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To: Jim from C-Town

Just because NASA has been mismanaged for a long time doesn’t mean these jokers are capable. They have some Power Point slides and a front man that is a big talker.

What has this company accomplished? Who’s funding them? They better have a boat full of money.


15 posted on 11/24/2012 5:10:40 PM PST by cruise_missile
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To: cruise_missile
I am not saying this organization is capable or not. What we do know is that with almost 1/2% of the entire Federal Budget, close to $20 Billion a year, NASA couldn't do it again, or much of anything else of note. They can not even fund ANY type of rocket that is suitable for manned space flight and safe return. They rely on of all things Russian rockets and the kindness of the Russian space agency to hitch rides.

Give the $20 Billion per year to any quality private sector organization with the express purpose of space exploration and offer some sort of competition and we would be amazed at what happens. To put that amount of money into perspective, NASA has an annual budget larger than the annual sales of Nationwide Ins, Alcoa, Good Year Tire, Brystol-Meyers, Cigna, Time Warner, Occidental Petroleum, U S Steel, Colgate Palmolive, Bank of New York, OR ANY company in the Fortune 500 NOT higher than 107. Something tells me that mismanagement is an under statement. They are just another top heavy government Bureaucracy. AND I am a fan of NASA. They at least have cool toys and generally have things made domestically.

20 posted on 11/25/2012 1:12:24 AM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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