[2ndDivisionVet]

Paging former Vice President Al Gore!

[silverleaf]

Tin foil hat on

The timing and expenses and nature of this program suggest a possible “black program” contingency effort (off the books)

Tin Foil hat off

[BornToBeAmerican]

The o said he would go through every bill line by line and veto anything that looked like pork

just like the ‘O’ he is, his words are empty

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Wonder if that is the Raytheon project to build a satellite for NASA that is loaded with new exotic sensors....hmmm?

[freekitty]

We all know this money is stolen money from the taxpayers intended to be paybacks for support.

[olezip]

Stimulus Bill Includes Millions for Satellite Program (that has NEVER launched a satellite!!)

This headline strikes me as exceedingly naive. If the writer at the post has even a faint glimmer of understanding of R&D, that person would know that it takes time to complete development before you launch, especially when you are dealing with new technology. The NPOESS is the next generation of low earth orbiting satellites for weather, science, and national security. If the cost has risen, perhaps it was because the original cost was underestimated. Of course there are no real journalists at the Washington Post; why would you expect such?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Has NASA become a job bank rather than a Space exploration division?

[BobS]

It's going to end up like the Iridium program which went bust AFTER 24 satellites were in orbit with the e-plane and h-plane antennas I tested for them. The Navy took it over and re-programmed them for their own uses.

Remember that failed satellite the Navy blew up in orbit with an SM-3 missile? Do you remember China was pissed off that we could do that?

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !