Comments on: House hearing on jobs and industrial base

By: jobs

jobs — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:39:56 +0000

so where exactly does NASA advertise to hire its astronauts?

i’d love to know? LOL

By: Robert G. Oler

Robert G. Oler — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:36:26 +0000

NASA Fan

“Crapski shitski” is about the same in any language…

LOL

Robert G. Oler

By: NASA Fan

NASA Fan — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:38:05 +0000

Robert I’ve always enjoyed your posts. Imagine my surprise to learn you even know how to speak Russian!
Great post.

And can someone quantify how much influence this house committee has with appropriators? Ye who controls the purse strings has the power. Ye who doesn’t, wishes they did.

More arm vwaving if you ask me.

And any queses as to why the full committee yanked this out of the subcommittee’s hands? Anything to read into that move?

I”m not a politico.

By: Robert G. Oler

Robert G. Oler — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:51:41 +0000

http://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/nyheter/utrikes/article6263483.ab

since we are way off topic…interesting video on the Russian sub launch that went “off”.

Courtesy Jim Oberg and Sven Graham…

Robert G. Oler

By: Marcel F. Williams

Marcel F. Williams — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:36:38 +0000

Anyone interested in reading a pdf copy of the 1992 study in Nature Magazine (Sharing out NASA’s Spoils) on the huge economic benefits and job creation of NASA programmes to the general economy can email me at newpapyrus@yahoo.com to get a copy. Its still a very important and relevant study, IMO, even today.

By: common sense

common sense — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:18:41 +0000

For those who believe that the choie of Ares was based on technology, engineering and/or science see below… Where did I read human-launch-optimized vehicles?…

Oh well…

http://democrats.science.house.gov/Media/file/Commdocs/hearings/2009/Full/10dec/Hearing_Charter.pdf

â€œIf a decision is made to human-rate the EELV systems and NASA were to abandon the Ares I system but retain the Ares V heavy-launch capability, the solid rocket motor industrial base would need to be sustained until the Ares V generated demand.”

By: Rand Simberg

Rand Simberg — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:54:45 +0000

I’ve looked into it. It’s certainly feasible, and could be done for a couple billion.

By: MrEarl

MrEarl — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:45:45 +0000

Way off the subject but tossing it out there:
Has there been any studies into how to move the ISS into an orbit that is at a much lower inclination then the present one since the Russians now have launch facilities in French Giana? I would think by doing that larger/heavier payloads could be sent and the ISS would be better placed to be a way point on trips to the moon or other destinations.