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Stern Looks for Way Out of NASA's Budget Squeeze
Greg Hullender
post Jun 9 2007, 02:39 AM
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Science 1 June 2007:
Vol. 316. no. 5829, p. 1269

News of the Week
SPACE SCIENCE:
Stern Looks for Way Out of NASA's Budget Squeeze
Andrew Lawler
His $5.4 billion budget is stretched thin, but rather than cancel space projects nearing launch or ask for more money, NASA's new science chief Alan Stern says he intends to beef up lunar science, champion smaller and less complex spacecraft, and insist on hard-nosed cost estimates before larger missions can win approval.

Full article: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/316/5829/1269a

I especially liked this line: "I don't have to kill any missions," he insists. But he said NASA will consider firing those principal investigators in charge of missions that spiral out of control.
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- Greg Hullender   Stern Looks for Way Out of NASA's Budget Squeeze   Jun 9 2007, 02:39 AM
- - nprev   I don't envy him this. Budget control is damn ...   Jun 9 2007, 02:55 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 9 2007, 03:55 AM) I do...   Jun 9 2007, 09:37 PM
- - Greg Hullender   There's a difference between research and engi...   Jun 10 2007, 04:19 AM
|- - MaxSt   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 9 2007, 11:19...   Jun 10 2007, 10:51 PM
- - nprev   Good observations, Greg. I'd say that it rea...   Jun 10 2007, 04:36 AM
- - djellison   I know just how Alan feels - I had £5000 to do a c...   Jun 10 2007, 10:06 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Using new technologies for the first time -- espec...   Jun 10 2007, 02:38 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Folks who know the math better than I do tell me n...   Jun 11 2007, 03:25 AM
- - djellison   Sounds like your advocating a progam of only very ...   Jun 11 2007, 06:59 AM
|- - mchan   QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 10 2007, 11:59 PM)...   Jun 11 2007, 08:40 AM
||- - helvick   QUOTE (mchan @ Jun 11 2007, 09:40 AM) On ...   Jun 11 2007, 02:23 PM
||- - mchan   QUOTE (helvick @ Jun 11 2007, 07:23 AM) I...   Jun 13 2007, 10:41 AM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 10 2007, 11:59 PM)...   Jun 11 2007, 02:16 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 11 2007, 10:1...   Jun 11 2007, 02:51 PM
- - cndwrld   People have been doing space science for a long ti...   Jun 11 2007, 10:53 AM
- - nprev   Hmm. Very good points, Steve, and they seem to har...   Jun 12 2007, 03:37 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Helvick: I agree competely about the JWST. Steve:...   Jun 12 2007, 03:38 AM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 11 2007, 11:3...   Jun 12 2007, 05:08 AM
- - dvandorn   Unfortunately, the tendency towards "there mu...   Jun 12 2007, 05:01 PM
|- - gndonald   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 13 2007, 01:01 AM) ...   Jun 14 2007, 03:40 PM
- - nprev   True words, DV; definitely food for thought. The ...   Jun 13 2007, 01:32 AM
- - Littlebit   An even broader upscaling of cost is the distribut...   Jun 13 2007, 02:39 PM
- - dvandorn   You point out a key factor in understanding how th...   Jun 13 2007, 06:07 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 13 2007, 11:07 AM) ...   Jun 14 2007, 01:30 AM
|- - Littlebit   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 13 2007, 07:30 PM) Wel...   Jun 14 2007, 02:05 PM
