vt_hokie - 27/6/2006 4:45 AMPolitics sucks, but I guess it comes with any job, even for astronauts with a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, apparently!
vt_hokie - 27/6/2006 3:45 AMPolitics sucks, but I guess it comes with any job, even for astronauts with a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, apparently!
Ender0319 - 27/6/2006 8:37 AMAnd doing it to a fellow Hokie (Virginia Tech) too... SUCKS
Jim - 27/6/2006 7:05 AMThose are not necessarily qualifications for a leader.
vt_hokie - 28/6/2006 12:28 AM I wouldn't mind seeing a few more scientists and engineers in leadership positions, personally.
How about cloning Dr. Griffin ?
astrobrian - 28/6/2006 12:26 PMQuotevt_hokie - 28/6/2006 12:28 AM I wouldn't mind seeing a few more scientists and engineers in leadership positions, personally. How about cloning Dr. Griffin ?
spacedreams - 27/6/2006 11:40 PMI have to admit I really find these events troubling. I know exactly what Camarda means when he talks about how the future leaders are chosen at JSC. When I began here it seemed that decisions were made mostly on solid engineering judgement. That was when shuttle was the only game in town. Then ISS came along and all of a sudden a lot of people were thrown into some very important jobs with not very much experience or engineering background. It just seems that over those years a huge good 'ol boy/girl network has formed and decisions have been made more on who you know than what you know. Even worse, those who do present solid engineering are kind of squeezed out because they might make others "look bad". After the accident it got even worse. The Return to Flight "clique" could rival some college sororities in terms of poltics. There still are a few of the good guys that make it through and keep their values , ala Wayne Hale (the guy is a genius and as straight forward as you can get). Unfortunately we have been losing a lot of very good people over the past few years because either they have become fed up or they see the 2010 end of the road and are getting out while the getting is good. And don't even try getting one of the contractors started on civil servant hiring (basically you either have to be a college co-op or buddy up and work yourself into the "network" to get a civil servant slot).