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• Commented on EVA Plans Hit A Snag

  Justification is that it is cheaper than a larger white elephant called a lunar base....

• Commented on Send More Money - Or Cut Something Out

  "If NASA seriously wants humans to routinely travel to Mars" This is the issue, it isn't NASA's job to set up the infrastructure to routinely travel to Mars...

• Commented on NAC Is Dissatisfied With NASA on Commercial Plans (or lack thereof)

  "So you think we shouldn't have a public school system as well as a private." I never said that. I said there shouldn't be a "separate" program. NASA LEO needs can be met by commercial means, there is no need...

• Commented on NAC Is Dissatisfied With NASA on Commercial Plans (or lack thereof)

  "There is a government airline. Its called the US Air Force." Again, you could not be more wrong. The US Air Force is NOT the US gov't airline. When NASA, DOE, HHS, or USDA workers need to go to another...

• Commented on NAC Is Dissatisfied With NASA on Commercial Plans (or lack thereof)

  "The problem is with the plan to integrate future private commercial manned spaceflight companies into the government manned space program" This could not be more wrong. The best part of plan and what really makes it work is " integrating...

• Commented on Here We Go Again: Do More With Less

  "Cost-plus is how they do business, and nothing less. Why do you think the EELV's cost so much. " More clueless posts. Poster doesn't know what he is talking about. The EELV's were developed with mostly Boeing and LM money....

• Commented on Here We Go Again: Do More With Less

  Again newpapoose, you don't know what you are talking about. Ares I was designed by NASA and it is doing the system engineering. That is the issue and any HLV will be does the same way...

• Commented on Which "Compromise" Will Prevail?

  "There needs to be a strong US government civilian presence in space." For what? Let's see the proof....

• Commented on Flip Flopping at DoD Over Solid Rockets

  More uninformed posts by a shuttle person. The DOD has NOT been trying to offload ULA onto NASA. If anything, it is the opposite. NASA missions impact the DOD launch manifest. Also, ULA has not blown it, it has kept...

• Commented on Obama and Glenn Meet To Talk Space

  Marcel, get a clue. Bigelow does not want to deal with the shuttle. It would increase his costs too high to be commercially viable. That is why he is waiting for a commercial capsule. Also, NASA has no use for...

• Commented on Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Joins CSF

  Commercial is not defined by the source of the money but the contracting mechanism. If the gov't procures a service at a fixed price, it is commercial. If is procuring hardware for it to operation, it is gov't...

• Commented on Obama and Glenn Meet To Talk Space

  Bigelow does not need the shuttle to do anything for it. They are made to be ELV launched and commercial capsule supported....

• Commented on Video: Senate Press Conference on NASA Reauthorization Bill

  Typical response from some one from a bloated and overmanned organization. ASRC has too many people. No great loss....

• Commented on Why Aren't We Hearing More About JSC's Project-M?

  The Delta III pad doesn't exist anymore. All the LH2 hardware was either removed or deactivated. Define "small" amount of methane. It is going be like another upperstage. Regardless of the method of loading, the methane is going to require...

• Commented on Why Aren't We Hearing More About JSC's Project-M?

  It is also funny that they are continuing to press on without engaging other centers. There is no existing methane infrastructure at the KSC and CCAFS, much less the EELV launch complexes. This will be a rather large undertaking to...

• Commented on White House on Space: Ready, Fire, Aim

  "The problem is, private industry is only getting $1.2 billion a year from a $18 to $19 billion a year NASA budget." Again, the problem is your comprehension and lack of basic understanding what NASA's role is. NASA does R&D...

• Commented on White House on Space: Ready, Fire, Aim

  "even private industry will be exploiting lunar and asteroid resources long before NASA even gets to an asteroid." That is the point. NASA does not do exploitation. That is private industry's job....

• Commented on HLV BAA Released

  Falcon 9 can not replace the Atlas V. It doesn't have the performance....

• Commented on Here Come The Layoffs

  About when in the timeline did CxP simply become "a jobs program?" When Griffin took over and 10 healthy centers was one of CxP requirements....

• Commented on Impact Of Space Policy Changes Becoming Clear

  No, Ares I is not viable to continue and is high risk. It is performance constrained and can not provide the necessary lift capability for Orion. The requirements for Ares I is not to lift X lbs to orbit but...

• Commented on Impact Of Space Policy Changes Becoming Clear

  1. However, if one looks to the robotic side of the house, the Launch Services Program adds 10's of Millions to the cost of a commercial launch vehicle." Which is still cheaper than commercial launch insurance or the DOD incremental...

• Commented on More Thoughts on The Obama Space Policy

  Yes, you can put Elon in with that group. NASA buys its launch vehicles from ULA with firm fixed price contracts. In fact, ULA, Spacex and OSC are all on the same contract. It is called the NLS contract....

• Commented on OSTP Preview of Thursday's Presidential Speech

  "clean hydrogen fueled directly shuttle derived heavy lift vehicle" More clueless posts. The shuttle and derived vehicles are more polluting than any hydrocarbon vehicle. The SRBs create more pollution than any equivalent hydrocarbon engine. There is no such thing as...

• Commented on Tug of War Over Commercial Space Safety?

  That is idiotic. The roles of the FAA and NASA are not defined by an arbitrary altitude. FAA is a regulatory agency and NASA is not. NASA can define requirements for its own vehicles but as far as the rest...

• Commented on New NASA Policy = Higher USAF Launch Costs?

  Incorrect. ATK supplies GEM's for Delta and Aerojet supplies the SRB's for Atlas. Also ATK supplies all the composites in a Delta IV and some of them for Atlas V...

• Commented on Space Policy: Everyone Has A Different Opinion

  Williams, Your argument holds no water and your points are discredited. The internet is now commercially managed The most of the world's nuclear reactors are in commercial power stations. More satellites are built and operated by commercial companies and launch...

• Commented on Astronaut Office Thoughts on Going Commercial

  Then there are 10's of thousands of people that aren't in their right minds. Airport shuttle trains are automated. There are many conveyances that are not human controlled. Anyone who doesn't realize this should immediately be considered clueless and banned...

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

  "-oh I dunno, they've proven the ability to support 3-count-em-3 failed parachute tests - and gosh, how long have those companies been in the spacebiz that they can't even conduct a basic test correctly??? (is it really incompetance or just...

• Commented on They Like Commercial Space in New Mexico

  You don't speak for KSC or HSF workers. It is people like you that is the reason that KSC is going to be a ghost town. Anyways, CCAFS is where the real accomplishments will be done and were done over...

• Commented on In The End Its Only About Jobs, Right?

  Read NASA's charter. d) The aeronautical and space activities of the United States shall be conducted so as to contribute materially to one or more of the following objectives: (1) The expansion of human knowledge of the Earth and of...