Has Charlie Bolden signed his political death warrant?

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Charlie Bolden just doesn't get it. A National Research Council report back in December stated that there is very little support in NASA for this POTUS' dream of a NASA mission to an Asteroid, and yet he's ruling out lunar return-even though those missions have a lot more support in the Agency. IF he doesn't realize that, care to bet that Congress steps in and tells NASA to start planning lunar missions?

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Charlie Bolden just doesn't get it. A National Research Council report
back in December stated that there is very little support in NASA for
this POTUS' dream of a NASA mission to an Asteroid, and yet he's
ruling out lunar return-even though those missions have a lot more
support in the Agency. IF he doesn't realize that, care to bet that
Congress steps in and tells NASA to start planning lunar missions?

Unless Congress passed funding for a manned lunar lander (presumably to
be launched on SLS), then there simply is no manned lunar mission
possible. My take on this is that Bolden is trying to "sell" missions
that would require little to no additional funding. If Congress doesn't
like the asteroid mission, then they need to "open their wallets" and
start funding a manned lunar lander (not an inexpensive piece of
hardware).

Jeff
--
"the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer

Unless Congress passed funding for a manned lunar lander (presumably to
be launched on SLS), then there simply is no manned lunar mission
possible. *My take on this is that Bolden is trying to "sell" missions
that would require little to no additional funding. *If Congress doesn't
like the asteroid mission, then they need to "open their wallets" and
start funding a manned lunar lander (not an inexpensive piece of
hardware).

Jeff

I wonder what a musk lunar lander would cost, to build and operate..

In Matt Wiser writes:

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/04/...not_happe.html

Charlie Bolden just doesn't get it. A National Research Council report back=
in December stated that there is very little support in NASA for this POTU=
S' dream of a NASA mission to an Asteroid, and yet he's ruling out lunar re=
turn-even though those missions have a lot more support in the Agency. IF h=
e doesn't realize that, care to bet that Congress steps in and tells NASA t=
o start planning lunar missions?

I should be interested in knowing how often any persons within
NASA have gotten into any trouble for going against a Congressional
mandate to put people on the Moon.

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Unless Congress passed funding for a manned lunar lander (presumably to
be launched on SLS), then there simply is no manned lunar mission
possible. *My take on this is that Bolden is trying to "sell" missions
that would require little to no additional funding. *If Congress doesn't
like the asteroid mission, then they need to "open their wallets" and
start funding a manned lunar lander (not an inexpensive piece of
hardware).

I wonder what a musk lunar lander would cost, to build and operate..

Doesn't matter when we're talking about NASA, because NASA would never
fund it.

Jeff
--
"the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer

On Apr 5, 4:18*pm, Matt Wiser wrote:

Charlie Bolden just doesn't get it. A National Research Council report back in December stated that there is very little support in NASA for this POTUS' dream of a NASA mission to an Asteroid, and yet he's ruling out lunar return-even though those missions have a lot more support in the Agency. IF he doesn't realize that, care to bet that Congress steps in and tells NASA to start planning lunar missions?

No, you just don't get it. There is no mandate for lunar missions
either.

On 2013-04-11 14:43:23 +0000, Me said:

On Apr 5, 4:18*pm, Matt Wiser wrote:

Charlie Bolden just doesn't get it. A National Research Council report
back in December stated that there is very little support in NASA for
this POTUS' dream of a NASA mission to an Asteroid, and yet he's ruling
out lunar return-even though those missions have a lot more support in
the Agency. IF he doesn't realize that, care to bet that Congress steps
in and tells NASA to start planning lunar missions?

No, you just don't get it. There is no mandate for lunar missions
either.

It sounds like certain Congresscritters are trying to demand just such
a lunar mission after all. Time will tell who has the upper hand.

"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
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Me wrote:

On Apr 5, 4:18 pm, Matt Wiser wrote:

Charlie Bolden just doesn't get it. A National Research Council report
back in December stated that there is very little support in NASA for
this POTUS' dream of a NASA mission to an Asteroid, and yet he's ruling
out lunar return-even though those missions have a lot more support in
the Agency. IF he doesn't realize that, care to bet that Congress steps
in and tells NASA to start planning lunar missions?

No, you just don't get it. There is no mandate for lunar missions
either.


There's a move afoot in Congress to redirect NASA back to the Moon via
the REAL Space Act.

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"It's always different. It's always complex. But at some point,
somebody has to draw the line. And that somebody is always me....
I am the law."
-- Buffy, The Vampire Slayer

Which has bipartisan support, by the way: Both Dems and GOPers are listed as
sponsors of the legislation.

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On 2013-04-11 14:43:23 +0000, Me said:

On Apr 5, 4:18 pm, Matt Wiser wrote:

Charlie Bolden just doesn't get it. A National Research Council report
back in December stated that there is very little support in NASA for
this POTUS' dream of a NASA mission to an Asteroid, and yet he's ruling
out lunar return-even though those missions have a lot more support in
the Agency. IF he doesn't realize that, care to bet that Congress steps
in and tells NASA to start planning lunar missions?

No, you just don't get it. There is no mandate for lunar missions
either.

It sounds like certain Congresscritters are trying to demand just such a
lunar mission after all. Time will tell who has the upper hand.


Correct: the bill is HR 1446. Eight sponsors; though there's only one Dem,
the other 7 are GOP, I imagine that the sponsors of this bill will have an
easier time in committee than Charlie Bolden will. If he thought testifying
after that FY 11 disaster was bad, this time might be worse.