Link courtesy of http://www.nasawatch.com

The part that I found most interesting is the debate about whether
everything should go into the exploration program or should some funds be
used for a wider ranging program. This is not a new discussion, as we can
see by looking back 44 years:

http://klabs.org/history/monographs/no_37/appendix2.htm

Happy New Year!
-- rk

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/31/opinion/31sat1.html

NASA's Predicament

Published: December 31, 2005

NASA is headed into the next year with ambitious goals and no assurance that
it will get the money needed to carry them out. With large deficits looming
in the space shuttle accounts, there is some danger that the space agency
could work itself into a familiar corner by trying to do too much with too
little, a sure-fire recipe for disaster.

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rk, Just an OldEngineer
"The number of people having any connection with the project must be
restricted in an almost vicious manner. Use a small number of good people."
-- Kelly Johnson in Skunk Works