NASA Admin Says Shuttle and ISS are Mistakes 642
Teancum writes "NASA Administrator Michael Griffin was recently interviewed by the USA Today Editorial Board regarding the current direction of the U.S. Space Program, and in the interview he suggested that the past three decades have been a huge mistake and a waste of resources. As a total cost for both programs that has exceeded $250 Billion, you have to wonder what other useful things could have been developed using the same resources. Griffin quoted in the interview regarding if the shuttle had been a mistake "My opinion is that it was... It was a design which was extremely aggressive and just barely possible." Regarding the ISS: "Had the decision been mine, we would not have built the space station we're building in the orbit we're building it in.""
Re:Waste of Resources? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Waste of Resources? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:$250 billion. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:$250 billion. (Score:3, Funny)
Duh... (Score:5, Funny)
A waste?!?!?! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not quite. (Score:1, Funny)
Think about that a little and get back to me...
It's got to be said... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Things they could be working on (Score:2, Funny)
On the dark side? Surely you mean the-side-that-we-don't-see-but-is-lit-by-the-sun-j ust-as-much-as-the-side-we-do-see-and-would-requir e -far-more-effort-to-build-and-maintain-than-a-spac e-based-observatory-with-no-real-advantage.
Re:Imagine if... (Score:3, Funny)
> They would probably become just as inefficient as NASA.
1/2 billion on Spaceship One, 249 1/2 billion on whores and cocaine.
Re:Wrong headline ... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:$250 billion. (Score:3, Funny)