Comments on: Committee delays consideration of termination liability bill until next week http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/12/06/committee-delays-consideration-of-termination-liability-bill-until-next-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=committee-delays-consideration-of-termination-liability-bill-until-next-week 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: Ben Russell-Gough http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/12/06/committee-delays-consideration-of-termination-liability-bill-until-next-week/#comment-444273 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 16:51:26 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6746#comment-444273 The story is interesting. It’s obvious that every Rep will be looking to put their constituents’ project on the ‘protected’ list. Ultimately, practically the entire NASA budget could end up protected in this manner, no matter how weird or trivial the line item just to get a majority to go to the voting stage. I think that the whole thing may yet die stillborn because it will become unimplementable.

]]> By: Lars http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/12/06/committee-delays-consideration-of-termination-liability-bill-until-next-week/#comment-444231 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 01:56:48 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6746#comment-444231 Indeed. I have argued for a while that a successful flight of Falcon Heavy will put SLS in a dire situation. Yes, it only has 40-70% of the SLS capacity to LEO (depending on SLS version) – but the price difference might be too much ignore.

]]> By: Mader Levap http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/12/06/committee-delays-consideration-of-termination-liability-bill-until-next-week/#comment-444171 Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:43:19 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6746#comment-444171 It is just me or someone there s**t bricks on mere thought of Falcon Heavy, appearing more real than ever with recent successful second flight of F9 v1.1?

Falcon Heavy online = death of Senate Launch System aka monster porkrocket. It is simple like that.

]]> By: Stephen C. Smith http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/12/06/committee-delays-consideration-of-termination-liability-bill-until-next-week/#comment-444097 Sun, 08 Dec 2013 01:15:28 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6746#comment-444097 vulture4 wrote:

So who can we call to argue about this? Is there anyone on the committee that is opposed to pork?

Dana Rohrabacher, but he’s a lone voice in the wilderness.

Even if this clears the House, it remains to be seen how the Senate will react. As much as Bill Nelson and Ted Cruz are protecting SLS, this might be too much even for them.

If it gets grafted into another bill, it could always be deleted on the chamber floor.

This disgusting idea has a long way to go.

]]> By: vulture4 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/12/06/committee-delays-consideration-of-termination-liability-bill-until-next-week/#comment-443948 Sat, 07 Dec 2013 17:08:29 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6746#comment-443948 So who can we call to argue about this? Is there anyone on the committee that is opposed to pork?

]]> By: Stephen C. Smith http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/12/06/committee-delays-consideration-of-termination-liability-bill-until-next-week/#comment-443773 Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:31:07 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6746#comment-443773 I think you mean Mo Brooks, not Bill Posey. :-)

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