October 01, 2003
An Unhappy Birthday Indeed
NASA has turned 45, and Rand Simburg makes a good case for early onset dementia, and the need for euthanasia, on the part of the agency. Go read it, and I hope to get back to the discussions on an effective agency to replace NASA one day soon. Promise. Really. Honestly, this time I mean it.
LW
Posted by wolf1 at October 1, 2003 03:17 AM | TrackBackWow. I'm older than NASA. Now I'm depressed.
Posted by: Kathy K at October 2, 2003 12:46 AMTrust me on this, you are younger in mind and spirit than NASA. :)
Posted by: Laughing Wolf at October 2, 2003 01:44 AMI believe Rand makes several good points. However, as justification for euthanasia, he argues that "NASA is once more confronted with a need to change, something that it has never been able to do in the past, and seems institutionally incapable of doing now." I believe this view is based on seeing NASA only as the Shuttle/ISS NASA. There is much more to the agency, though the Human Spaceflight elements may claim too large a share of the budget: in 2003, the budget includes $6.1 billion for human spaceflight, and $8.8 billion for science, aeronautics and technology. (By contrast, the 2004 Department of Labor budget is $71 billion.)
I agree that NASA should get out of the LEO launch services business entirely, but I do not agree that NASA should be euthanised.
Posted by: chris hall at October 6, 2003 10:33 PMComments are Closed.
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