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Cool article Chris!

Of course it is my firm belief that Battlestar Galactica is NOT fictitious, but just a forgotten bit of our own history  ;)

I firmly believe in Mr. Reisman's statement concerning the downselect: “Frankly, it’s in NASA’s interest for there to be more than one,” he added. “You always want to have a plan B.




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Cool article Chris!

Of course it is my firm belief that Battlestar Galactica is NOT fictitious, but just a forgotten bit of our own history  ;)

I firmly believe in Mr. Reisman's statement concerning the downselect: “Frankly, it’s in NASA’s interest for there to be more than one,” he added. “You always want to have a plan B.

Except that they ignore it when it comes to their own programs.  MER is the last example of a redundancy that I can think of.
Cheers.
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Cool article Chris!

Of course it is my firm belief that Battlestar Galactica is NOT fictitious, but just a forgotten bit of our own history  ;)

I firmly believe in Mr. Reisman's statement concerning the downselect: “Frankly, it’s in NASA’s interest for there to be more than one,” he added. “You always want to have a plan B.

Except that they ignore it when it comes to their own programs.  MER is the last example of a redundancy that I can think of.
Cheers

Don't confuse what is in NASA's interest with what NASA does.
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Don't confuse what is in NASA's interest with what NASA does.

Or, more importantly, what Congress does.
« Last Edit: 06/06/2014 02:49 am by Kabloona »

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