A justifiably harsh review of the latest space-policy antics on Capitol Hill.
6 thoughts on “The Mad Tea Party”
This insanity is what happens when the system is run by people that have no integrity or honesty from any party.
I want to see commercial crew get all the funding it needs and maybe a little more but I am not sure that giving Boeing or SpaceX more money than they are currently awarded would ncessarily mean they get the job done faster. Their staff can only work so fast. Also, as NASA gets more involved with the testing, time becomes a limiting factor again.
I’m fairly certain Obama asked for more money than he knew he could get because that is how one begins negotiations.
You assume, in the absence of any evidence, and in the face of much countervailing evidence (e.g., Woodward’s book) that the president is a good negotiator.
Commercial crew doesn’t matter. We have to wait until it is over before we see if this episode of space policy has any real effect. If the current commercial crew partners continue when the government largesse goes away, something new will have happened.. otherwise it’ll just be business as usual.
For the most part I agree with Space KSC’s take, but I think he’s a little too hard on Edwards. Her questions are tough, but some of them are sensible and fair. It’s perfectly reasonable to point out that NASA is unlikely to receive the $800M it appears to be banking on for commercial crew. Why doesn’t she ever raise questions like that in SLS hearings?
He mentions the 17 dead. That is actually a miniscule amount considering.
Human spaceflight for the U.S. has consumed about what 400 billion in inflation adjusted dollars? In what other transportation could 400 billion be spent and only have that many deaths? 400 billion in cars? sheesh .. accidental deaths would be measured in 100 per day. Failure is not an option is to expensive.
This insanity is what happens when the system is run by people that have no integrity or honesty from any party.
I want to see commercial crew get all the funding it needs and maybe a little more but I am not sure that giving Boeing or SpaceX more money than they are currently awarded would ncessarily mean they get the job done faster. Their staff can only work so fast. Also, as NASA gets more involved with the testing, time becomes a limiting factor again.
I’m fairly certain Obama asked for more money than he knew he could get because that is how one begins negotiations.
You assume, in the absence of any evidence, and in the face of much countervailing evidence (e.g., Woodward’s book) that the president is a good negotiator.
Commercial crew doesn’t matter. We have to wait until it is over before we see if this episode of space policy has any real effect. If the current commercial crew partners continue when the government largesse goes away, something new will have happened.. otherwise it’ll just be business as usual.
For the most part I agree with Space KSC’s take, but I think he’s a little too hard on Edwards. Her questions are tough, but some of them are sensible and fair. It’s perfectly reasonable to point out that NASA is unlikely to receive the $800M it appears to be banking on for commercial crew. Why doesn’t she ever raise questions like that in SLS hearings?
He mentions the 17 dead. That is actually a miniscule amount considering.
Human spaceflight for the U.S. has consumed about what 400 billion in inflation adjusted dollars? In what other transportation could 400 billion be spent and only have that many deaths? 400 billion in cars? sheesh .. accidental deaths would be measured in 100 per day. Failure is not an option is to expensive.