Comments on: Quiet Heroes http://www.scienceprogress.org/2009/01/quiet-heroes/ Progressive approaches to science policy Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:45:30 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: James Newberry http://www.scienceprogress.org/2009/01/quiet-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-4096 James Newberry Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:24:38 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/?p=1125#comment-4096 In the words of President Gerald Ford: "Our long national nightmare is over." Unfortunately, W. has just about sunk the ship of state. All hands on deck! In the words of President Gerald Ford:
“Our long national nightmare is over.”

Unfortunately, W. has just about sunk the ship of state. All hands on deck!

]]> By: Michael F. Sarabia http://www.scienceprogress.org/2009/01/quiet-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-4089 Michael F. Sarabia Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:00:15 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/?p=1125#comment-4089 Fine comment. Big but relatively minor note: The Space Shuttle is being abandoned to pursue the futile effort to find something in the Moon and Mars that can be attributed to Pres. Bush. I think he wants to compete with the image of Pres. Kennedy and for this he wants the US to spend what was estimated to cost $100 Billion and by now would be twice that, for what? Measure water in Mars? We can do that now. Other nations signed up to do research in our space laboratory which will be impossible while the Shuttle is shut down. So much for the value of our committments. Improvements to the Hubble Telescope will also become impossible and one improvement is very much needed and ready and at risk. Is this an example of proper planning? Don´t blame NASA, they had no choice. Fine comment.
Big but relatively minor note: The Space Shuttle is being abandoned to pursue the futile effort to find something in the Moon and Mars that can be attributed to Pres. Bush. I think he wants to compete with the image of Pres. Kennedy and for this he wants the US to spend what was estimated to cost $100 Billion and by now would be twice that, for what? Measure water in Mars? We can do that now.

Other nations signed up to do research in our space laboratory which will be impossible while the Shuttle is shut down. So much for the value of our committments.
Improvements to the Hubble Telescope will also become impossible and one improvement is very much needed and ready and at risk. Is this an example of proper planning?
Don´t blame NASA, they had no choice.

]]> By: Elsa Cade http://www.scienceprogress.org/2009/01/quiet-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-4085 Elsa Cade Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:25:05 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/?p=1125#comment-4085 I know of one such hero. I know of one such hero.

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