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Charleston
July 17th 03, 03:02 AM
A good article in Space.com

http://www.space.com/news/walker_future_030715.html

One quote.

"Making a trajectory change in NASA's culture also falls upon the U.S.
Congress.
"I think part of the oversight role of Congress is to be constantly
evaluating these things and constantly looking at whether or not NASA is
doing the right things," Walker said.

Ultimately, however, Congress must provide the resources necessary to
correct NASA problems, many of them to be discussed front and center by the
soon-to-be-released CAIB report.

"It's not good enough for Congress to simply say you are doing it wrong.
Congress then has to come up with the resources to do it right," Walker
said.

"And that will be the real issue. Whether or not Congress is willing to
spend additional money in order to get additional changes in management.
That has not always been clear in recent years," Walker said."


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Daniel
Mount Charleston, not Charleston, SC

Bruce Palmer
July 17th 03, 05:55 PM
Charleston wrote:

> A good article in Space.com
>
> http://www.space.com/news/walker_future_030715.html
>
> One quote.
>
> "Making a trajectory change in NASA's culture also falls upon the U.S.
> Congress.
> ...

Well, that's the bottom line, isn't it? If they had funded the National
Space Transportation System the way they should have (IMHO) in the early
70s we wouldn't have the current debacle. It might very well be
*another* debacle, but certainly not the current one.

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bp
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