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"NASA Watch" gets really ****ed off.
It's an expensive rock. "kT" wrote I agree entirely, it's a poor design, and I was opposed to building it at all in that form, and I indeed predicted after Challenger it would never be built. But they went ahead and built it, and now we're stuck with it, so with a little creativity it should be much cheaper to maintain now that it is built. What I am advocating is creativity in the launch and life support markets, something thus far Americans are unwilling to do. Creativity apparently means going back to Apollo. It can be salvaged of course, and can still do useful work. All that needs be done is to get AmeriKKKa out of the picutre. "kT" wrote I agree entirely, but I would prefer America to become more rational. That only has the potential of being realized several decades after the Collapse of the AmeriKKKan state. The U.S. population is still too deeply disconnected from the reality of thier ongoing rapid decline. I blame AmeriKKKan RepubliKKKans for the perpetual stream of U.S. white elephants in manned space flight. "kT" wrote So do I, but there is no time like the present to change that. Not possible. There is way too much KKKonservative poison flowing through AmeriKKKa. I see little value in manned space flight to these orbiting piles of rubble. "kT" wrote Except to keep the mammals from fighting among themselves by giving them something to do. Appolo didn't stop Vietnam. Sell NASA to China. AmeriKKKa could use the cash. "kT" wrote NASA is a problem, but that's an entirely different salvage operation. I don't see how NASA is a problem. Mission constraints are set by the budget, it's charter, and congressional mandate. |
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On May 22, 2:44 am, "V-for-Vendicar"
wrote: It's an expensive rock. "kT" wrote I agree entirely, it's a poor design, and I was opposed to building it at all in that form, and I indeed predicted after Challenger it would never be built. But they went ahead and built it, and now we're stuck with it, so with a little creativity it should be much cheaper to maintain now that it is built. What I am advocating is creativity in the launch and life support markets, something thus far Americans are unwilling to do. Creativity apparently means going back to Apollo. It can be salvaged of course, and can still do useful work. All that needs be done is to get AmeriKKKa out of the picutre. "kT" wrote I agree entirely, but I would prefer America to become more rational. That only has the potential of being realized several decades after the Collapse of the AmeriKKKan state. The U.S. population is still too deeply disconnected from the reality of thier ongoing rapid decline. I blame AmeriKKKan RepubliKKKans for the perpetual stream of U.S. white elephants in manned space flight. "kT" wrote So do I, but there is no time like the present to change that. Not possible. There is way too much KKKonservative poison flowing through AmeriKKKa. I see little value in manned space flight to these orbiting piles of rubble. "kT" wrote Except to keep the mammals from fighting among themselves by giving them something to do. Appolo didn't stop Vietnam. Sell NASA to China. AmeriKKKa could use the cash. "kT" wrote NASA is a problem, but that's an entirely different salvage operation. I don't see how NASA is a problem. Mission constraints are set by the budget, it's charter, and congressional mandate. Our Zionist DARPA and their Rothschild Federal Reserve banking cartel are calling all the shots, along with their mainstream media wizard Murdock keeping a straight and narrow butt-crack so that only their infowar crapolla of disinformation spews out, as representing the one and only word of their extremely white God. .. - Brad Guth |
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"NASA Watch" gets really ****ed off.
On Sun, 25 May 2008 22:54:26 -0700, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary
Shafer)" wrote: OK, I was a field center engineer who never got downsized, which may affect my view, but I always thought NASA Watch was nothing but a pack of HQ weenies who got pushed out (long after the field centers had taken much deeper hits on complement) and were crying to the world about how badly they'd been treated. ....And based on everything else we've seen in the decade or so since NW went from being a decent "insider" news source to "The Wrath of Cowing", your observations are clearly not incorrect. About the only thing that needs to be clarified is whether the rumors are true in that Cowing was terminated due to poor job performance as opposed to simple downsizing. Several of my OMBlog regulars have made comments about this rumor in the past, and IIRC it was floated around .policy quite a while back, much to Cowing's chagrin. Bottom Line: What do Guth, Maxson, Chumpko, McCall and the rest of the trolling trash have in common with Keith Cowing? They all have unrequited dates with a 2x4 upside the head! OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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OM wrote: On Sun, 25 May 2008 22:54:26 -0700, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)" wrote: OK, I was a field center engineer who never got downsized, which may affect my view, but I always thought NASA Watch was nothing but a pack of HQ weenies who got pushed out (long after the field centers had taken much deeper hits on complement) and were crying to the world about how badly they'd been treated. ...And based on everything else we've seen in the decade or so since NW went from being a decent "insider" news source to "The Wrath of Cowing", your observations are clearly not incorrect. About the only thing that needs to be clarified is whether the rumors are true in that Cowing was terminated due to poor job performance as opposed to simple downsizing. He's going to send that Yeti after you...and that Yeti is going to _kill you_ as you try to to hop away from it. Might as well have a Wookie on your ass after losing a holographic chess game against it. BTW, I've been developing new theories about Yetis recently. Several years ago, a British explorer tried to observe one by leaving buckets of warm Irish Stout out on the Himalayan mountainsides, realizing that the poor, cold, creature would inevitably be drawn to it by its innate strengthening virtue and excellent scent. Alas, the idea failed. Some would say that this was due to the fact that there _are no_ Yetis; but I see another explanation. I think that as hairy and huge as they are, Yetis have a distinct sense of pride. Imagine walking into a Irish pub as an American tourist and having the publican offer you a _bucket_ of stout while the other patrons of the pub attempted to photograph you as some oddity of nature. No doubt you (if not I- who would accept the bucket with enthusiasm and then gimbal and gambol around the pub for tourists to photograph as they pleased while emitting growls and strange ape-like hooting sounds) would be insulted by such a situation. I think that the key to successful Yeti observation is the presentation of such stout; certainly it must be presented in a pint glass, and not a bucket, while also accompanied by a cheese platter. Pat |
