Off Topic: Is It Any Wonder That NASA is So Screwed Up?

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Bear with me -- I worked for a NASA contractor for Space Station
systems back before they ever put a piece of it in the sky.

One of the BEST stories that I've read lately is about how NASA
is really screwing up with regards to the research and science
mission, their budget, and their focus.

A really, really fine article in Wired by Gregg Easterbrook
(that should win him some kind of prize, or a beer, even) is
here:

 http://www.wired.com/science/space/magazine/15-06/ff_space_nasa

A must read. Really.

But wait:

Now comes news that NASA's Chief Administrator Michael Griffin
expressed doubts that global warming was an issue that humans
could or should address. More here:

 http://www.livescience.com/environment/070531_gw_griffin.html

Huh? Science, what?

Not the same NASA that I used to know and love, etc.

Sad.

Glad I got that off my chest. :-)

- - ferg

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