Quote from: bobthemonkey on 10/08/2010 10:05 pmRead the new post. Now. http://waynehale.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/chasing-augustine
Read the new post. Now. http://waynehale.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/chasing-augustine
Now the weather is turning cooler and I’m thinking about stoking up the fireplace. I’ll need some paper to get the first fire going. I think I know where I can find a piece to burn.
{pain} Just when I was kinda-sorta-starting to believe (against most logic) the relentless charges that the Augustine Commission was too pessimistic, that the hardware/budget/timeline picture is better than it looks ... Wayne Hale goes and pours water on those hopes. Thank you very, very much for your candor. -Alex
I'm curious to see Mr. Hale's thoughts on what we can/should pursue, and specifically whether any beyond-LEO human spaceflight should be attempted within the existing budget constraints.
Ask him on his blog. There's a fairly good chance he will respond to you and tell you or at very least say he is saving that for a future post.
QuoteNow the weather is turning cooler and I’m thinking about stoking up the fireplace. I’ll need some paper to get the first fire going. I think I know where I can find a piece to burn.Blimey! Interesting read again!
Wow! I nearly fainted when I saw Wayne Hale post.
Quote from: Longhorn John on 09/25/2010 02:17 amWow! I nearly fainted when I saw Wayne Hale post.Old eyes. Small fonts. The "i" and the "n" blurred into an "r". I nearly fainted myself!
anyone know where I can get the transcript from the telecon today?
Quote from: alexw on 10/09/2010 12:48 am {pain} Just when I was kinda-sorta-starting to believe (against most logic) the relentless charges that the Augustine Commission was too pessimistic, that the hardware/budget/timeline picture is better than it looks ... Wayne Hale goes and pours water on those hopes. Thank you very, very much for your candor. -AlexThat's not how I read it.. I'm honestly not sure what to make of Wayne's Blog.Does he feel like a lot of effort was wasted on options that could never fit in the budget and that the commission should have spent more time coming up with, and making sure they had the numbers right on options that could fit in the budget???
anyone know where I can get the transcript from the telecon today? I would like to ask Wayne Hale what he thinks of Sen. Nelsons comment re. "if heavy lift based on existing shuttle and CxP assets can't be built today for $11 Bil then we might want to reconsider if that's something NASA should be doing at all" para-phrasing of course.
(1)I'm honestly not sure what to make of Wayne's Blog.(2)Does he feel like a lot of effort was wasted on options that could never fit in the budget and that the commission should have spent more time ... making sure they had the numbers right ...
He may be tired of not being able to leave LEO in 40 years but hearing that "Mars is the ultimate goal" for the duration of some of his co-workers lives yet never seeing any real progress.