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News Briefs 24-03-2010

Today’s soundtrack: Fit Song by Cornelius.

Thanks to greg, kat, daydreamer, redoubt, and rpj.

Quote of the Day:

The owls are not what they seem.

The Giant, from Twin Peaks

  1. Obama and NASA: What is happening
    Hi –

    It looks to me like you are being taken in by ATK’s (Thiokol’s) PR.

    What Obama did was to cancel the Ares 1, a real dog of a rocket, and instead use existing US commercial launchers to service the ISS.

    From his earlier statements, what Obama will support is the DIRECT shuttle derived heavy launch vehicle. Apparently, Thiokol blocked his earlier efforts to do this, and Thiokol had a lot of money from Iraq war arms sales to do it, so Obama is engaging in some political hardball to put his Moon plan in place.

    Let me emphasize that I’m a long way from DC, and have no contact with the Obama camp here in Illinois. That’s just what I make of it, but this agrees with Sen. Nelson’s recent comments.

    We’ll see on April 15.

    In any case, the President proposes, and the Congress disposes, but I think Obama will veto Ares 1 if Thiokol tries to force it on him.

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