|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
...Article...Obama Moves to Counter China With Pentagon-NASA Link
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:07:29 -0500, in a place far, far away,
"jonathan" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: The Bloomberg story as spectacularly uninformed. The Atlas and Delta EELVs are not purely military rockets: NASA can purchase them commercially from United Launch Alliance (ULA) any time they want. EELVs carry commercial satellites and NASA payloads like the GOES series. What NASA would have to pay ULA to do is build a man-rated version, which the Pentagon has no interest in. It's also not clear where NASA and DoD ties need to be closer: they cooperate every day on everything from range operations to the significant military support to shuttle launches to missions like Orbital Express and vehicles like the X-43. I agree. In fact, I'll have a piece tomorrow at Pajamas Media completely debunking this nonsense. Good luck, Obama trial balloons are floating all over the place right now, from one end of his agenda to the other. This has all the earmarks of the administration floating early policy to see the reaction. No, it has all the earmarkings of a completely clueless reporter, as I note in the piece with a quote from a member of the transition team. But then, who would expect you to know the difference? |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
CMOS vs. CCD -- Link to Article | Davoud | Amateur Astronomy | 11 | December 5th 05 04:27 PM |
After the Beijing Olympics...China Will Go For Taiwan! China Threatens to Nuke US (article) | jonathan | Policy | 29 | August 2nd 05 11:35 PM |
Europe moves forward while U.S. moves backward? | vthokie | Policy | 31 | May 26th 04 02:12 AM |