[meteorite-list] Fwd: The Next Five Big NASA Failures [Editorial]

From: mark ford <markf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Nov 16 03:53:00 2004
Message-ID: <6CE3EEEFE92F4B4085B0E086B2941B312447F3_at_s-southern01.s-southern.com>

Interesting editorial.

What people often forget though is that space exploration is still
primarily about military technology and politics. It's a lot easier to
get funding for 'a science survey mission' than a 'new spy camera
technology mission'...

One wonders how the current (& slightly misguided imo) paranoia over
terrorism will effect future missions? - No doubt many more "telecoms"
satellites will be launched! ;)

This guy wonders 'what it must be like to spend months working on a dead
end project', he obviously hasn't worked as an engineer on any
commercial projects!

Best,

Mark Ford


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From: Robert Verish [mailto:bolidechaser_at_yahoo.com]
Sent: 15 November 2004 22:22
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Fwd: The Next Five Big NASA Failures
[Editorial]

For the part that is relevant to meteorites,
Skip down to the 5th Failure - "Mars Sample Return":

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Subject: The Next Five Big NASA Failures (Editorial)

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-04zh.html

The Next Five Big NASA Failures
by Jeffrey F. Bell
SpaceDaily
November 15, 2004 .... ETC
Received on Tue 16 Nov 2004 03:51:05 AM PST