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To: combjelly who wrote (244228)	7/30/2005 12:44:59 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578002

CJ, re: A large part of the problem is that the director of NASA gets replaced at every election cycle and the new director has a vision that doesn't include any of the projects of the previous director. So no new projects ever gets finished. We should have been on our second generation of shuttle replacements, but we aren't. Look at the space station. The design started in the first Reagan administration, but nothing flew until 1998. It took less time to go to the moon... I don't know what the solution is... but 1000 years from now the history books will say the greatest accomplishment of mankind in the 20th century was leaving the planet for the first time... but then they just sort of gave it up. John

To: combjelly who wrote (244228)	7/30/2005 3:37:38 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578002

"NASA's growing reliance on antiquated parts is a measure of how far its star has fallen." A large part of the problem is that the director of NASA gets replaced at every election cycle and the new director has a vision that doesn't include any of the projects of the previous director. So no new projects ever gets finished. We should have been on our second generation of shuttle replacements, but we aren't. Look at the space station. The design started in the first Reagan administration, but nothing flew until 1998. It took less time to go to the moon... And we spend billions on Iraq.............