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A lesson in 'political science, not rocket science'
Are we seeing the beginnings of a compromise on Capitol Hill?
US President Barack Obama had laid out his vision for the future of human spaceflight.
He was certain that low-Earth orbit operations should be handed to the commercial sector - the likes of SpaceX and Orbital Sciences Corp.
As for Nasa, he believed it should have a much stronger R&D focus. He wanted the agency to concentrate on difficult stuff, and take its time before deciding on how America should send astronauts to distant targets such as asteroids and Mars.
This vision invited fury from many in Congress and beyond because of its likely impact in those key States where the re-moulding of the agency would lead to many job losses - in Florida, Texas, Alabama and Utah.
Now, Republican and Democratic members of the influential Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee have unanimously approved a position that may end months of dispute in Washington DC.
Their bill supports many aspects of Obama's policy, most noticeably an acceptance that the massively expensive Moon-bound Constellation programme - in its present guise - must come to an end. But it seeks also to limit the scope and pace of Nasa's makeover.
The $19bn Nasa Authorization Act of 2010 still has some way to go before becoming law, however it does appear to have the backing of the White House and the space agency's top officials.
Its key proposals are [137KB PDF]:
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex), a vociferous critic in recent months of the commercialisation of the US space programme, said the legislation was about finding the correct balance in space policy:
"I am also concerned that we work with commercial space operators but not turn over the entire Nasa programme to, as yet untested, companies that would not have the expertise that we have built in Nasa through the years. I think we have created a balance in which commercial is going to be very important; and it will be transitional. Down the road, perhaps commercial will have the capabilities to take over the main components of space exploration. But we're not there yet; it is too big a risk."
The concern will be that the new plan simply repeats some of the old mistakes identified by last year's Augustine review of US human spaceflight policy - that of asking Nasa once again to build a big new rocket, on a tight schedule, without sufficient funding and a well-defined purpose.
As Leroy Chiao, a former astronaut and member of the Augustine panel, put it:
"This appears to be a good compromise between the White House and these members of Congress. The only big picture question in my mind is whether or not the funding is adequate to perform this plan."
It was put directly to Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla), a former astronaut on the Senate committee, that past history was not very encouraging. He rejected that notion:
"The Committee cannot tell Nasa how to design a rocket but we can give policy direction to the executive branch of government, and we've done that in the bill - utilising shuttle-derived technology, building on that; not building the largest rocket around but starting in the range of 75 to 100 metric tonnes, that is evolvable and that would be built over the course of those six years within a budget of $11.5bn. Now, that is do-able; and if anyone tells you it's not, then if I were you I would question their particular agenda."
The mood music suggests the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has found a peace formula.
The White House spokesman Nick Shapiro was quoted as saying the deal worked out with the senators "contains the critical elements necessary for achieving the president's vision for Nasa".
Lori Garver, Nasa's deputy administrator, echoed that when she said: "This is a milestone in the realignment of the space programme for the 21st Century," adding also: "It preserves the most important parts of the president's plan".
But others will be disappointed to see a plan that appears in their view to dilute too much the original Obama vision. I was interested to see the comments of John Grunsfeld, a former Nasa chief scientist and the astronaut who participated in three Hubble repair missions:
"Overall, does this look like the kind of bill that was planned by a team of rocket scientists and aerospace designers? No, it doesn't."
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Comment number 1.At 12:22 16th Jul 2010, The_Oncoming_Storm wrote:
At least it looks like NASA is going to retain a manned spaceflight capability even though it will be at least 6 years before it's ready, completely shutting down the manned space programme would have had major economic and electoral consequences.
On the issue of it being a political compromise, space exploration has always been a political tool. The Space Race only came about because of Cold War politics and since the earliest days rocket engineers have had to mould their plans to suit the whims of politicians. The Shuttle is a prime example of that, it's nothing like the vehicle that NASA originally wanted and that configuration came about because of cuts imposed by Nixon. We've debated on here before about how in hindsight it would have been better and cheaper if NASA had just kept developing Apollo until it evolved into something like Orion.
So many missed opportunities!
Comment number 2.At 13:29 16th Jul 2010, John_from_Hendon wrote:
I am beset with a nagging through: Why hasn't manned space flight got cheaper yet?
When previous transport technologies developed there was an inexorable reduction in the cost of the technology. So why hasn't it happened with space travel?
My only answer is that this is due to the continued close connection with the military and the essentially cost-plus nature of development.
We have not yet arrived at the Model 'T' of space travel! Cheap cheerful, mass produced, ubiquitous and still a bit dangerous.
When I saw the live pictures on man on the moon in 1969 on one of the first colour tellies over 40 years ago it would have seemed incomprehensible that we would not have advanced by now. Just think of the changes in automotive production in its first 40 years - or computers. Something must be wrong in the way the business is organised! My conclusions are that until we think through the process; analyse what the problems are; progress will remain sluggish to the point of being moribund.
