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Does Obama want the moon?

Posted by dratiffarid • 12/17/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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Getting into a shouting match with the HR rep is not exactly the best way to land a job. But according to the Orlando Sentinel, that's just what happened last week between NASA administrator Mike Griffin and Lori Garver, a member of Barack Obama's transition team who will help decide if Griffin keeps his post once the President-elect takes office. If the contretemps did occur, it could help doom not only the NASA chief's chances, but the space agency's ambitious plans to get Americans back to the moon.

The mere fact that the story is making the rounds reflects the very real friction between NASA and the transition team - which has sparked a groundswell of support among space agency employees to keep the boss. Within NASA, there is a real concern that while the Obama campaign rode the call for change to a thumping victory in November, change is precisely what the space agency does not need.

Full Article:
news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081212/us_time/08599186604500

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12/17/08

hussyinterrupted

I can't see us getting to the moon anytime soon... we are flat broke.

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12/17/08

wherethehellwasi

Wait, why are we going back to the moon? Weren't we just there, like, forty years ago?

Did we leave our keys in the lander or something?

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12/17/08

Theresa111

Sorry. The moon is mine. I put dibs on it years ago. DO you all hear that? The Moon Belongs To Moi!

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12/17/08

satijournal

NASA is a bloated buracracy and is in dire need of a shakeup. One of their latest projects -- NPOESS -- has been a miserable failure and was almost canceled due to being so far behind schedule and way over budget. Instead, they decided to just scale it back.

Check out Lori Garver's credentials on Wikipedia. She's well qualified for the job.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Garver

While going to the moon again would be cool, there's not all that much to be gained from it and there are more crucial issues facing our country right now.

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