Comments on: The outline of a Senate NASA authorization bill forms http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/06/15/the-outline-of-a-senate-nasa-authorization-bill-forms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-outline-of-a-senate-nasa-authorization-bill-forms 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: Library: A Round-up of Reading « Res Communis http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/06/15/the-outline-of-a-senate-nasa-authorization-bill-forms/#comment-312168 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:54:54 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3621#comment-312168 […] The outline of a Senate NASA authorization bill forms – Space Politics […]

]]> By: puzzled http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/06/15/the-outline-of-a-senate-nasa-authorization-bill-forms/#comment-311989 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:35:29 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3621#comment-311989 Man, the more I read here… PDS, BDS, ODS, even Roosevelt DS. No wonder I am puzzled…

]]> By: DCSCA http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/06/15/the-outline-of-a-senate-nasa-authorization-bill-forms/#comment-310974 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:54:47 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3621#comment-310974 Rand Simberg wrote @ June 17th, 2010 at 12:11 pm “What a stupid comment.”– Hmmm. And yet you continue to post them. “Hoover created the depression. Then FDR came along and made it Great.” Hmmm. Your weak knowledge base of contemporary history is a source of endless amusement.

]]> By: brobof http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/06/15/the-outline-of-a-senate-nasa-authorization-bill-forms/#comment-310908 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:52:30 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3621#comment-310908 DCSCA wrote @ June 17th, 2010 at 6:37 am

Ah this one I believe:
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Gallup_Poll_Finds_Americans_Overall_Strongly_Support_Space_Exploration_999.html

Note the falling support tho… And that the poll was taken before the financial turmoil. One wonders what the result would be now.

Oh look: http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/06/01/new-poll-on-space-spending/
The comments are particularly good :)

I believe that most polls support some form of almost any Program providing ‘I’ don’t have to pay for it.
BTW BP isn’t British. It hasn’t been since 2001. It’s only “British Petroleum” to those that can’t face the real culprits. Hint: Mirror.

]]> By: Rand Simberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/06/15/the-outline-of-a-senate-nasa-authorization-bill-forms/#comment-310876 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:11:18 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3621#comment-310876 But your comment would make one family happy- the descendants of GOP train wreck, Herbert Hoover.

What a stupid comment. Hoover created the depression. Then FDR came along and made it Great. Obama is determined to follow in their footsteps.

And I’m not a Republican.

]]> By: Space Politics » When is the right time to start heavy lift? http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/06/15/the-outline-of-a-senate-nasa-authorization-bill-forms/#comment-310828 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:11:22 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3621#comment-310828 […] on technologies that could either be utilized by it or otherwise affect such a vehicle. However, in the outline of the authorization bill being contemplated by the Senate Commerce Committee, development of an HLV would be moved up to […]

]]> By: DCSCA http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/06/15/the-outline-of-a-senate-nasa-authorization-bill-forms/#comment-310826 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:49:35 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3621#comment-310826 “As it is the Moon being only 2 and 1/2 light seconds or so away will tempt NASA as it stands now to do spaceflight like it does now “OK Sally would you check off that Fred has moved the screw Charlie Alpha 2 and 1/2 turns, outstanding all done at 17,500 mph wow”

Hmmmm. Given the price of unique equipment, the harsh environment and the extreme risks and costs of failure, that seems to be prudent methodology. But then some believe private sector management of complex engineering enterprises can do it better and safer without concern for the consequences of error — let’s ask British Petroleum about it.

]]> By: DCSCA http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/06/15/the-outline-of-a-senate-nasa-authorization-bill-forms/#comment-310823 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:37:25 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3621#comment-310823 @RobertGOler”J201 wrote @ June 15th, 2010 at 11:22 am
1) It would get the public excited and interested in space again. The inspirational value alone of a lunar return is priceless….
everytime people like you say that I laugh…there is no data to support that…there is no public excitment about going to the Moon. Where do you make this up from? Robert G. Oler

“Gallup Poll Finds Americans Overall Strongly Support Space Exploration

A new Gallup Poll shows more than two-thirds of respondents support the nation’s stepping-stone approach to space exploration, which includes flying the space shuttle to complete the International Space Station, building a replacement vehicle for the space shuttle, returning humans to the moon, and exploring Mars and points beyond. (Respondents support this approach if NASA’s budget does not exceed 1 percent of the federal budget.)

More than 60 percent believe the U.S. should continue to fund space exploration either at its current level or an increased one. Currently, NASA’s budget is less than 1 percent of the federal budget, or approximately 15 cents per day for the average, tax-paying citizen. In addition, 69 percent of all respondents surveyed agree that the benefits of space exploration outweigh the risks of human space flight.” 9/27/06 =sigh=

]]> By: DCSCA http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/06/15/the-outline-of-a-senate-nasa-authorization-bill-forms/#comment-310822 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:29:55 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3621#comment-310822 @RandSimberg- “I didn’t vote for Obama. I think that he’s the worst president in American history…” Hmmm. Apparently you missed the GOP GWBush years. But your comment would make one family happy- the descendants of GOP train wreck, Herbert Hoover.

]]> By: reader http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/06/15/the-outline-of-a-senate-nasa-authorization-bill-forms/#comment-310796 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:56:11 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3621#comment-310796 In other words, the HLV must be pork-rated

Funniest space politics post ever.

Great job, people, you are performing a vital service to space geeks the world over. Now you have to admit whether you thought that up yourself or heard it elsewhere.

Came out of conversations over at NSF. I cannot take the credit.

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