Comments on: Unwanted endorsements

By: D. Messier

D. Messier — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:03:26 +0000

“Oh no! Space aliens! Bioduplication! Nude conspiracies! Oh my God! Lyndon LaRouche was right!”

- Homer Simpson
Citizen Kang
The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horrors VII

By: ghostNASA

ghostNASA — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:35:27 +0000

“Learn to read, gm.”

also my reply was a joke to support your irony…

seriously, I did not need any support from you (or from other Direct-lobby guys) to publish my ideas on my website and blog and to talk about them on EVERY free and democratic space forum and blog that allow that

By: Rand Simberg

Rand Simberg — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:59:56 +0000

Learn to read, gm.

By: Vladislaw

Vladislaw — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:22:58 +0000

yes rand, I was being facetious. smiles

By: ghostNASA

ghostNASA — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:48:43 +0000

“all the next president would have to do is hire ghost nasa to run the show”

Rand, finally I agree with you on something…

By: ghostNASA

ghostNASA — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:46:56 +0000

Rand, finally I agree with you on something…

By: Rand Simberg

Rand Simberg — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:20:57 +0000

Actually, NASA does not need Newt to tell them what they should do in space, all the next president would have to do is hire ghost nasa to run the show.

You’re joking, right?

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By: Vladislaw

Vladislaw — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:16:20 +0000

Actually, NASA does not need Newt to tell them what they should do in space, all the next president would have to do is hire ghost nasa to run the show. That guy has more ideas then Einstein.

By: GRS

GRS — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:25:16 +0000

Buzz Aldrin is certainly a person to respect, but I don’t really see his view as being in synch with the current direction of the country.

Not to deviate from the topic here too much, but I like the vision for space and NASA articulated by former Speaker Newt Gingrich in this week’s Aviation Week & Space Technology. His editorial, “Space First, NASA Second,” makes several key points:

- “We must remove NASA from the space transportation business and return it to investing in radical technology and innovative research, a model akin to the National Science Foundation…To succeed in space, the U.S. needs high-tempo research with minimum supervision…Scientists and experts should be given relatively free rein to explore.”

- “…the U.S. should focus its space program on encouraging private space entrepreneurship. This means we must create strong incentives for private sector investment.”

He also makes several other forward-looking proposals, including use of prizes to stimulate a variety of ambitious space endeavors. Hopefully, Newt will have influence on the formulation of ideas for both campaigns.