Thread: Worth The Mission?
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Old July 5th 06, 07:39 PM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.moderated
Rand Simberg[_1_]
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Default Worth The Mission?
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:31:41 -0400, in a place far, far away,
h (Rand Simberg) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:28:25 -0400, in a place far, far away,
(Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

Paul F. Dietz ) wrote:
: There isn't much science or exploratory work of any kind, bold or
: timid, occuring on Shuttle or ISS.

: They're both exploring vast new areas in the consumption of federal funds.

Maybe NASA contracts shouldn't be to large defense industry corporations
that have a majority of their income from the DOD?

The DOD waste mentality has bled on over to NASA even though you appear to
be blind to it based upon your bias.

There is now, and never was a difference in mentality, except during
Apollo, when the goal really seemed important.

Sorry, that should have been "There is not now, and never was..."