" A rescue mission — which might require the president's approval — is fraught with complexities:"
Why? What benefit does giving the executive branch oversight on an operational matter provide? Spreading blame if something goes wrong, nothing else. WTF does the president know about the risks/benefits of such an operation.
If this plan becomes standard operations, W would do well to tell Nasa that they are big boys and girls and need to make their own decisions. Let the executive branch keep a watch on the budget.
Would someone please put NASA out of our misery and fold it into the>military already. Hell, that's what the Administration would like to do>anyway.
All four are in their 40s with children. All but Sellers is an engineer; he has a Ph.D. in biometeorology
weathersystems in animals? -- "People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to" - Jerry Seinfeld "Education is the progressive discovery of our own Ignorance" - Will Durant "We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom." - E.O. Wilson "the glass is not only half full the first half was delicious" --Me To Reply: Scrape off the end bits...
Tony Rice <rtphokie@gmail.com> You're digging it round, when it aughta Be SQUARE
" A rescue mission — which might require the president's approval — is >fraught with complexities:">
Why? What benefit does giving the executive branch oversight on an >operational matter provide? Spreading blame if something goes wrong, >nothing else. WTF does the president know about the risks/benefits of such >an operation.>
If this plan becomes standard operations, W would do well to tell Nasa that >they are big boys and girls and need to make their own decisions. Let the >executive branch keep a watch on the budget.
yep, remember how well they made decisions in 1986... we reviewed that as a case study in Organizational communication....
more like to discover the problems of ambiguous Government speak...
-- "People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to" - Jerry Seinfeld "Education is the progressive discovery of our own Ignorance" - Will Durant "We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom." - E.O. Wilson "the glass is not only half full the first half was delicious" --Me To Reply: Scrape off the end bits...