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Commented on Russian Soyuz-2.1b Launch Failure
Trailrider: Obama opposed everyone in Congress including his own party when he hired Lori Garver as his space expert. Rather than the yes-men before her, she has tried and tried to remake NASA into a modern space agency. I guess... -
Commented on New SLS NRA Ready for Release
If you are questioning whether or not certain important people want new engines, then you are misinformed. The people running NASA want what was in their FY11 request. The people running NASA from Congress want what was in their FY10... -
Commented on New SLS NRA Ready for Release
SLS is so big that the boosters are the size of normal rockets. The President's compromise with Congress meant Congress got their Ares V, and the President got his engine development program in disguise. It appears to be hidden in... -
Commented on ESA Contact With Phobos-Grunt - Off and On and Off
Human missions cost more than robot ones. They would just build more robots if they had that kind of money.... -
Commented on Virginia Releases Commercial Space Flight Study
Competitive Landscape Findings Access to the right orbit for the payload mission is the main determinant for customers when choosing a launch site (assuming satisfactory safety and reliability conditions). Florida offers superior domestic geographic location over Virginia for Geosynchronous orbits... -
Commented on Heads Up NASA: Get Used To Having A Lot Less Money
What happens when NASA cuts everything by 10%? Does every project takes 25% longer and have 25% increased chance of failure?... -
Commented on Retro NASA Watch
Cargo Cultists should read the first article and appreciate that even in 1959, kittens were more important than NASA.... -
Commented on Is Something Wrong With the Drill on MSL? (Update)
This story is about a component that allegedly needs fixing, implying a secret because we didn't know anything was broken. I should have said "alleged secret," sorry for the confusion.... -
Commented on Frank Wolf's Sinophobia Manifests Itself at OSTP
32% cut to a science budget? What is the party name that doesn't hate science?... -
Commented on Is Something Wrong With the Drill on MSL? (Update)
There is nothing wrong with a guy telling the truth. The problem is when liars keep secrets when they shouldn't. Why do MSL managers need to keep secrets? Shouldn't this sort of thing be public? Didn't they just have a... -
Commented on SpaceX's Secret Sauce
So what if Elon gets bored? People like you are where the line "risk-averse" comes from. Rather than choosing the best option, you oppose it because it scares you. You're afraid of things that aren't scary. You know what happens... -
Commented on The OMB Staffer Who Is Holding Up Mars Mission Decisions
It is irresponsible to commit to a major program without knowing it can be paid for. Don't blame accountants for knowing how to count. Blame Congress for not knowing.... -
Commented on New NASA Chief Technologist Appointed
Suffice it to say most of us don't work "inside the Beltway" so your answer is useful!... -
Commented on Letter: Support Urged for Commercial Crew Program
> Do they really think LM wants to have as much oversight as they do? More oversight means more money to pay for it. All else being equal, more revenue means more profit. I know you're in the belly of... -
Commented on Rep. Wolf Is Going After OSTP's Budget
Hopefully there are some Republicans who oppose their party's war on science, and will call these guys up to protest.... -
Commented on New NASA Chief Technologist Appointed
"As the chief advocate" HUH? Which is it, chief technologist or chief advocate? I didn't know Bobby Braun's old job was to be marketer/salesman/PR/evangelist.... -
Commented on Letter: Support Urged for Commercial Crew Program
What a motley crew of signatories. How many public signatures are needed to make a difference? 10,000? 100,000? Neutering CCDev kills the space program because it kills US access to space. The Senate halved Obama's request, and the House halved... -
Commented on What Would Wernher Do? What DID He Do?
Wouldn't Wernher quit NASA and work for a space business? My understanding is that he liked doing things, not not doing things.... -
Commented on Apollo on Steroids Redux: Big Rockets Are The Only Answer
> I'm a hard sell, but Keith's comment makes sense to me. > Maybe we'll get a good president next go round and NASA will get revamped. I just spit out my drink. This is why the world goes nowhere... -
Commented on GAO Report on DoD EELV Acquisition (Update)
The core of this report seems to be that ULA says jump and DOD asks how high.... -
Commented on House Republican Deficit Recommendations
A Republican proposal to cut SCIENCE funding. That is interesting!... -
Commented on NASA Studies Show Cheaper Alternatives to SLS
> I made one of those comments and I don't work for SpaceX - I work for NASA. Thank you for your honesty, Harold.... -
Commented on "What's Next?" In Space Exploration Video Contest
It took a long time for this to happen. Things like this should happen yearly.... -
Commented on X-37 Variant To Launch Crews?
This is a fine idea, but it might just be the X-37 team throwing out ideas to keep the X-37 team around.... -
Commented on An Amazing NASA Photo You Won't See on NASA.gov (Update)
Shouldn't NASA have one website as the source of content, and then staff would splinter off to distribute that content to other places? But then I realize it could be harder to deal with than it sounds. How do you... -
Commented on Video: J-2X Rocket Engine Test
Since nobody else knows, I looked it up. The original 2007 contract was for $1.2 billion. 2x the cost of Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Draco, several versions of Merlin 1, two launch pads... And all the while, RL-10 was already... -
Commented on NASA, Google, and Lenovo Team Up for ISS Educational Project
Lenovo bought Thinkpad from IBM. I gather the product quality has been maintained since then if the ISS still uses Thinkpads.... -
Commented on Video: J-2X Rocket Engine Test
Is it known much J-2X has cost so far?... -
Commented on Video: China Uses "America The Beautiful" on Their Space Station Propaganda
Odd but don't read too much into it. It could be that a guy with a sense of humor in the control room picked the song and nobody else knows what it is. The explanation could be a lot of... -
Commented on SpaceX Unveils Fully Reusable Falcon 9 Plans
> While DC-X pioneered this, they only had a few tests and the last one demonstrated problems with this technique. The last DC-X flight demonstrated that things without legs fall over. Which everyone already knew, which is why they built...