Author Topic: LIVE: Congressional Hearings into Obama's NASA Budget FY2011 - Feb 24-25 Part 2 (Read 373824 times)

Halidon · « **Reply #120 on:** 02/24/2010 08:09 pm »

Quote from: clb22 on 02/24/2010 08:07 pm

He should have said he could have avoided the whole discussion by just keep the dates (2020 date for Moon) and set a 2030 date for Mars. That would be dishonest, but hey, at least Congress and the public would be fine with it, no matter if the dates are realistic or not.

He'd have Vitter's support all day long on that one.

Cog_in_the_machine · « **Reply #121 on:** 02/24/2010 08:09 pm »

Gibson wants to continue developing "rocket X" as he said (Ares I probably) so they can eventually build a HLV (probably Ares V)

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #122 on:** 02/24/2010 08:09 pm »

More than a third of NASA's professionals jobs are at threat of being lost. NASA should remain vitally involved.

Doesn't like the Russians being involved as a monopoly. They are new to capitalism, but they are not going to avoid it.

Wants Five seg SRB dev to continue, along with J-2X.

With the retirement of the shuttle and the current plan, we lose our leadership in space. We will have ceased exploration and many years of regaining of what we had.

I hope you can alter the course we are on.

northanger · « **Reply #123 on:** 02/24/2010 08:10 pm »

Miles O'Brien
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_O%27Brien_%28journalist%29

neilh · « **Reply #124 on:** 02/24/2010 08:11 pm »

Miles: I'm now a freelance journalist, but worked for a number of years with a, um, large cable news network... lowercase.

clb22 · « **Reply #125 on:** 02/24/2010 08:12 pm »

O'Brien talks about media reaction, says many people even didn't know we were going to the Moon. Says Cx was uninspired.

Cog_in_the_machine · « **Reply #126 on:** 02/24/2010 08:13 pm »

Miles: Defends the new budget and says "Apollo on steroids" turned out to be a ninety pound weakling.

"Constellation was a dead man walking", " an attempt to capture the magic of the 60s", "Trying to recreate the past is not the path to follow"

clb22 · « **Reply #127 on:** 02/24/2010 08:14 pm »

O'Brien loves the new plan, but says the administration did a horrible job to communicate the message to the public. Says the reason was because the decision was made in the WH science department.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #128 on:** 02/24/2010 08:14 pm »

Heh, Miles opens with a joke about Hoot being his copilot cause he's sat next to him

"We have a problem, there is an uproar about this budget".

"The headlines were NASA cancels its moon program. Most people didnt know we were going to the moon and to be honest we weren't. Apollo on steriods, but turned out to be a 90lbs weakline."

It's time for NASA to get off the barstool. There's a lot of optimism in the budget, I'd love it if we could do it all, I'd love to go to the moon. Change is never easy, but NASA is supposed to be all about change, but there's more to this, there's a failure to communicate. NASA did a horrible job with communicating.

Most people know CxP was a dead man walking.

northanger · « **Reply #129 on:** 02/24/2010 08:14 pm »

OK Miles (professional communicator), I'll buy that: We have a failure of communication -- failing to communicating the nuances of this program (which he thinks is good). But it's a perfect storm here.

Gene DiGennaro · « **Reply #130 on:** 02/24/2010 08:15 pm »

Quote from: clb22 on 02/24/2010 08:14 pm

O'Brien loves the new plan, but says the administration did a horrible job to communicate the message to the public. Says the reason was because the decision was made in the WH science department.

A ha so it was Holdren...it figures.

mr_magoo · « **Reply #131 on:** 02/24/2010 08:15 pm »

Well, I guess Miles O'Brien will have a tougher time getting Mike Griffin interviews. heh.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #132 on:** 02/24/2010 08:16 pm »

Mike Synder on. Go on Mike!!

northanger · « **Reply #133 on:** 02/24/2010 08:16 pm »

Michael J. Snyder, Aerospace Engineer

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #134 on:** 02/24/2010 08:17 pm »

Today, I must inform you that morale across the entire space related workforce, civil servant and contractor, is at an all time low. The lowest I have seen it in all my years of service.

Perhaps the single biggest contributor to the low morale is lack of any vision, purpose or detailed plans with clearly defined goals, objectives and timetables for the future of human spaceflight.

ugordan · « **Reply #135 on:** 02/24/2010 08:17 pm »

Quote from: mr_magoo on 02/24/2010 08:15 pm

Well, I guess Miles O'Brien will have a tougher time getting Mike Griffin interviews. heh.

Such a horrible loss.

Cog_in_the_machine · « **Reply #136 on:** 02/24/2010 08:17 pm »

Snyder: "If you aim at nothing, you are certain to hit it".

Pushing for shuttle extension and mentioned that eventually they could build a SDHLV.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #137 on:** 02/24/2010 08:18 pm »

It would be easier to standdown shuttle if there was a follow on vehicle. We could pass on the torch, but right now it will be put out.

kraisee · « **Reply #138 on:** 02/24/2010 08:20 pm »

Irrelevant of where Mr. Snyder's comments ultimately go, he's making the best argument I've heard to date from any quarter.

Ross.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #139 on:** 02/24/2010 08:20 pm »

We have choosen to rely on a foriegn nation to a station that has been funded by the US.

We are giving up the most capable vehicle to fly into LEO.

We can only accomplish the transition via the extension of the shuttle.