- - dvandorn   You make some truly excellent points, Littlebit. ...   Jun 14 2007, 02:21 PM
- - Littlebit   While I am on a role, there are two more major cul...   Jun 14 2007, 03:55 PM
- - monitorlizard   Maybe space science could benefit from the Air For...   Jun 14 2007, 07:33 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (monitorlizard @ Jun 14 2007, 12:33...   Jun 18 2007, 02:46 PM
|- - Littlebit   QUOTE (monitorlizard @ Jun 14 2007, 01:33...   Jun 18 2007, 07:42 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (Littlebit @ Jun 18 2007, 09:42 AM)...   Jun 18 2007, 08:11 PM
||- - stevesliva   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jun 18 2007, 04:11...   Jun 18 2007, 09:42 PM
||- - Littlebit   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jun 18 2007, 02:11...   Jun 19 2007, 03:13 PM
||- - nprev   QUOTE (Littlebit @ Jun 19 2007, 08:13 AM)...   Aug 25 2007, 12:35 AM
||- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Littlebit @ Jun 19 2007, 11:13 AM)...   Aug 25 2007, 01:38 AM
||- - Jim from NSF.com   QUOTE (Littlebit @ Jun 19 2007, 11:13 AM)...   Aug 27 2007, 01:05 PM
||- - Jim from NSF.com   QUOTE (Littlebit @ Jun 19 2007, 11:13 AM)...   Aug 27 2007, 01:08 PM
||- - nprev   QUOTE (Jim from NSF.com @ Aug 27 2007, 06...   Aug 27 2007, 01:28 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Littlebit @ Jun 18 2007, 12:42 PM)...   Sep 5 2007, 03:23 PM
- - PhilHorzempa   Check out Alan Stern's comments in the latest ...   Aug 24 2007, 03:59 PM
- - Jim from NSF.com   microgravity doesn't need to be simulated for ...   Aug 27 2007, 02:54 PM
- - remcook   "microgravity doesn't need to be simulate...   Aug 27 2007, 03:53 PM
- - djellison   Indeed - the ISS is being used as an LDEF platform...   Aug 27 2007, 05:07 PM
- - nprev   Thanks, Doug! Well, the wheel doubtlessly ...   Aug 27 2007, 11:14 PM
- - Rakhir   QUOTE (Littlebit @ Jun 18 2007, 07:42 PM)...   Sep 5 2007, 03:42 PM
- - PhilHorzempa   NASA has convened the NOSSE committee to review fu...   Sep 19 2007, 05:06 PM
|- - JRehling   The link doesn't work, but this small modifica...   Sep 19 2007, 05:27 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (JRehling @ Sep 19 2007, 06:27 PM) ...   Sep 19 2007, 05:38 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (JRehling @ Sep 19 2007, 12:27 PM) ...   Sep 19 2007, 05:55 PM
- - PhilHorzempa   I applaud Stern's efforts to get the most out ...   Sep 24 2007, 08:41 PM
|- - AscendingNode   QUOTE (PhilHorzempa @ Sep 24 2007, 01:41 ...   Sep 24 2007, 09:09 PM
- - PhilHorzempa   A recent white paper by Paul Spudis, titled ...   Oct 5 2007, 05:00 PM
- - dvandorn   Note how o'Phil neglects to mention that Spudi...   Oct 5 2007, 05:25 PM
- - PhilCo126   Let's be realistic and hope to see a slight in...   Oct 5 2007, 06:01 PM
- - nprev   A bit of potential light in this regard: the Senat...   Oct 6 2007, 02:28 AM
- - PhilHorzempa   Alan Stern continues to do an excellent job at NAS...   Feb 26 2008, 10:53 PM
- - nprev   All I can say is hats off to Alan. I've had to...   Feb 27 2008, 01:38 AM
- - PhilHorzempa   I hope that a budget issue regarding future New Fr...   Mar 25 2008, 01:54 AM
- - mps   In the same presentation is noted that Juno will c...   Mar 25 2008, 12:04 PM
- - Mariner9   That's a darn good question, and your guess is...   Mar 26 2008, 06:06 AM
- - Stephen   Not sure whether this has been mentioned yet but A...   Mar 27 2008, 05:58 AM
- - PhilHorzempa   As Alan Stern leaves NASA, I find myself sad. In ...   Mar 31 2008, 04:07 AM

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