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Earth deleted from NASA's goals, Policy change made quietly in Feb 2006

JRehling View Member Profile	Jul 22 2006, 12:21 PM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321	http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/science/22nasa.html From 2002 until this year, NASA’s mission statement, prominently featured in its budget and planning documents, read: “To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers ... as only NASA can.” In early February, the statement was quietly altered, with the phrase “to understand and protect our home planet” deleted. [...]

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djellison View Member Profile	Jul 22 2006, 06:12 PM Post #2
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	It depends - are there any EO missions being cancelled? Are Aqua, Aura, Terra, and A-Train members being pulled out of service? We are speaking just a few months after two valuable new members of the family were launched. There's a lot of EO hardware up at the moment - changing a worthless mission statement doesn't change that. Doug

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JRehling Earth deleted from NASA's goals Jul 22 2006, 12:21 PM

Phil Stooke Not such a problem for me. I'd pass that resp... Jul 22 2006, 03:57 PM

dvandorn Yes, Phil, but you need to understand the context,... Jul 22 2006, 04:09 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jul 22 2006, 12:09 PM) ... Jul 22 2006, 04:28 PM

Phil Stooke No, I do get the context, but I would hope that a ... Jul 22 2006, 04:41 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 22 2006, 12:41 P... Jul 22 2006, 04:52 PM

Phillip It was the right result, but for the wrong reasons... Jul 22 2006, 05:07 PM

GravityWaves QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jul 22 2006, 01:52... Nov 6 2006, 08:48 AM

mcaplinger QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 22 2006, 09:41 A... Jul 22 2006, 05:09 PM

dvandorn Oh, I agree, Phil -- the mission statement don... Jul 22 2006, 05:03 PM

Phil Stooke OK, you talked me round. It was useful, I was wro... Jul 22 2006, 05:06 PM

djellison Mission statements are written by middle and senio... Jul 22 2006, 05:12 PM

JRehling QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 22 2006, 10:12 AM)... Jul 23 2006, 05:02 AM

Phil Stooke OK, OK, you've talked me round. It was crap, ... Jul 22 2006, 05:26 PM

centsworth_II Whether mission statements mean something or not, ... Jul 22 2006, 05:36 PM

djellison It depends - are there any EO missions being cance... Jul 22 2006, 06:12 PM

Richard Trigaux As a non-US, I would say that this kind of manoeuv... Jul 22 2006, 07:48 PM

djellison Enough of the politics and religion. I am watchin... Jul 22 2006, 07:55 PM

Richard Trigaux QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 22 2006, 07:55 PM)... Jul 23 2006, 08:24 AM

JRehling QUOTE (Richard Trigaux @ Jul 23 2006, 01... Jul 23 2006, 08:10 PM

alan Also missing from the mission statement, and more ... Jul 22 2006, 11:21 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE From the NYT article: In early February, the... Jul 22 2006, 11:48 PM

David QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jul 22 2006, 11:48 PM... Jul 23 2006, 01:19 AM

mcaplinger QUOTE (David @ Jul 22 2006, 06:19 PM) Why... Jul 23 2006, 05:22 AM

David QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jul 23 2006, 05:22 AM... Jul 23 2006, 07:21 AM

centsworth_II I actually would prefer to see NASA concentrate on... Jul 23 2006, 02:45 PM

Richard Trigaux yes, extraterestrial exploration is its primary go... Jul 23 2006, 06:51 PM

Jim from NSF.com extraterestrial exploration is NOT its primary goa... Jul 23 2006, 07:13 PM

Richard Trigaux If this is the latest mission statement, there is ... Jul 23 2006, 07:23 PM

lyford Well, the latest as of 1958.... that is the act wh... Jul 23 2006, 07:56 PM

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