Richard Shelby (R-NASA), the senator from Huntsville, says that NASA is a “poor stepchild” that doesn’t get enough money.
Sorry, Senator, but government space programs are like any other government program. It does little good to simply shovel money at them, absent useful reform. What NASA needs is some coherent policy from the top, and a complete rethinking of its purpose. After that, we can talk about how much money it needs–it’s quite possible that it could in fact do quite a bit more with less. Of course, that might mean that not as much money flows into northern Alabama…
I’ve been remiss in not pointing out this interesting survey on the IT industry by the Economist. It’s a long read, with several articles, but it’s got a lot of useful thoughts for anyone interested in the future of IT.
Hillary’s book, the “best-selling non-fiction [which is really fiction–ed] book in history” is already being deeply discounted.
Well, if S&S really pre-printed a million copies (I remain deeply sceptical), they’re going to find their way to the remainder bin pretty quickly, I suspect.
Hillary’s book, the “best-selling non-fiction [which is really fiction–ed] book in history” is already being deeply discounted.
Well, if S&S really pre-printed a million copies (I remain deeply sceptical), they’re going to find their way to the remainder bin pretty quickly, I suspect.
Hillary’s book, the “best-selling non-fiction [which is really fiction–ed] book in history” is already being deeply discounted.
Well, if S&S really pre-printed a million copies (I remain deeply sceptical), they’re going to find their way to the remainder bin pretty quickly, I suspect.