14 Nov
2008
14 Nov
'08
10:57 p.m.
On Nov 14, 2008, at 5:50 PM, bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
No! It hasn't been a flop! It has succeeded in keeping thousands
of bureaucrats employed, and dozens of "beltway bandit" contractors
raking in the bucks while continuing to launch ancient-technology
spacecraft into orbit over and over again.
Speaking of which, I watched Endeavour's launch from my
neighborhood tonight. I've seen many shuttle launches, but this one
was the most spectacular. Very impressive indeed.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Another NASA
recovery story:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10097025-52.html?part=rss
1,500 Lunary Orbiter tapes, converting analog to digital, and "the
time frame to complete the project is very short as there is only
one person on Earth who has the expertise to work with the
playback heads needed to process the original tapes. And at 68
years old, he wants to retire in just 14 months."
And what was NASA doing for the last 30 years ???.
It seems once MAN landed on the moon, NASA has been a complete
flop.