Defense and government contractors couldn't make anything inexpensive if their lives depended on it. |
I like to tell people that I discovered (Hansen), ... Alas, he was already discovered when I first met him. He is an excellent historian who has made an enviable reputation for himself. |
in a budget crisis of its own making. |
It's probably harmless, ... but it trivializes the space program. It seems as if they've got nothing better to do than send up an old, outdated senator. |
NASA is plodding along doing what it's been doing for decades, ... Astronauts have been flying up there for 17-18 years, and it's hard to see what they've accomplished. |
The shuttle could never do what the agency tried to make it do, and so they traded off safety. I don't blame the managers; they were presented with an impossible job. |
There is no question in my mind that it would be best policy to say forget it, |
We can't afford it. It's going to cost much more than this 5 percent increment in the NASA budget that they're talking about, |