Monthly Archives: September 2005

Did you hear who just got selected as the new head of Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA? None other than your friendly Shaft-shill, Scott Horowitz. Though I’m not entirely sure how the heirarchy at NASA is currently organized, the … Continue reading →

Now that I’m done venting on Mark, I think I’m done kvetching about the ESAS plan for now. I’m still home sick with this stupid cold, but I’m most of the way back out of the woods, and will probably … Continue reading →

Howdy all, Ken again. I was thinking of ways that NASA might be able to raise money for the brilliant ESAS architecture they’ve contrived. Well, okay, actually I was just wondering what’s going to happen to all of the ISS-related … Continue reading →

Since I’m still sick at home today, I figured I’d take some time to blog a bit. I don’t want to waste too much time getting into a jousting match with Mark, but I figured there were a couple of … Continue reading →

Just read Dan Schmelzer’s take on this whole NASA business: To my mind, the manned spaceflight portion of NASA is a parasite on the American people. It’s now a jobs program for rocketeers. I look at it rather benignly, though. … Continue reading →

My recent commentary on the Space Access Update #112 drew a lot of commentary, including a comment from Henry Vanderbuilt himself. His comment reminded me that I have been intending for a while to write a piece discussing some of … Continue reading →

Since I’m sick at home today, I figured I’d finally get around to taking Mark to task for some of the stuff he said over at Curmudgeon’s Corner. Mark decided to take Henry Vanderbuilt and Rand Simberg to task for … Continue reading →

I realize that over the past several months, ever since I started this blog, I’ve been pretty darn hard on Mike Griffin for the approach he’s been taking with NASA. I usually don’t like ripping on people that much. Griffin … Continue reading →

Before I get into pointing out the flaws I saw on Mark Whittington’s blog the other day, I need to lay a little groundwork. A few weeks ago, I got an email from one of the coauthors of an interesting … Continue reading →

I stumbled across a witty poem today at Crooked Timber that more or less reflects my mood about the ESAS report: If something can get worse it willIs a phrase I’ve often sardonically usedBut here’s some grist for Mr Murphy’s … Continue reading →