I think he gave NASA one paragraph in Mein Kam.. er “My Life”.

Government red tape adds a lot of time and therefore money to any project that’s why I hate to work on government contracts, but that has nothing to do with NASA specifically. O’Keefe has complained many times about the red tape in congress which is inherited from the legal environment. Sit in a partners meeting at a law firm and it’s like sitting in congress. O’Keefe is blunt and fair with NASA employees, he is an excellent manager and I have seen many. Congress could give NASA administrators more control over the budget but that will never happen.

I’m still wondering what Clinton did for space program and he had 7 years. Is there any book about Clinton’s space policy?

actually, the press release says nothing about NASA’s financial management, only that the agency can keep track of when employees punch the timeclock through the web. interestingly, the system seems to predate the arrival of O’Keefe, at least at MSFC.

I bet the USAF and the Navy lost some aircraft/crews on GWB’s watch too, probably some to poor maintenance/neglect. Is Bush directly to blame for that too? How about people killed on the highways due to bad road surfaces, poor maintenance etc., Bush’s directly responsible?

You simplistically eliminate every individual between the problem and the head of state, and place the blame with the POTUS. Except of course for the years 1992-2000.

Clinton/Goldin/Congress had 8 years prior to GWB to clean up the Shuttle program and ISS. They failed miserably. If there is any one individual who shares a bigger share of the blame than any other one individual for the Shuttle loss and the ISS mismanagement it is Daniel Goldin, no one else is even a close second.

And don’t even go with the missing munitions story, it is rapidly become apparent that is a pre-election news media attempt to smear Bush. Even YOU can recognize that. You do know CBS were trying to save the story until just two days before the election, right?

Posted by Dogsbd at October 29, 2004 09:28 AM

Sure I can.

Bart G:”The bad news is that over the last three and a half years, our space program has been weakened by inconsistent leadership, ill-advised priorities, and initiatives that lack budgetary and programmatic credibility.”

The last ~3 years NASA has enjoyed the best leadership it’s had since Webb. They’ve finally been given something worthy as a priority, they’ve fought for the budget that was submittted and the program submitted is the most credible in years.

Gordon mentions the ISS, Bush was handed a bungled ISS program by Clinton/Goldin/Congress. It will never be straigthened out, much less in only 4 years.

Yes NASA bungled the Shuttle program too, with regards to safety and everthing else. Again, the STS program was handed to the Bush admin in a poor shape. I’ll blame Bush with 3 years of poor handling (inaguration until Columbia) if Gordon and company accept the previous 10-15 years of poor handling by Clinton/Goldin/Congress.

This is simply a PARTISAN EDITORIAL OPINION written on the eve of national elections for political gain. Nothing more.

Consider the source:

http://www.house.gov/science_democrats/welcome.htm

HAH!

snip

Contradicts Oler’s rhetoric on the subject as well.

Posted by Dogsbd at October 28, 2004 09:12 PM