Friday, March 2, 2001

Bush Tells NASA to Suck It Down -- 8:28 am CST, Update by The Master

According to this article, the Bush administration has cancelled most of the US components of the Internation Space Station in his proposed budget. The cancellations include the habitation module, crew return vehicle, and a backup propulsion module, and the centrifuge science facility is in jeopardy.

The ISS is our best chance to get our space program out of the gutter. It's been a financial disaster, but that can be corrected. Somebody needs to slap NASA and tell them to wake up, but gutting the space program is a ****ing stupid idea.

A.T. Hun comments: These are the proposed changes in his budget. Bush can't cancel everything all by himself. I don't know if I agree with all the cuts either, but NASA has shown incredible incompetance over the past decade or so. Throwing more money at the problem won't help.

The Master comments: I can't argue the incompetence issue. Unfortunately, the other major partner in this project is Russia, and there are so many problems over there that it makes NASA look like a well-oiled machine. I really want to see the ISS succeed, if only to take that much needed next step into space.

News for 03/02/2001

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