Comments on: When a cut is not a cut (unless it’s a slash) http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/17/when-a-cut-is-not-a-cut-unless-its-a-slash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-a-cut-is-not-a-cut-unless-its-a-slash Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: cIclops http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/17/when-a-cut-is-not-a-cut-unless-its-a-slash/#comment-7009 Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:07:35 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=851#comment-7009 “However, one thing to keep in mind is that the overall increase in science programs, about one percent, is not enough to keep up with inflation, so that one can argue that NASA is “slashing” ”

This is a crock. It’s not only that “slashing” is an absurdly exaggerated adjective to describe this situation, but given the current inflation rate of about 2% productivity increases alone will easily compensate for any difference. Once again it’s the language of pure politics.

]]> By: Donald F. Robertson http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/17/when-a-cut-is-not-a-cut-unless-its-a-slash/#comment-7008 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:30:16 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=851#comment-7008 Certainly! — Donald

]]> By: Dwayne A. Day http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/17/when-a-cut-is-not-a-cut-unless-its-a-slash/#comment-7007 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:11:06 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=851#comment-7007 One of my co-workers managed to find it and we have a subscription, so we can capture all of the articles. Thanks for the tip. This is most useful for our work.

]]> By: Donald F. Robertson http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/17/when-a-cut-is-not-a-cut-unless-its-a-slash/#comment-7006 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:45:09 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=851#comment-7006 Apparently, these dynamic links don’t work very well. I’ve found they work sometimes, and other times they send you back to the home page. First, I’d try the links more than once. If that doesn’t work, I found that typing “Scientific Case for Human Exploration” in the search field and selecting “Articles” would get me to the first piece. You can find the others from there.

— Donald

]]> By: Dwayne A. Day http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/17/when-a-cut-is-not-a-cut-unless-its-a-slash/#comment-7005 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:33:36 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=851#comment-7005 I cannot find the introductory editorial. Where is it?

In fact, I cannot seem to find the current issue on that site.

]]> By: Donald F. Robertson http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/17/when-a-cut-is-not-a-cut-unless-its-a-slash/#comment-7004 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:06:32 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=851#comment-7004 The Springer scientific journal Earth, Moon, and Planets has published a special issue on the scientific justifications for human spaceflight. They’ve made the introductory editorial freely available. Springer is a German publisher of a wide range of scientific and popular spaceflight books and journals.

— Donald

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