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• Commented on Why Everything Costs So Much At NASA

  "It costs lots of money and time and schedule to ensure nothing fails" Nothing fails???? You must not work for NASA Plenty of things fail here, plans, projects, tests and just because they did fail doesn't mean they kept going...

• Commented on Send More Money - Or Cut Something Out

  Be careful what you wish for, You people keep crying that you want this AND you want that. There is nothing anywhere that says we have to do ANY of this HSF stuff. Yeah it's nice and I love it...

• Commented on KSC and JSC Really Want a Shuttle

  People People People, 1)The Intrepid museum is not and would never be a consideration. The NASA RFI to obtain a retired shuttle specifically states the the orbiters MUST be housed Indoors in a climate controlled facility--Period! The RFI also states...

• Commented on KSC and JSC Really Want a Shuttle

  The Air force museum at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton Ohio has been lobbying hard for the acquisition of "Atlantis" due to it prominent role of DoD missions along with 30 U.S. Air force astronauts that flew on board. Wright...

• Commented on Letter: Armstrong, Cernan, and Lovell Support NASA Authorization

  Couldn't have said it better myself! The Space Shuttle is 30yrs old and it's construction technology is 45 yrs old. The time for it's retirement is upon us. Spiff Out.............

• Commented on Good Times Ahead at NASA Glenn

  Space Space Space Space Space...... What about the aeronautics side of the house? Yeah remember those guys--the bread and butter of that lab. When is somebody going to start talking about bolstering aeronautics R & D spending? Maybe I guess...

• Commented on Saving Constellation

  While everybody is fighting please take all that constellation money and throw back into the NASA facilities--God knows we need it. Trying to do 2010 technology in a 1950's building--forget the moon--you wanna see craters? Come look at my parking...

• Commented on NASA OIG is Not Pleased With ZeroG

  I second Matthew, I agree with everything he said, Plus, the ability and opportunity for a contracted zero g flight company to compete against a NASA owned/operated aircraft in regards to quality flights and data harvested from those flights is...

• Commented on More Money For Laid Off KSC Workers

  I agree...... EVERYBODY knew this train was pulling into the station. EVERYBODY knew not everyone was going to have another project to keep them employed beyond shuttle. Yeah yeah yeah....Constellation was supposed to......blah blah blah so was X-33 and so...

• Commented on Atlantis Set to Land Wednesday after Successful Last Mission

  Dear Atlantis, Thank you for a job well done, Thank you for safely carrying our brothers and sisters to and from the next frontier, Thank you for all the exciting launches and landings, Hope to see you soon at the...

• Commented on An Editorial That Is NOT Written By A Moon Walker

  (Has everyone forgotten that the reason we are going to stop flying the Space Shuttle is because on an early morning back in February 2003 seven people's lives were lost which were more or less attributed to a flawed vehicle...

• Commented on NRC on NASA Labs: Not A Pretty Picture

  I've said it before and I'll say it again.......... Since it doesn't seem like we are going to be going anywhere anytime soon in space. NASA should take a major part of it's budget for the next couple of years...

• Commented on New NASA Logo Designs

  If there should there be ANY change, there should be 17 distinct stars in the background of the meatball to reflect our fallen astronauts. Spiff out...................

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

  Hey Miles, Why don't you pass along this suggestion, Since NASA really has no idea what they are presently doing or going to do at this point why don't you suggest that NASA takes say about HALF of their fiscal...

• Commented on Farewell Full Cost Accounting?

  Yippie! I am glad full cost accounting is going away and now all the CS slackers can go back to their hiding places and go back to sleep while they charge their time to some obscure big fat juicy charge...

• Commented on Bolden Talks About The Constellation Team

  People People People It is what it is and there NEVER was anything any of us could ever do about it--Period! You could complain to your managers and to your representatives or congressmen all you want but the fact is...

• Commented on DIRECT Delusions

  Lunar Star Storyteller said : (but the fact is that NASA is a branch of the DOD and any valuable scientific research has never been in the interest of the military.) No, NASA is not a branch of the U.S....

• Commented on NASA TV - Time For an Upgrade?

  Two words for those at NASA TV "High Definition" A lot of people including myself would like to see NASA TV in Hi Def--but in all honesty maybe it's just my Direct TV that doesn't carry hi def NASA TV...

• Commented on NASA TV - Time For an Upgrade?

  No, I wouldn't say that NASA TV is on the hook to provide entertainment but NASA TV is completely lame across the board. Yes, some of their programing is educational BUT very boring and needs to be spiced up--all the...

• Commented on Bolden Meets With Obama

  NASA badly needs to be re-organized! But not by the usual suspects, NASA should be rolled into the DoD budget with a comprehensive review from top to bottom akin to the DoD BRAC review. Review ALL projects, ACCURATELY ascertain just...

• Commented on Bolden Talks About Education

  I just don't understand why NASA is so much on the hook for education? It's not what we do and it is not our responsibility--that lies in the hands of the educators and school systems around the country. NASA is...

• Commented on HSPD-12 Update

  Andrew, I agree with your entire post--plenty of bad apples that didn't get weeded out by the system put in place to do just that--- but it is what it is. Geoffrey, Previously, criminal background checks have been required for...

• Commented on HSPD-12 Update

  Sorry, I just don't get you people who object to this--and YOU are at every NASA location. You people like your little research jobs and you surely love your big government pay checks. But when YOUR employer requires you to...