Comment number 3.At 13:52 16th Jul 2010, Resigningeye wrote:
Firstly, Jonathan, brilliant blog. It's great to see people in the media with real enthusiasm for space and genuine insights into what people are trying to achieve, as well as the political aspects of the industry.
It's not clear from the report whether the proposed shuttle derived vehicle is more or less the Ares V, but I'm guessing it's not. It amazes me how many times the idea of shuttle derived super heavy lift launchers comes rolling out, ever since the late 70s. Each time they're studied for a bit, costing millions at best and then a new shuttle derived heavy lift rocket concept is bandied about, usually with the same problems as the last one, in addition to a load of new ones. The original shuttle design was flawed and the arrangement of the side-mounted orbiter is unstable. Some of the systems could be reused relatively easily, but trying to transform one of the most complicated machines ever built into a new configuration to save on redesign and retooling costs (as well as jobs) is likely to prove a false economy. Evolutionary developments of existing US heavy lift EELVs could probably provide a ~40-50 ton capacity for a much lower cost than a heavier lift vehicle. Why not use the experience gained from the ISS in rendezvous and docking technology to assemble any heavier structures on orbit?
On a separate note, it's good to see the plan to restart production of radioisotopes for deep space RTG power systems. Pu-238 isn't specifically stated, however I'm guessing once they fully analyse the cost of restarting production they'll trump for less efficient alternatives.
Comment number 4.At 16:30 16th Jul 2010, CastawayCay wrote:
John from Hendon asks why spaceflight hasn't got cheaper yet. The answer is simple, but only became apparent to me after I moved from the UK to live in the US. It's called "political corruption". I always thought British politics was a tough game, but our guys have nothing on the Americans. They even have a LEGAL mechanism to permit open corruption - it's called "Earmarks" (sometimes referred to colloquially as "pork barrel spending - or just, "pork"). In this system, politicians can add things to specific bills that have nothing to do with the main subject of the bill. For example, with the recently passed Healthcare bill, there were additional billions of dollars worth of expenditure for pet projects in a politicans' home states - basically, buying votes by agreeing to spurious projects. American politicians are also the masters of Orwellian newspeak and doublethink ... they speak in politically-charged euphamisms all the time: "undocumented immigrants" being the glorious Orwellian term for "illegal aliens", for example. And it is against this background that the American space program has lurched from political pillar to political post, ever since that first amazing moon landing. I suspect that nothing will change until emerging Asian nations show how it CAN be done cheaper; there is nothing that would shake America out of its political paralysis like seeing the Chinese heading for the moon ... and beyond.
Comment number 5.At 16:41 16th Jul 2010, knowles2 wrote:
To me it sound to me like a complete mess, what is the worth of developing a capsule with no launch rocket, a shuttle replacement for a service which suppose to be replace by private sector through Obarma current program, may be I misread something.
To me short term policies base on short term politics will lead to a space program which will fail an lead to nowhere.
Instead of wasting 11 billion plus the 2-5 billion over spend which always seem occur on these projects on a shuttle replacement it should be spent on new propulsion systems both for cheaper journeys for LEO, an for journeys to Mars an beyond.
This whole compromise seem to undermine the central idea of Obarma getting private industries taking on Nasa LEO launches.
Comment number 6.At 18:14 16th Jul 2010, brobof wrote:
Jonathan FYI http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/07/15/senate-committee-adopts-compromise-nasa-bill/
and specifically Major Tom wrote @ July 16th, 2010 at 12:10 am (Essential reading. IMHO.)
The most damning part in my estimation: 6 $ billion in in R&D seed corn over five years cut to 1 $ billion over three. And NASA lumbered with a new Nelson Heavy Lift 'Vehucal' [NHLV] based on 1960's infrastructure: VAB, Crawlerway, Pads and 1970's tech: Shuttle. Hardly Game Changing. One feels there will be an Augustine III before 2016. And why the need for 150 tns IMLEO? Crazy. Especially if one assumes orbital assembly, propellant depots, utilisation of the ISS as a construction base and all the other cost reducing technologies. The inevitable cost overuns will 'do' for whatever R&D money is left and robotic missions will take another hit.
All in all: excellent news for ESA, RKA, CNSA, ISRO,...
Congress: "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
Comment number 7.At 19:25 16th Jul 2010, BluesBerry wrote:
Compromise or no compromise, where is the money going to come from?
Nowhere in President Barack Obama's vision for the future of human spaceflight did I find an accounting for the trillion-dollar deficit.
The $19bn Nasa Authorization Act of 2010 may have the backing of the entire US, but where exactly does it fit in the budget?
