Nobody with any pull in Congress is interested in spaceflight in the slightest. They are only interested in keeping the jobs going as long as possible at the centers and contractors. That gets votes for the next election campaign. It oughta be a crime - but it isn't. Sad - so very sad.
Quote from: clongton on 06/23/2017 06:38 pmNobody with any pull in Congress is interested in spaceflight in the slightest. They are only interested in keeping the jobs going as long as possible at the centers and contractors. That gets votes for the next election campaign. It oughta be a crime - but it isn't. Sad - so very sad.Yes, Congressmen and women should work against the interests of their constituents! If only the world worked logically like this!
Quote from: jtrame on 06/22/2017 11:35 amSince we can't go back and unspend money already spent then the cost of NASA going forward is where we should make the changes. It only matters going forward. If no changes are made, then more of the same. Congress should separate out the funds going to the contractors and the funds going to NASA. Cut the latter.Thats right, lets get that nasty nasty government out of the way of those poor noble companies and just make it a money-hose directly to them since they will always make the right choices!
Since we can't go back and unspend money already spent then the cost of NASA going forward is where we should make the changes. It only matters going forward. If no changes are made, then more of the same. Congress should separate out the funds going to the contractors and the funds going to NASA. Cut the latter.
Yes, Congressmen and women should work against the interests of their constituents! If only the world worked logically like this!
I'd like to ask a real question here. I've followed various rocket programs since the early 90s (mid 80's if you want to count Shuttle II). In each and every case, the program has been cancelled, sometimes during flight testing (CRV). Why can't this country get it's act together? Why have their been so many? Why are they all cancelled before they fly? Why has it taken this long to get nowhere? When Obama shelved the shuttle, there should have been at least one replacement already flying.
Quote from: okan170 on 06/30/2017 05:15 pmYes, Congressmen and women should work against the interests of their constituents! If only the world worked logically like this!Ignoring the obvious sarcasm for a moment, if they had flown Shuttle C, then all the usual suspects apart from the shuttle refurb crew would have continued to be happily employed and there would even be some development work to be shared out. Apart from that, we would most likely be flying by now, not in the Monty Python position we are in at the moment of cancelling Ares V, renaming it SLS, designing it again, and then waiting till 2019 to fly the thing. That, with the expectation that it will soon be cancelled yet again, and we will have another five to ten year wait while they come to yet another design that they may or may not actually fly. I'd like to ask a real question here. I've followed various rocket programs since the early 90s (mid 80's if you want to count Shuttle II). In each and every case, the program has been cancelled, sometimes during flight testing (CRV). Why can't this country get it's act together? Why have their been so many? Why are they all cancelled before they fly? Why has it taken this long to get nowhere? When Obama shelved the shuttle, there should have been at least one replacement already flying.
This isn't space policy .. .let's not veer too far in that direction. Thanks.