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Written by Jeff Krukin
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 |
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Sen. Richard Shelby (R. - Ala.) is unhappy because NASA Administrator Christopher Scolese intends to use $150 million of the $400 million NASA received as part of the stimulus package to support the development of commercial space transportation for delivering cargo and personnel to the space station. His rationale reveals an astounding lack of historical perspective. |
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Written by Jeff Krukin
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Monday, 04 May 2009 |
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In a posting last October entitled "Did US Defense Secretary Gates Realize He Was Talking About Our Space Industry?" I asked, "Are the US military and NASA industries costly kissing cousins?" and wrote, "Both require massive (in size and budget) programs to produce the necessary primary hardware, all too often these programs run behind schedule and over budget, and sometimes the hardware doesn't perform as advertised." This bears another look now that Sec. Gates has drawn his budget sword. In the news report "Gates optimistic on 2010 US defense budget success," the Defense Secretary explains that he's been surprised by the limited push-back against his recommendations and then mentions that a news magazine has referred to his proposals as "radically sane." |
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Written by Jeff Krukin
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Tuesday, 28 April 2009 |
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We all know that history repeats itself, but why does it often seem that only the bad stuff is repeated? I think it's because our brains are hardwired in a way that pain is more easily remembered than pleasure, perhaps with the idea that by learning from pain we won't repeat our mistakes. While this works for some situations (Oh... that's why I shouldn't touch the glowing orange end of an automobile cigarette lighter!), it doesn't seem to work for more complex behaviors stretched over years or decades. |
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