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• Commented on Buzz Says Send English Speakers to Mars

  > Will Canadians feel slighted after being left off Buzz Aldrin's "togetherness organization" English speaking list? No. He is trying to stir up support in NZ. There is nothing else to this. He is not phobic of countries or languages....

• Commented on Video of Today's Solid Rocket Motor Test

  The company building the product decides how to do it. It shows you how screwed up this whole situation is when you see regular people debating whether a rocket part is good or not. Uh, aren't the rocket scientists supposed...

• Commented on Should Congress Design the Next Big Booster?

  > I know for a fact that his plan was not a plan at all. It was just a blank page. Ignorant....

• Commented on Murals Commemorate Space Shuttle Legacy (Update)

  Good images. But is this the first time a big display of the Challenger and Columbia crews has been raised in a Shuttle ops area? Seems to me like it shouldn't have taken this long?...

• Commented on Should Congress Design the Next Big Booster?

  > This is all Obama's fault. If he had shown leadership Obama chose some of the greatest minds in their fields to fix NASA's many problems. And he tried to pass into law almost exactly what they wanted. And "this...

• Commented on Apollo's Urban Legends

  > I can only assume that I've missed all the New York tickertape parades given to each shuttle crew Horrible logic, fellow. I'll go to a parade for a great accomplishment. That doesn't mean I wanted to pay for it...

• Commented on Why Everything Costs So Much At NASA

  Fixed price is normal in life because most things aren't difficult enough to justify cost plus. Cost plus is fine if you need the job done, no matter the cost. The point government payroll people miss is that fixed price...

• Commented on Paul McCartney Speaks Out Against NASA Animal Experiments

  I am amazed at how well written that letter is. And I don't even care about small scale animal testing! Those are just three beautiful paragraphs. I feel so buttered up right now. Like I've been lobbied to. This must...

• Commented on Should Congress Design the Next Big Booster?

  Blame games and impossible ideas. How can democracy function with so much disagreement? Readers should find some expert consensus and support that instead of their own hair brained ideas. I support the Advisory Committee on the Future of the United...

• Commented on Bobby Braun's Plan To Re-charge NASA Technology

  > There is no doubt in my mind that NASA wastes more money each year in 'planning' research > Can anyone at NASA make a decision and go with it? Instead billions are spent in meetings The people replying above...

• Commented on Dazed and Confused on "The Hill"

  > "I would note that the average age of the Apollo workforce was 26." > This is a false argument. What argument? He just said the Apollo workforce was in their 20s. Pete Fenn is the one who made the...

• Commented on Dazed and Confused on "The Hill"

  > But is dropping a Dragon from a helicopter at 14K feet really the same thing as an Orion coming in from a sub-orbital test flight? Not necessarily, but since NASA also dropped a parachute test out a plane and...

• Commented on Orion Starts Test Phase

  I agree that CEV was an abortion as soon as government told engineers how to build it. Another conveniently forgotten piece of history....

• Commented on Congressional Staffer Ken Monroe Thinks That NASA Is "Run By Idiots"

  PS: If you fire people for being honest in public, what do you think happens? Removing people who speak their mind is the same as hiring more people who lie behind your back. I'd rather talk to Ken Monroe about...

• Commented on Congressional Staffer Ken Monroe Thinks That NASA Is "Run By Idiots"

  Sure Florida should probably get a shuttle. But it should not be a socialist guarantee like Ken Monroe supports. Is it surprising that a Republican thinker wants to skip democracy or merit to help his friends? Wait, Democrats do that...

• Commented on Dazed and Confused on "The Hill"

  "Certainly not such a large investment of our tax dollars — high-risk to be sure." Well that says it all, doesn't it. That is what it means to be a Republican in 2000. Paralyzed by fear....

• Commented on NASA HLV Development: Hurry Up And Wait

  Well that's it then. NASA and the fed have compromised. The DIRECT rocket gets its $11,000,000,000. See you in 2017 I guess....

• Commented on Space Station Experiences Partial Cooling Shutdown

  Things are expected to fail, so as long as things are failing at an acceptable rate......

• Commented on SpaceX Organizes NO on H.R. 5781 Effort

  > it is nice to see my work, my efforts, and the hard work of thousands finally being recognized by congress. > You really should take more care in your tone toward the fine men and women who work on...

• Commented on Gordon's Attempt To Shove HR 5781 Through Flops

  > I beleive they will be using the Direct Launcher because it uses Shuttle Parts. It will close the gap. SpaceX should still have funding for their taxi but they should not have the whole ball of wax and we...

• Commented on Bolden Is Operating In Cloaked Mode These Days (Update)

  Overactive imagination IMO. You're weaving a story. Bolden made a political blunder and is taking a break from politicking. That makes sense all on its own. There need not be more story than that....

• Commented on Video: Think Big Picture - For Just a Moment

  > Apparently NASA did not "get" it. > NASA cancelled the student competition program last year. > http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/nmb/ Oh dear. That really does make this newsworthy IMO. NASA produced good results with competition and canceled it? Huh? There's a news...

• Commented on Video: Think Big Picture - For Just a Moment

  That was made by students competing to win a contest? So what NASA really "got" was that competition produces good things? And that NASA should encourage others rather than do things itself? This video shares more in common with the...

• Commented on Kepler Co-I Sasselov Blames Media For Misunderstanding

  In his speech he should have rigorously defined what "Earth-like" meant. But I don't think it is a big deal...

• Commented on Getting Out of the Gravity Well on One Thin Dime

  > It strikes me that the Congress is correct in moving first on the long lead time items -- heavy booster and an exploration vehicle. Are you sure? None of the Augustine report options started a heavy booster right away......

• Commented on Kepler Team Needs To Take PR 101

  It is just a bunch of scientists, so I don't think you can expect much of a PR direction. One guy talked about some very limited data he was working on, and he is allowed to do that, so no...

• Commented on Newspace 2010

  "it is evidence of a total lack of" anyone caring except space nerds. This is also why the politicians, not these folks, have their way with NASA. And why only those space nerds are capable of making our hopes come...

• Commented on Keeping Our Eyes On The Prize

  > NASA does and can do that if we fund it properly > The Mars rovers are great, but the human element is missing. When are people like you two going to grow up? NASA isn't getting money you want....

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

  > Well KSC is not a NASA design center, its largely an ops/host role center Then how is a new rocket 7 years away going to preserve that workforce? Will the ops people be paid to wait?...

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

  > I note that our last HLV, Saturn, awesome as it was, got canceled after only 12 launches. Even worse. I had to learn from Jeff Greason that Saturn V was actually put to sleep in 1968. They knew it...