Instead of the White House's original request for $1.2bn a year over five years, the Committee's approach would provide an average of $1bn a year over the next six years. Wow, that's really trimming the fat?
Private industry participation is untested; how will these companies merge their blurprints with Nasa. Are the Americans aiming towards another space disaster?
The mood music may suggest peace between the Senate Commerce and the Science and Transportation Committee, but who has found the money? White House spokesman Nick Shapiro was quoted as saying the deal worked out with the senators "contains the critical elements necessary for achieving the president's vision for Nasa."
This President seems to have a different vision almost every day. What will make him stay the course this time?
If you look at the bill, you don't even have to study it, there are so many holes it seems that someone is not taking this thing too seriously; I wonder who's placating and who's for real.
Comment number 8.At 20:30 16th Jul 2010, zapata wrote:
As an aerospace engineer and a policy wonk, I find this entire debate amusing. There is more than enough evidence that private industry is capable of supplanting NASA in heavy lifting to LEO and GEO. I thought politicians couldn't get more hypocritical but then the republicans, whose mantra is that industry can do things better than government, suddenly decide they no longer trust industry.
Comment number 9.At 08:54 17th Jul 2010, delmn8ed wrote:
Hopefully the Ares V can move forward for a few moor years, before another administration comes in and pulls up the plant to look at the roots.
Comment number 10.At 08:58 17th Jul 2010, delmn8ed wrote:
The Constellation program is dead, long live the Constellation program.
Comment number 11.At 10:14 17th Jul 2010, Jussi W wrote:
Why is it that the champions of private enterprise are so scared of leaving space flight to the private sector? Is there, perhaps, a little of self-interest involved, the "pork" mentioned in an earlier comment?
During the long-gone Space Race, the goal was not so much the advancement into a new sphere of activity as the urgency to beat the other guy and to show off the own capability. The operation could be disguised as "small steps for men but giant leaps for Mankind", but, it was just a disguise. The further steps never materialized when the Race was over.
In the days of the Race there was a semblance of purpose involved in most of the political micro-management, but since then, the absence of a national urgency seems to have left the space budget as a free-for-all - with sad results: A monstrously uneconomical Space Transport System, two shuttles with brave crews lost, a US dependency of it´s former adversary for manned space transportation...shall I go on?
And what remedy does the body political adopt? Well...more of the same technical mistakes, and, perhaps, a few new ones, to ice the cake.
It has been said that democracy is a lousy political system, but there are no better available. Or even thinkable. It all boils down to the imperfect nature of man - but I find it sad, that the loftiest ambitions of Mankind - the Conquest of Space - continuously is doomed to be stymied by the earthly passions of greedy men, if they are not shaken by the possibility, that some other greedy men would trump their cards.
Comment number 12.At 10:50 17th Jul 2010, Richard_M wrote:
Brobof wrote: "And NASA lumbered with a new Nelson Heavy Lift 'Vehucal' [NHLV] based on 1960's infrastructure: VAB, Crawlerway, Pads and 1970's tech: Shuttle. Hardly Game Changing."
Well, we can't afford "game-changing." Thinking that we could is what got Ares I/V killed. And VentureStar. This is not 1961. Dollars and political capital are limited.
At bottom, what the Senate bill is demanding is a heavy lift specification that can only be met by something along the lines of the Direct Jupiter 130/240 architecture - straight up shuttle derived in-line launcher using absolutely as much of the existing shuttle heritage technology as possible. Unlike Ares, or VentureStar, or other drawing board ideas, this approach is actually affordable and doable within the given budget and timeframe. No, it is not what you would design if you were working from scratch. But it makes use of all existing systems (save for avionics), which means a) it requires relatively limited development costs, b) it can be built relatively quickly, c) it preserves existing shuttle infrastructure - and thus jobs in key states and districts - and d) is relatively safe and proven.
In other words, the Senate is (finally) not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good (which is essentially what Clinton, Bush and Obama have tried to do in turn). And the result is that U.S. manned spaceflight capability is preserved with a relatively short gap after the retirement of the shuttle.
Comment number 13.At 21:41 17th Jul 2010, namdam13 wrote:
Richard_M puts a good argument but i thought (and i am no expert) that the issue with the shuttle technology was it was expensive and not too safe.
Ok you design a lot of the safety issue out by making more linear, ie ontop of the tank, but it will still cost stupid money every launch.
Sure a private industry will help keep cost down because its in their interest. So money will go further, the number of flight should in theory go up and things get done quicker.
No im from the UK, but to me the short term pain would be worth the long term gain. Less jobs now for more jobs in the future when the private sector takes off.
It seems that US politician never act in their country's interest, just in the interest of the next dollar for their states or themselves.
I just hope the private sector does not buckle under that lack of money.
