/5 the lifting capability of a Saturn...

• Commented on Buzz Aldrin Thanks President Obama

  "Did you consider that unaffordable heavy lift is the reason nobody has left LEO since 1972? You're kidding right? "Affordability" was not the reason, it was budget cuts by a shortsighted President and Congress that shut down the production lines...

• Commented on Buzz Aldrin Thanks President Obama

  It too bad that the Griffin and Constellation haters didn't, as you put it, leave six years ago. How short and selective your memory is. But in reality it isn't about the griping it's about the budget and it will...

• Commented on Buzz Aldrin Thanks President Obama

  Dr. Rendezvous may know a hell of a lot about orbital mechanics but he needs to go back to school for an introductory course in politics and the budget process....

• Commented on Bolden Talks About The Constellation Team

  "I am here because I am passionate about space and exploration." Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator. When I read that comment all I could think was that it is nothing but pure Bravo Sierra. Then I re-read it and can at...

• Commented on Assorted NASA Budget Reaction Stories

  Yes we did feed on ourselves BUT it's been going on since the announcement of the Constellation program, not just the last few months. I would laugh if it weren't so serious at the rapidity with which Bolden shoved all...

• Commented on Pre-Announcement Space Policy Reactions

  There is way too much money being spent at NASA to have it wasted on exploration. Go and look at how the NASA Blog has been taken over by the "greens", information services people and the Oprah wannabes. Billions of...

• Commented on DIRECT Delusions

  The Direct fanboys have to be admired for one thing and that is that they have ginned the perfect storm....no matter the outcome, they "win". @ Frank You're right on with your post and I see that there are still...

• Commented on Preview of Official NASA Budget/Policy Events - 2nd Update

  If Bolden and Garver announce anything other than U.S. Human Exploration of the moon and Mars it will be a colossal waste of my tax money and more of the same "redirection talk" BS from this shortsighted administration. Big announcements?...

• Commented on Constellation Cancellation Reaction

  I love the way all the revisionism of history is taking place. Congress has been controlled by the Democrats since 2007 and since budgets begin in the House, they bear some responsibility for the mess in which the nation's space...

• Commented on Constellation Cancellation Reaction

  I love the way all the revisionism of history is taking place. Congress has been controlled by the Democrats since 2007 and since budgets begin in the House, they bear some responsibility for the mess in which the nation's space...