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Mar 22 2008, 06:47 PM
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Mar 23 2008, 09:23 PM
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Something tells me 'NASA turns off Mars Rover' is not a headline that's going to be acceptable. The next monday big meeting is important, lets see what comes out of that, what the options are, and then start the appropriate action if required.
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Mar 23 2008, 11:22 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
This is something bureaucrats and congress often do when budgets are tight. They will threaten various programs to see if anyone besides those employed in the program screams, so to speak. It is a way of seeing if programs have a constituency or not. To me, Leonard David's comment about turning rovers off is pure speculation (I am not criticizing him - I read this as him saying that this is what he is doing here], and I even think that it might be intentional hyperbole to make the statement "what is there to cut without crippling the mission?" Still, no one seems to have actually proposed cutting back the mission, so I won't panic until something scary actually comes out of the meeting.
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Mar 24 2008, 02:07 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
This is something bureaucrats and congress often do when budgets are tight. They will threaten various programs to see if anyone besides those employed in the program screams, so to speak. Very insightful observation, Ted. I hadn't thought of this. I've been involved with DoD stuff pretty much my whole life, and when that gets threatened damn near everybody screams, since a given major program's infrastructure is so widely distributed geographically. NASA stuff is generally very small by comparison, and therefore localized. Let's see what we wake up to on Tuesday morning. Hopefully, wiser heads will prevail. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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