Comment number 14.At 04:31 18th Jul 2010, Cerberus1942 wrote:
A few things to consider...the first manned space lauch vehicles were derived from ICBMs of the period, thus, development (of the lifter)was pretty cheap for NASA. Just take whatever the Air Force or the Army was phasing out and use them. It wasn't until NASA started the Saturns for Apollo that the cost of individual launches got steep. An earlier comment mentioned the lack of a Model T for space. As long as we're working on short production runs you're never going to get the costs down. At least the military builds hundreds of ICBMs when they do it, at best there were only 20 something Saturns, and only a handful of shuttles.Why not "man rate" the retired Minuteman missiles and strap on an Orion capsule and have an instant LEO capable vehicle? Then, use the ISS as an assembly and transit point for adding inertial upper stages and such to push things out into GEO. Or, continue to use the Titan IVs for GEO and direct long distance stuff (not man back to the moon or Mars, but robotic deep solar system). Until we solve physiological issues with long duration space flight (bone density loss in low g environments) we're not going to Mars with astronauts anyway, so why are we designing the rocket first and then determining if the missions is feasible?
Comment number 15.At 10:00 18th Jul 2010, DoctorFloyd wrote:
What about something like the SKYLON concept from Reaction Engines? To my untrained and completely amateur eye that sort of technology and design would eventually be cheaper and has far more potential in the long run than big rockets based on 1960s technology taking off from Cape Canaveral. The Americans seem so stuck in the past on this one.
Comment number 16.At 12:18 18th Jul 2010, LordByron wrote:
At the end of the day this does seem like the best compromise (even if slightly political). Firstly, having a heavy lift capability is paramount if we're to go beyond LEO for deep space missions. Trying to have many smaller rockets to achieve what you can do with one or two launches of a heavy lift vehicle is a poor strategy at best. Would you fly 100 people with 100 planes, or one big plane? Obviously not, and every study conducted shows that the more launches you have, the success rate of the mission drops of massively, not to mention the cost and logistics involved in having many launches to achieve a single mission.
As for why the price of sending objects into space hasn't massively reduced since the Apollo era is due to the massive amounts of energy required to place an object into LEO, and the difficulties still involved with achieving that using chemical propulsion. I do admit though that more needs to be done to investigate how we can reduce the costs with new technology, and the fact that non of the current tech is mass produced doesn't help either.
As for how to go about designing this new shuttle derived heavy lift vehicle, I would definitely favour an in-line configuration over the side mount. We've seen how dangerous side mount configurations can be when it comes to crew abort scenarios, and aerodynamically side mount is less efficient. However, I have the feeling that they'll go for the side mount option at first, as this will be cheaper due to fewer changes required. If the design is made such that it can evolve, then I see no reason why down the road we can't have something with the performance of an Ares V, that has been shuttle derived.
I also agree that commercial isn't quite there yet. Let's face it, companies like SpaceX haven't even demonstrated they can successfully deliver cargo to the ISS, let alone people. I congratulate SpaceX for a successful first Falcon 9 launch, but don't be surprised people if one of the next test launches ends badly, history is still not in their favour.
Comment number 17.At 13:14 18th Jul 2010, Mike Mullen wrote:
This Senate plan is just a cynical effort to protect jobs in a few key states. Another shuttle derived HLV and at the same time cutting funding for commercial space and making it's future entirely dependent on getting NASA's stamp of approval. It's amazing how quickly Republican rhetoric about smaller government and the superiority of private enterprise go out the window when there are votes to be had.
The Orlando Sentinel ran an article describing this plan as essentially turning KSC into an aerospace Detroit where the Obama plan offered the equivalent of Silicon Valley.
This plan is pure pork, nothing more, nothing less.
Comment number 18.At 01:38 19th Jul 2010, ChrisC wrote:
This is a perfect demonstration of political vested interests trumping a sane approach to Nasa's future.
The HLV is simply not required for BEO missions. Everything can be assembled in orbit, which is something we've had decades of experience with.
The cost of developing a SDHLV, combined with the required standing army and the low launch frequency make this approach rediculously cost inefficient.
They also give no explanation for what is going to be launched on the 75T HLV! With what money are they going to develop the tech that weighs that 75T?! I can't wait until a Falcon 9 or an EELV launches the same payload in 2-3 launches, with a possible cost saving of over a billion dollars.
If the Nasa engineers experience is so valuable then let the private industries employ them. The sad thing is that NASA designed the shuttle in the 70's. The parts were actually built by private companies. How many of Nasa's HSF engineers actually have experience designing rockets rather than just maintaining them?
I predict that if this passes then Private space will be delayed by a few years. Bigelow will build his space stations and suddenly every country that can scrape together a few tens of millions will be able to put a man into space, and leapfrog the US. The US will be humiliated and either cancel the HLV, or someone like SpaceX will bolt two payloads together in space and perform a manned Apollo 8 style mission months before it launches. Demonstrating the utter pointlessness of the HLV.
