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• brobof commented on Hearing Reaction
  To the contrary Libby http://nasawatch.com/archives/2010/05/hearing-reactio.html#comment-33960 refers. If you care to re-read the comment that you so graciously corrected, you will note that it alludes to Marcel's http://nasawatch.com/archives/2010/05/hearing-reactio.html#comment-33940 comment where HE 'puts down' Bolden. (I think?) I am merely defending Bolden's record! And I am not maligning Armstrong, merely using a little sarcasm to point out that his testimony _may_ be suspect. However my comment clearly states an expectation of disinvestment. As would any humanist! Putting the nature of any human being who would work for, let alone profit from, a company that relies on killing people aside for one moment;...

• BrianM commented on Hearing Reaction
  "And where was Armstrong in 2005 when all this kicked off?" Here was Armstrong's 2005-06 work in support of the Vision: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fCf-i4Nnw8 Read First Man, by James Hansen. Armstrong had never been reclusive. He has just chosen the activities who chooses to support, very carefully....

• Dennis Wingo commented on Zombie Ops in GEO
  A servicing mission could still do both of these, but it does add a level of complexity. In our case it would not. Our system has the ability to point the combined spacecraft mass. We simply grab it and turn it around long enough for the batteries to die and the problem is solved. There are insurance issues involved and I guarantee you that if the bird is still operational next week you will see a flurry of articles about it interfering with another bird as it goes by. That costs money and I guarantee you a check will probably...

• brobof commented on Hearing Reaction
  Thank you for that link! All the more interesting because the architecture it depicts is that of the OASIS project. It would thus appear from this video that Armstrong is not endorsing the ESAS/ VSE/ Cx program at all. On the contrary Neil is supporting the Flexible Path of the day; involving refuelling stations at L1 "Gateway" and the mobile Fuel Tanker similar to ULA's Affordable Architecture study! Excellent! However you misconstrue my point. Surely as it became obvious that the ISS was to be ditched and, more importantly, the Shuttle retired: a proponent of Space and HSF in particular...

• whyisthat1 commented on Zombie Ops in GEO
  "We simply grab it and turn it around long enough for the batteries to die and the problem is solved." The fact that the antennas are still pointed at earth would indicate that it's attitude control system is still functioning. You would have to overcome the satellite's attitude control which would add a level of complexity....