Comments on: NASA, unleashed! http://josephshoer.com/blog/2010/02/nasa-unleashed/ quantum mechanic and rocket scientist extraordinaire Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Quantum Rocketry » Blog Archive » Solving the CxP-cancellation image problem http://josephshoer.com/blog/2010/02/nasa-unleashed/comment-page-1/#comment-594 Quantum Rocketry » Blog Archive » Solving the CxP-cancellation image problem Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:39:11 +0000 http://josephshoer.com/blog/?p=437#comment-594 [...] been worried about the Senators and Representatives from Florida, Alabama, and Texas; since I am very much a proponent of the new NASA programs, I don’t want to see politicians trying to drag out the generally defunct Constellation [...] [...] been worried about the Senators and Representatives from Florida, Alabama, and Texas; since I am very much a proponent of the new NASA programs, I don’t want to see politicians trying to drag out the generally defunct Constellation [...]

]]> By: Joseph http://josephshoer.com/blog/2010/02/nasa-unleashed/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Joseph Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:28:28 +0000 http://josephshoer.com/blog/?p=437#comment-495 Yes, I agree that another shift would derail things. That was one of the HSF Committee's findings - that it's not good for NASA to get a new directive every 4-8 years. Of course, we haven't heard a lot of leadership direction for NASA yet, just the budget. It'll be interesting to see what Obama directs them to do, specifically, in his rumored upcoming space policy address. In general, though, I think Obama came through in a big way on space policy. Interesting that he also came through in a rather Republican way with all this pro-commercial stuff... Yes, I agree that another shift would derail things. That was one of the HSF Committee’s findings – that it’s not good for NASA to get a new directive every 4-8 years. Of course, we haven’t heard a lot of leadership direction for NASA yet, just the budget. It’ll be interesting to see what Obama directs them to do, specifically, in his rumored upcoming space policy address.

In general, though, I think Obama came through in a big way on space policy. Interesting that he also came through in a rather Republican way with all this pro-commercial stuff…

]]> By: Joseph Gangestad http://josephshoer.com/blog/2010/02/nasa-unleashed/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Joseph Gangestad Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:55:27 +0000 http://josephshoer.com/blog/?p=437#comment-494 Sigh. And in three years, when there's a new president, the paradigm will shift again and NASA will be left scrambling again to accommodate the paradigm du jour. While the ideas behind this paradigm shift may be productive, they are astoundingly tone-deaf to the concerns of Congress (not that I'm a fan of Congress). These changes are so large (and the number of jobs lost in Florida and Alabama so great) that Congress is guaranteed to have a kanipshin. What I unfortunately expect to happen is that Congress is going to complain loud enough that some semblance of CxP is going to remain on life support (burning through billions pointlessly) while billions get dumped into ATK and ULA (which can't really do anything much more efficiently than NASA when it comes to new building). Sigh. And in three years, when there’s a new president, the paradigm will shift again and NASA will be left scrambling again to accommodate the paradigm du jour. While the ideas behind this paradigm shift may be productive, they are astoundingly tone-deaf to the concerns of Congress (not that I’m a fan of Congress). These changes are so large (and the number of jobs lost in Florida and Alabama so great) that Congress is guaranteed to have a kanipshin. What I unfortunately expect to happen is that Congress is going to complain loud enough that some semblance of CxP is going to remain on life support (burning through billions pointlessly) while billions get dumped into ATK and ULA (which can’t really do anything much more efficiently than NASA when it comes to new building).

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