I could go on, but I really should end my rant now.
Comment number 19.At 07:36 19th Jul 2010, delmn8ed wrote:
I have read the NASA Authorization Act Of 2010. I am relived that they have decided on a pragmatic approach to the development of the heavy lifter, they realise that continuity is important, and they have some very difficult technical problems to overcome, with in orbit refuelling and closed loop environmental systems.
Comment number 20.At 07:46 19th Jul 2010, Dick Taylor wrote:
When Bigelow and SpaceX are fully operational and the ISS is redundant what will NASA be doing? the same old thing they have always done being a job for the boys part of the US government, the true Stalinist state of the 21st century! go to http://spacefrontier.org for what is really going to be our future in space.
Comment number 21.At 14:08 19th Jul 2010, Terry Gush wrote:
The committees attempt to confine NASA on the power rating of future Heavy Lifters, derive them from Space Shuttle era rocket technology and to acquire them now before NASA have designed the missions that use them, is no different from a used car dealer trespassing onto your property, ordering you to buy vehicles of their preference and to do that now, before you have decided on what you are looking for and how you are going to use them. This is rude, illogical and out of touch with Administration's position that NASA should concentrate on prerequisite and transformative technologies first and then commit to a Heavy Lifter design four years from now.
The committees also oversteps with a mean spirited attack on the commercial future of the space programme. They attempt to push back the dates and strangle the funding down to an average of about $160 million per COTS partner per year for 3 years. You'd be lucky to start an medium-small sized airline with that amount of cash.
Expect to hear the committee play up "bi-partisan support". This means the four states represented on the committee have found a way to amicably curve up the pork but does not mean the Administration will agreeably do a complete about face on it's direction so.... let the fight begin.
Comment number 22.At 15:11 19th Jul 2010, flat_be_felix wrote:
Is it me or has America's drive for exploration disappeared? I might sound nieve, but taking a look around the world and it seems that there are plenty of other countries/organisations looking to make a real effort when it comes to manned space flight. The European Space Agency have a clear agenda to push forward humans to Mars, China are clearly putting plenty behind thier developing space program, as well as the likes of India.
Now, being from the UK I may not be qualified to comment on how the US spends its money, esspecially as I belive the UK could do alot more as far as manned space flight is concerned. But, to me, the US and manned space flight are linked in a way that fires the public imagination. We've had almost 50 years of watching those men and women do amazing things and thats the kind of adventurous attitude I feel is sorely lacking in the "powers that be" who are planning NASA's future.
Apollo should have been the start of something amazing, not the high point of past glories. To be fair the shuttle was spectacular, if a little reserved. It's done a superb job and given alot to science thanks to its work with the ISS, but it's time to look further afield than low earth orbit.
As a strong supporter of NASA, I feel it will become lost in the scramble that could ensue should private companies battle it out to go further and faster into space. Competition, i believe, is the number 1 reason space exploration from NASA (atleast, manned space exploration) has floundered over the past 30 years. Without a direct competitor in Russia, the US has no need to push itself. But now that private companies are being urged to go were NASA can't afford to go, the once proud agency may just find itself left behind; I sincerely hope this isnt the case.
Let's just hope that as the Apollo landings pass further and further into memory, a new urge to explore and push the boundaries might emerge and allow us to do even more amazing things. After all, Earth won't be here forever, so let's get out there and see what we can find!
Comment number 23.At 20:42 20th Jul 2010, Mike in New Mexico wrote:
"Why is it that the champions of private enterprise are so scared of leaving space flight to the private sector? "
Because she's a senator from Texas, and the Johnson Space Center (formerly the Manned Spacecraft Center) is in Texas.
End of story.
Comment number 24.At 21:54 20th Jul 2010, Sacto Joe wrote:
The major problem with the Space Shuttle that made it so expensive was that it was both a truck and a man-rated vehicle. The Constellation program's "stick" vehicle and the separate heavy lift vehicle was an attempt to break those two functions apart. In the Obama Administration proposal, the "stick" has in effect been substituted for with a private industry approach to get people into space (I never liked the "stick" idea much myself...), while the heavy lift was for cargo only.
To the degree that the Congressional proposal maintains this division of function, I could probably support it. However, to the degree that it slows down the development of a new man-rated craft, I will oppose it.
Comment number 25.At 01:35 21st Jul 2010, Paul wrote:
This statement kills me.
(But others will be disappointed to see a plan that appears in their view to dilute too much the original Obama vision.)
