Judging by the comments here, the natives are growing ever more restless at NASA, over the sham PDR they just held:

Is NASA trying to put lipstick on a pig? This one, highly-visible decision on how to report status says more than enough. It is a political gimmick if ever we have seen one. And being an election year, I guess it is de rigeur. How terribly sad…

…I think NASA should get rid of the red category all together, because if anything gets put in that category, it doesn’t look good. They might want to get rid of orange also, because that’s too close to red. Here is how I think the categories should be arranged.

GREEN
GREEN/GREEN
GREEN/LIGHT GREEN
GREEN/TEAL
GREEN/EMERALD

Now, don’t these colors make you feel good?

It kind of reminds me of Tom Ridge’s terror alerts.