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• Commented on White House/ Senate Compromise Reaction

  Need to get US boots on the ground soon before other nations fill the void. Sections 1100 are going to cause unnecessary consternation and delay/ Why more studies ?...

• Commented on Space Station Freedom Deja Vu All Over Again

  First Cowings does everything he can to oppose Constellation, then he bemoans the damage that does. Quick, where are those double-faced images ? Editor's note> I guess you do not read NASA Watch very often....

• Commented on Falcon 9 Nails Orbit - First Stage Slams Hard into Atlantic

  Consider the trade: One 18 wheeler to carry one large, massive item (to a remote site) versus 10 cargo vans carrying multiple small, low mass things, (assuming that the big item could be broken down conveniently) then assembling the small...

• Commented on SpaceX Preps for Falcon 9 Launch

  ISSvet: Sorry not good enough. Other launch profiles are announced and profiled completely. The use of the word "enemies" seems a bit paranoid. If the metrics are not known, how can the results bed judged ? These launches need to...

• Commented on SpaceX Preps for Falcon 9 Launch

  Why are launch details and time being withheld ? NASA is very public about launch details for every launch except possibly when a DoD payload was involved. ULA had very nice coverage of the recent Delta IV GPS launch, including...

• Commented on OSTP's Holdren Comments on Space Policy Reaction

  REVISED, AFTER PROPER REVIEW (sigh) As the man pointed out, programs conceived WITHOUT proper review often fall short. Clearly time to get back on the original track....

• Commented on OSTP's Holdren Comments on Space Policy Reaction

  As the man pointed out, programs conceived with proper review often fall short. Clearly time to get back on the original track....

• Commented on Buzz Aldrin: Guest Host on World Wrestling Entertainment "Raw"

  Sad. While Armstrong and Cernan testify before Congress, Aldrin is associated with this....

• Commented on Hearing Reaction

  Armstrong and Cernan, truly courageous Americans. You go guys....

• Commented on New NASA Logo Designs

  Leave the meatball alone, maybe give it more of a 3D look, which has been done, but leave the basic design alone....

• Commented on Congressional Reaction

  The window of opportunity to get BACK on course has been opened and the process has begun....

• Commented on Video: Remarks of President Obama at KSC

  Bullying comments like Sietzen's really have no place. The fact of the matter is, the moon is close, it is strategically and economically important, it is on the way outward, we can get there for the long haul. We need...

• Commented on Video: Remarks of President Obama at KSC

  "Frankly, we've been to the moon before ..." Yes, and the other day a friend gave me a ticket to a Baseball game. It was great, I saw one inning and a guy from our side hit a homerun....

• Commented on Presidential Space Visit Update

  "Frankly, we've been to the moon before ..." Yes, and the other day a friend gave me a ticket to a Baseball game. It was great, I saw one inning and a guy from our side hit a homerun. I...

• Commented on Well, There Seems To Be A Compromise After All

  The destination for Orion is ... Earth ?...

• Commented on Well, There Seems To Be A Compromise After All

  The destination for Orion is ... Earth ?...

• Commented on OSTP Preview of Thursday's Presidential Speech

  What happened to living on the moon to learn how to live on other worlds. Clearly a big omission....

• Commented on Details of Presidential Space Flyby Continue to Emerge

  Sure hope this isn't a repeat of Charlie Brown, Lucy, and the football that has happened many times before....

• Commented on Space Flyby Media Opportunities

  So its more important to hang out with an entertainer than to address leadership issues....

• Commented on Space Flyby Media Opportunities

  So its more important to visit and entertainer than to deal with US leadership....

• Commented on Details of Presidential Space Flyby Continue to Emerge

  "If we get a path to an interplanetary manned program, that's the deal maker. In the long run, it's the only deal maker for me. I liked the heavy lift vehicle, but it's not an absolute must." and just how...

• Commented on Details of Presidential Space Flyby Continue to Emerge

  "If we get a path to an interplanetary manned program, that's the deal maker. In the long run, it's the only deal maker for me. I liked the heavy lift vehicle, but it's not an absolute must." and just how...

• Commented on The News Is Not Bad Everywhere

  Technology development here, technology development there - how is one to know what technologies to develop until you have a destination and plan for getting there ?...

• Commented on Is A Human Space Flight Compromise Emerging?

  Is there a destination in there anywhere ? Are we going to actually land somewhere - moon or Mars. Without a destination this is still not complete....

• Commented on Mike Griffin Update

  Really don't see the difference between writing a book and making statements. In the modern world, communications is instantaneous and seamless and the lines between them are no longer relevant. If you did write a book, what do you say...

• Commented on Mike Griffin Update

  Its probably poor manners as well as bad form to tell anyone to shut up in a public forum. I see nothing wrong at all for anyone to express opinions, especially for something as important as this. I believe that...

• Commented on A HotFire for Falcon 9

  Why the secrecy and blocked camera views ?...

• Commented on A HotFire for Falcon 9

  Why the secrecy ?...

• Commented on Florida Space Day

  to notconfused Have you ever been inside the VAB or seen a rollout or watched a launch ? These hardworking men and women that you are laughing at move hazardous multi-ton loads with the care and precision of handling eggshells....

• Commented on NASA and the future of space exploration: what do YOU think?

  Space is 4 US to lead and unless we have a definitive plane we cede leadership. This would be unacceptable....