WHAT? There was no vision from Obama at all. His speech at the Florida Space Center was this. (We are directing NASA to do STUFF) The President's idea was vague and gloomy. He wanted to lay off thousands of experienced workers in a bad economy. Throw out Manned Space flight for almost 10 years in hopes a private contractor (with more NASA money) would come into existence in 6 years. A Mission to an unnamed Asteroid in 15 years well after Obama leaves Office. He gave LIP service and quickly COMPROMISED with the Senate as he saw his so called Vision being so savagely attacked. Our President miscalculated the affection the American public have for NASA. At lest now there is a plan for a Shuttle replacement that has the potential for deep space exploration. Hopefully a new administration will look at the Moon again as a logical location for exploration and then on to Mars.
Comment number 26.At 12:51 21st Jul 2010, Rob M wrote:
Mmmm I see this as good news and bad news.
good that something may actually be done sooner rather than kicking things into the long grass
bad that its just a rehash of old technology and dosen't actually move things on.
While constellation was bloated and late at least it had a aim and some vision (back to the moon then on to mars). This proposal will just patch things up and keep things plodding along.
IMO what's really needed is a clear goal for the future - a moonbase, asteroid visit, ISS2 etc (the moon would be my preference) and an achieveable timescale. Afterall what's the point in building a heavy lifter if you've not got anything to do with it?
Comment number 27.At 21:30 21st Jul 2010, Jeff_Cleveland wrote:
The artist rendering concerns me. What makes the shuttle so unsafe is the launch stage. Namely, it's the use of an external fuel tank and two solid rocket boosters. Both Shuttle losses were due to that design. The lessons from the shuttle program are that it is an inherently unsafe design. Two safer approaches are single-stage-to-orbit or multi-stage "candlestick" design.
Next, there is no creativity in either Obama's or the Compromise "vision." Here, I think is the better way to go. Use commercial or single-stage to get to orbit with astronauts and work on improving the cost model and improve safety on getting humans safely to orbit and back. Build the bigger transport spaceships while in earth orbit! Moon or Mars (where ever!) Science fiction has been selling this idea for decades and seems the safe way to go. Design the ships for their intended purpose and not make a monolithic space-ship for every purpose because, inevitably someone cuts corners in one aspect for another that can doom the whole project.
Also, why are the Republicans against commercialization of space?!?! Hypocrites! After 40 years even this Democrat says it is time for Business to get into the launch game.
Comment number 28.At 01:27 25th Jul 2010, atthecape wrote:
When the NASA Administrator states (with the 'he' being Obama)
"When I became the NASA administrator -- or before I became the NASA administrator -- he charged me with three things. One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children
to want to get into science and math, he wanted me to expand our international relationships, and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering," Bolden said in the interview. foxnews.com july 5,2010
These remarks by the President do not seem to ooze the inspiration that should be given to, one of, if not, the most highly technical organizaiton within the world. perhaps the star trek 'to boldly go where .....' would have been appropiate.
The President has not presented a clearly defined, (with objective goals, funding and timelines), program for NASA to execute even after 18 months to do so.
In regard to how realistic the plan presented by the President is , and is nothing more than political positioning, one needs only to do a google search of his past campaign speeches on the space program.
The comparison may show the committee and the Preseident are actually in agreement. i.e. support Orion, delay Constallation and fly the orbiter in 2011........ at least till after the Nov elections
Comment number 29.At 08:18 3rd Aug 2010, salty wrote:
If America is finding the cost of manned spaceflight and exploration too costly, then perhaps it is time to join collective finance and knowhow. I'm sure it is not beyond the capacity for NASA to merge with manned spaceflight sections of ESA and other nations. All other elements of NASA's work, such as that for the military would remain in-house! It would take a leap of faith but a full blown international merger of manned spaceflight and exploration capabilities could only improve matters of will and finance - perhaps too far out of the box for the US!
Comment number 30.At 02:54 14th Aug 2010, AllenT2 wrote:
salty wrote:
"If America is finding the cost of manned spaceflight and exploration too costly, then perhaps it is time to join collective finance and knowhow. I'm sure it is not beyond the capacity for NASA to merge with manned spaceflight sections of ESA and other nations. All other elements of NASA's work, such as that for the military would remain in-house! It would take a leap of faith but a full blown international merger of manned spaceflight and exploration capabilities could only improve matters of will and finance - perhaps too far out of the box for the US!"
Only NASA's competitors and non-Americans would want that. No sane American would want that. Neither would I.
Comment number 31.At 11:03 23rd Aug 2010, salty wrote:
Allen T2,
Thats the typical stance that will see a decline and the end to manned spaceflight. Costs are just too high for just one nation or organisation to carry on alone. The market ethos is not always best here. As for competitors, are the goals and ideals of manned spaceflight in China and India the same as in Europe or America? - only the political will and the dogmatic rule of market forces seperate them and with an insular attitute you put forward, meaningful manned spaceflight will wither away on a wave of nationalistic decay.
