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06-01-2009, 10:28 AM
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Newtonian power! Love it!
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... Dan i think Ian robertson is right...  that guy isn't distinguished enough, i mean i belive that he would be struggling to understand how to attach a wing on a paper aeroplane!!! pffft, I think ide be good for the role!
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06-01-2009, 11:02 AM
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No More Infinities
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bmitchell82
... Dan i think Ian robertson is right... that guy isn't distinguished enough, i mean i belive that he would be struggling to understand how to attach a wing on a paper aeroplane!!! pffft, I think ide be good for the role!
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Oh, he's distinguished enough....you only have to look at his academic and professional credentials. What's most important is whether he's a "yes" man, or his independent and will speak his own mind when and where he needs to. Even if that means he upsets a few pollies and beaurocrats in the process.
We don't need a "yes" man at the head of NASA.
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06-01-2009, 03:10 PM
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The BIG question is has he been a YESMAN in his current tenure???????
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06-01-2009, 06:47 PM
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I haven't been following the news at NASA lately to be able to figure that one out, but I can imagine any Bush appointee being a yes man to some extent.
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06-01-2009, 07:09 PM
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"It aint neccesraly so" mr Gates as defence secratery is being used by Obama and so area number of former bush appointees.
As you say , you have not been following what has been happening so you can not pass judgment, and say he is a yes man.
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06-01-2009, 07:14 PM
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..and an Obama appointee not being a yes man?
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06-01-2009, 07:25 PM
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leinad, have you/do you work for a boss, if so do you say NO to him/her?
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06-01-2009, 08:27 PM
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leinad, have you/do you work for a boss, if so do you say NO to him/her?
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Meaning?
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06-01-2009, 08:38 PM
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Meaning?
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If you don't understand the inference, it is not worth continuing.
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06-01-2009, 08:55 PM
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If you don't understand the inference, it is not worth continuing.
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Yeah, understood. Just that I wouldnt mind further elaboration.
edit: LOL, I think I threw the thread off-topic myself.
Whatever the outcome, and if they do proceed with the idea, I hope that international co-operative space exploration will prevail in the future to benefit 'all', no matter who gets there first.
Last edited by leinad; 06-01-2009 at 10:04 PM.
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11-01-2009, 05:20 PM
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As someone who spent 20 years working in the US Air Force 'space business' you'd be surprised how much overlap there currently is. Most of Cape Canaveral is run by the Air Force. The adaptive optics used at places like Keck was developed to track and photograph satellites in the 1980s. As for man-rated rockets, you could just re-engineer the current Delta and Atlas heavy lift vehicles. Remember in the 60s, Mercury and Gemini were launched on re-engineered ICBMs. In these days of fiscal constraints using economies of scale might not be all bad
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12-01-2009, 02:29 PM
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On second thoughts, Obama does want Yes men/women,"Yes We Can Men and Women"
President Kennedy said "we will go to the Moon" a lot of doubters said NO we can't, but a lot of others said YES we can and they did
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15-01-2009, 11:31 AM
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http://www.space.com/news/090113-oba...nistrator.html
WASHINGTON - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has asked retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Scott Gration, one of his top foreign policy and military advisers during his campaign, to take the helm of NASA, according to a source informed of the selection.
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15-01-2009, 08:06 PM
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We'll see just how well this appointee goes and what the future holds for NASA, but I'm not that too optimistic. But then again, he may surprise us all.
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16-01-2009, 11:12 PM
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it would be better if they just shared Technologies among each other. totally merging the two organizations is not a good idea considering the interests of both organizations.
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16-01-2009, 11:15 PM
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Joash
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Quote:
Originally Posted by leinad
Yeah, understood. Just that I wouldnt mind further elaboration.
edit: LOL, I think I threw the thread off-topic myself.
Whatever the outcome, and if they do proceed with the idea, I hope that international co-operative space exploration will prevail in the future to benefit 'all', no matter who gets there first.
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Totally agree
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