Greg Kuperberg wrote:

Boehlert also observes that "they can't tell us what research will
be done on the Station." But that's "not a criticism of the Agency"
because "they can't provide answers that they don't yet have". Great.
Even though NASA has spent 20 years and tens of billions of dollars
building the station, they can't yet explain what it's for. But hey,
Boehlert doesn't mean that as a criticism.

this statement tips the old irony meter offsclae high when you consider
that NASA has repeatedly delivered specific, measurable designs for the
space station, which Congress and OMB repeatedly chopped and made NASA
go back and revise.

The fact is that NASA had a clear plan for the space station all along.
But they were forced by budgetary and political maneuvering to have to
go back and redesign the station, over and over again, with less budget
and less functionality and less of a program.

There are many, many things you can criticize NASA for. How ISS has
turned out is *not* one of them.

--
Terrell Miller


"Every gardener knows nature's random cruelty"
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