Comment number 32.At 02:40 27th Aug 2010, Paul wrote:
The Senate compromise bill is better than nothing for NASA. As the real plan President Obama wanted was to shut down NASA. He knew that by removing so many experienced space workers it would cause a cave in and hoped that further interest in NASA would go away over time. He SERIOUSLY miscalculated the affection the American public has for Manned Space Flight and the other programs NASA is doing with Robots in the Solar System.
Obama had no idea his GO NOWHERE PLAN by a NOWHERE MAN was for NO BODY.
It had no point of view, and did not know where he wanted NASA going to.
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While the Pointed Sticks' initial run only lasted three years, they made enough of an impact that bootleg compilations appeared collecting the band's out of print recordings, and in 1995 Zulu Records released an authorized anthology, Part of the Noise. In 2006, Sudden Death Records, the punk-leaning label run by Joe Keithley (aka Joey Shithead) of D.O.A. released another Pointed Sticks collection, Waiting for the Real Thing; the label also put Perfect Youth back into print. The Pointed Sticks had earned a cult following in Japan through their recordings, and in 2006 the band staged a short reunion tour, playing a handful of dates in Japan as well as Canada with the original lineup of Nick Jones, Bill Napier-Hemy, Gord Nicholl, Tony Bardach, and Ian Tiles. The band continued to play occasional concerts, and in 2009 they recorded a second album, Three Lefts Make a Right. The group returned to Japan in 2010, and after a massive earthquake hit Japan in 2011, the Pointed Sticks played a benefit show in Vancouver to raise money for those hit by the disaster. In 2015, the Pointed Sticks unveiled another album of new material, this time simply titled The Pointed Sticks. ~ Mark Deming
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Isis bit her lower lip, her blue orbs swerving back from Rose to James then Rose to James all over again. She knew that if she wanted to go and speak to James that would mean having another futile argument with little-Ms. Rabbit herself.
What do you have to gain from this anyway? It's not like James is going to pay any attention since he's real busy now. And he probably hates your guts. What do you have to lose?
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The groundwork was laid long before, but make no mistake - it was an oatmeal-and-raisin cookie that cost Alberta Health Services president and chief executive officer Stephen Duckett his job and taxpayers about $680,000 in severance pay.
Observers and opposition parties warn, however, that the problems with Alberta's nascent foray into a lone, massive health board reach far beyond baked goods, saying Dr. Duckett's case was simply a symptom of a failing system.
After more than six hours of deliberation that stretched over Tuesday evening and part of Wednesday, the 14-member Alberta Health Services board came to a "joint" agreement with Dr. Duckett (who is currently on vacation in the United States) that will see him immediately end his time as head of province-wide health board.
That came five days after Dr. Duckett left an urgent meeting on a crisis in provincial emergency room care and refused to speak to the media - instead, he waved a cookie at a television camera and insisted he was busy eating.
Frustration with the system, and over the government's handling of the ER crisis, crystallized around that single, made-for-TV moment. The snub was deemed "offensive" to "all Albertans" by Premier Ed Stelmach himself, making Wednesday's announcement seem inevitable. Board chairman Ken Hughes acknowledged the cookie "incident" played a role in the decision to part ways with Dr. Duckett.
But both Mr. Hughes and Mr. Stelmach struck the same chord - it wasn't the cookie; it was the firestorm that followed that dragged down Dr. Duckett and prevented him from being able to do his job.
"His ability to carry on and conduct his role as chief executive officer was compromised by his current circumstances - one element of which was that incident," Mr. Hughes said. "The board had clear confidence in him up until that point. But the dynamic changed. The atmosphere changed."
Added Mr. Stelmach: "We just couldn't move forward."
Among those who supported the move were Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky, who felt Albertans had lost trust in Dr. Duckett and made his feelings "clear" to the board, Mr. Hughes said.
But the board itself was split - one member, Gord Bontje, has already resigned over the decision, and Mr. Hughes expects "a couple" others may follow. Whether they left because of the decision to part ways with Dr. Duckett or because of the health minister's interference with their mandate is unclear.
The departure of Dr. Duckett and the board members come two days after the dismissal of MLA Raj Sherman (the parliamentary secretary for health who broke rank and spoke out against his own party's health policies, only to be kicked out of Mr. Stelmach's party). Alberta has now lost at least three of the key players responsible for delivering health care.
The saga is the latest in what has been a controversial and drawn-out effort by the province to create the so-called AHS "super board," which was formed out of 12 smaller boards. Many have called it a failure, one that left Dr. Duckett doomed from square one.
"Stephen Duckett's actions on Friday were inexcusable, but let's not let a viral [cookie]video distract us from the real problem," Liberal opposition leader David Swann, a physician himself, said in a statement. "The Stelmach administration's failed experiment in centralized decision-making is the root cause of the problems we're seeing in public health care."