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On Sun, 25 May 2008 22:54:26 -0700, in a place far, far away, "Reunite
Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: On Sun, 18 May 2008 09:01:38 -0700 (PDT), wrote: The NASA Watch site has really changed. It used to be an insightful, and somewhat biting glimpse into space policy. It was quite unique in doing this, but has now gone somewhat off the rail. There are several other excellent sites that serve the purpose that NASA Watch used to serve, and they are forums that actually allow and encourage civil discourse, rather than just applause. "Yay, Scott!", "Go for it, Scott!" I really think those folks made their point in dozens of posts that NASA Watch welcomed, but it may take a hundred such posts for Keith to see that. OK, I was a field center engineer who never got downsized, which may affect my view, but I always thought NASA Watch was nothing but a pack of HQ weenies who got pushed out (long after the field centers had taken much deeper hits on complement) and were crying to the world about how badly they'd been treated. I always wondered why all of a sudden it was so terrible that NASA had let people go, when none of those folks had said a word when it was people at field centers, not themselves at HQ. It was like they thought they were gods of NASA and shouldn't be expected to be treated like the rest of the folks. It's not as if most of them ever did that much to fulfill the NASA mission of doing aerospace research and exploration. I mean, they were all staff, not line and yes, line needs staff for support, but staff work isn't the goal of the agency, line is, despite what NASA Watch said. (Yes, I was line, and yes, I relied heavily on staff for support, and yes, they did a great job of it, but they were still staff.) Mary "Not everyone at HQ was like that, of course." Actually, it was one guy, at Reston, not HQ. |
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On May 26, 2:04 am, OM wrote:
Bottom Line: What do Guth, Maxson, Chumpko, McCall and the rest of the trolling trash have in common with Keith Cowing? They all have unrequited dates with a 2x4 upside the head! Bottom Line : Robert Mosley III is a violent fascist, who hates the constitution of the United States of America, hates freedom of speech and freedom of expression, and spends his hours trolling the usenet for trolls with whom to libel, slander and make threats of violence against. Robert Mosley III hates America and Americans for their freedoms. Robert Mosley III is far worse than the usenet trolls he hates. |
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"Pat Flannery" wrote in message dakotatelephone... Might as well have a Wookie on your ass after losing a holographic chess game against it. "Bring it on, Fuzzball! Got my canister of Nair right here!" BTW, I've been developing new theories about Yetis recently. Several years ago, a British explorer tried to observe one by leaving buckets of warm Irish Stout out on the Himalayan mountainsides, realizing that the poor, cold, creature would inevitably be drawn to it by its innate strengthening virtue and excellent scent. Alas, the idea failed. That's because the Sherpas were sneaking it when he stopped to ****. Imagine walking into a Irish pub as an American tourist and having the publican offer you a _bucket_ of stout while the other patrons of the pub attempted to photograph you as some oddity of nature. Free beer? Hell, I'd *pose* for 'em- as long as it wasn't Guiness, which would more properly go into something that ran on diesel. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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On May 26, 8:08*pm, "Scott Hedrick" wrote:
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message dakotatelephone... Might as well have a Wookie on your ass after losing a holographic chess game against it. "Bring it on, Fuzzball! Got my canister of Nair right here!" BTW, I've been developing new theories about Yetis recently. Several years ago, a British explorer tried to observe one by leaving buckets of warm Irish Stout out on the Himalayan mountainsides, realizing that the poor, cold, creature would inevitably be drawn to it by its innate strengthening virtue and excellent scent. Alas, the idea failed. That's because the Sherpas were sneaking it when he stopped to ****. Imagine walking into a Irish pub as an American tourist and having the publican offer you a _bucket_ of stout while the other patrons of the pub attempted to photograph you as some oddity of nature. Free beer? Hell, I'd *pose* for 'em- as long as it wasn't Guiness, which would more properly go into something that ran on diesel. No, free beer tomorrow. |
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On May 26, 9:33*am, (Rand Simberg)
wrote: On Sun, 25 May 2008 22:54:26 -0700, in a place far, far away, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: On Sun, 18 May 2008 09:01:38 -0700 (PDT), wrote: The NASA Watch site has really changed. It used to be an insightful, and somewhat biting glimpse into space policy. It was quite unique in doing this, but has now gone somewhat off the rail. There are several other excellent sites that serve the purpose that NASA Watch used to serve, and they are forums that actually allow and encourage civil discourse, rather than just applause. "Yay, Scott!", "Go for it, Scott!" I really think those folks made their point in dozens of posts that NASA Watch welcomed, *but it may take a hundred such posts for Keith to see that. OK, I was a field center engineer who never got downsized, which may affect my view, but I always thought NASA Watch was nothing but a pack of HQ weenies who got pushed out (long after the field centers had taken much deeper hits on complement) and were crying to the world about how badly they'd been treated. I always wondered why all of a sudden it was so terrible that NASA had let people go, when none of those folks had said a word when it was people at field centers, not themselves at HQ. *It was like they thought they were gods of NASA and shouldn't be expected to be treated like the rest of the folks. *It's not as if most of them ever did that much to fulfill the NASA mission of doing aerospace research and exploration. *I mean, they were all staff, not line and yes, line needs staff for support, but staff work isn't the goal of the agency, line is, despite what NASA Watch said. *(Yes, I was line, and yes, I relied heavily on staff for support, and yes, they did a great job of it, but they were still staff.) Mary "Not everyone at HQ was like that, of course." Actually, it was one guy, at Reston, not HQ. Depends on which HQ when talking about Reston. |
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