Comments on: NASA IG finds no evidence of intentional export control violations at Ames

By: Don

Don — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:57:29 +0000

Of course, NASA OIG isn’t going to find themselves guilty! Why don’t you ask NAPA and/or the Wolf, Grassley, or Smith Congrl committees?

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marklade — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:57:45 +0000

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By: common sense

common sense — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:09:29 +0000

You may know these already. Again FWIW.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf

and that

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/10/28/presidential-memorandum-accelerating-technology-transfer-and-commerciali

By: common sense

common sense — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:39:56 +0000

Dave, I cannot answer. But look for a re-org here and there. You are NASA so you might see itâ€¦ You can also run a search for NASA crowdsourcing, citizen science, partnerships which is somewhat related. Somewhat.

I believe and actually heard that people see that it is the only way to make NASA survive in the future (can I be more vague? Sure can). And I agree it is the only way.

My crystal ball prediction is SLS/Orion will die a slow death. And so far they are on their way. Once this has happened…

I understand all you say and the NACA like transition may just not happen in the end. And NASA budget may be slashed again, and again, and againâ€¦

I will also assume that the NACA style will not reach all Centers right away. Space Flight Centers will be for sure a lot more resistant while Research Centers are very well in tune with industry partnerships.

FWIW.

By: Dave Huntsman

Dave Huntsman — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:47:17 +0000

Commonsense, I don’t know where you get that. I wish it were true that NASA was transitioning to being more of a NACA for space – but just the opposite is happening. The first decimation of the space technology budget – the NACA-like part – came under the Bush Administration; the second decimation happened in the FY11 budget, when the large increase in the space technology budget requested by the Obama Administration was instead transferred whole-hog to create and support SLS. And this latest appropriations agreement cuts space technology even more, leaving only one of the 9 Gazarik space technology areas in any way fully funded.

NASA at the end of 2010 was even less a NACA-like organization than it was 8 years before; and in 2014 it is even less so than it was even in 2010. Unfortunately. This goes to show that it’s not how much money NASA gets in total that matters anywhere near as much as what it is actually spent on, and how it is spent. And for the last 12 years or so we’re going backwards.

By: common sense

common sense — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:28:21 +0000

This is just competitionâ€¦ As the work winds down at JSC it will wind up at Ames and the other research centers as NASA (slowly?) transition into NACA like work.

C’est la vie.

By: Michael Listner

Michael Listner — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:22:15 +0000

Is that a professional opinion?

By: amightywind

amightywind — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:23:23 +0000

Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Make some examples and the problem goes away.

I hope that the administration will take these reports seriously and implement the recommended changes to ensure that NASA is not leaking our nationâ€™s prized aerospace technology.

The administration takes nothing concerning national security seriously.

By: Stephen C. Smith

Stephen C. Smith — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:11:36 +0000

They could have saved a lot of money by issuing a one-sentence report:

“Frank Wolf is a nutcase.”