On 15 Apr 2004 15:09:13 -0700, (Bill Clark) wrote:

I doubt very
seriously that any reforms at NASA will last even into the next
administration.


"Next adminstration" assumes Kerry wins. If Bush wins reelection, I
don't see why he wouldn't continue the same policies he has now,
including WRT NASA.


.... I predict the next major space disaster will happen within five years ....

Challenger came 19 years after Apollo 1; Columbia came 17 years after
Challenger. Five years is a good estimate, but history suggest a
longer gap.

.... NASA will be shut down, and
the American space effort will die an ignominous death ....

That didn't happen after Apollo 1 or Challenger. And IIRC, President
Bush' Moon/Mars initiative was his response to Columbia, to get NASA
back on track.

.... We might as well .... gut NASA ....

No one ever got anywhere by giving up.




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