Dr. Swann and New Democrat leader Brian Mason had called for Dr. Duckett's dismissal. The Wildrose Alliance, a right-wing party threatening the ruling Progressive Conservatives' base, had not called for it specifically, saying Dr. Duckett might have taken a different job so long as AHS was done away with.
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Mr. Hughes insisted, however, that while the AHS structure could be improved and has had growing pains, "it is effective enough to achieve the primary accountabilities that we have." He pledged to stay in his role as board chairman.
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Julian Speroni believes it important Keith Millen remains part of the management set-up at Crystal Palace if the caretaker does not get the job on a permanent basis.
Palace co-chairman Steve Parish hopes to appoint a new manager early this week but admits he is finding it difficult to find Tony Pulis' successor. Parish wants to have a new manager in place as soon as possible, with Palace losing their first two Premier League games under Millen and the transfer window closing next Monday.
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"If he does not get the job, who better to help the new man who comes in?" said goalkeeper Speroni, who feels Millen should not be judged on Palace's defeats to Arsenal and West Ham. "He knows the players and the whole club inside out.
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Millen will remain in charge for tonight's Capital One Cup tie at Walsall. He has made no secret of his desire to take the job on a permanent basis.
"Losing on Saturday does not mean I am not a good manager," he said after Saturday's 3-1 defeat to West Ham. "It is one result. You put a brave face on it of course you do, I am the one in charge at the moment. The job is a good job for anyone and there are plenty of people who would want it. The chairman still has his views on what he wants, and I think that is why he is openly looking."
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Ten years ago, Henry and Lisa Lovejoy stood ankle-deep amid dead tuna in a Tokyo warehouse the size of a football field.
The tuna were headed to the dinner tables of Japan, and the warehouses would fill with fresh kill the next day. And the next. And the next. Some tuna were so young, they hadn't reproduced.
It was then that the couple, who ran a $20 million-a-year lobster export business in Boston, knew they had to stop doing what they were doing. "We thought, 'This industry has some serious environmental baggage,' " says Henry, 43. "We had a strong level of discomfort being part of an industry that wasn't managing its resources well."
Out of that sentiment came EcoFish, an 8-year-old company considered a pioneer in the market of "sustainable" seafood — a movement increasingly embraced by major seafood producers and retailers, including Wal-Mart. (WMT)
EcoFish sells only seafood that is grown or caught in eco-friendly ways. That means the fish producers don't harm the environment and take no more fish out of the ocean than are born each year.
EcoFish, with $3 million in annual sales, is a small fish in the $52 billion U.S. seafood industry. But it's living proof that seafood companies can make money without harming the environment, says Michael Sutton, director of the Center for the Future of the Oceans at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. He sees EcoFish as a company that can pioneer an industry transformation.
"They're a drop in the ocean that creates a lot of ripples," says Sutton, who serves on EcoFish's volunteer advisory board.
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Conservationists say the sustainability movement for seafood is happening just in time: About 75% of the world's wild fish stocks already are dubbed depleted or recovering from depletion by the United Nations. Some long-standing consumer favorites, including Atlantic cod and Chilean sea bass, are considered vulnerable to overfishing. Atlantic cod has been so heavily fished that the population is down to its last 10%, says Seafood Watch at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which warns consumers on seafood to avoid.
The Lovejoys first thought they'd abandon the seafood business because of environmental concerns. Then they decided to try to remake it.
Based in Dover, N.H., EcoFish handles a dozen fish species. The six-employee firm started by selling sustainably grown fish to restaurants. Today, 20% of revenue comes from restaurants and 80% from products sold to retailers.
They range from frozen shrimp to canned tuna to wild Alaskan salmon entrees. They're carried in about 3,000 U.S. stores, including natural food stores, Whole Foods (WFMI) supermarkets and Target Supercenters, (TGT) and they cost about 20% more than rival products.
EcoFish gets seafood from dozens of family businesses and a few large companies. About 80% of its products come from the USA, largely Alaska. EcoFish also buys from Ecuador and Argentina sources. All producers must be approved by the EcoFish advisory board, which includes Sutton and other conservationists. EcoFish avoids fish that have been heavily fished, such as Chilean sea bass, Atlantic cod and orange roughy.
EcoFish producers must also adhere to good fishing practices. For instance, they must limit "by catch," which is fish or other marine life that get caught with the targeted species. EcoFish's mahi-mahi, for example, are caught on family-owned boats in Ecuador by single hook and line.
Lovejoy says EcoFish's profitability shows that consumers will pay more for seafood that they know is good for them and the environment. By not selling some products for environmental reasons, EcoFish loses some sales. But it taps the growing market of consumers wanting eco-friendly products.
"We totally pioneered the (sustainable) category for seafood, and we feel responsible for growing it," Lovejoy says.
Generous supporters
EcoFish has supportive financial backers. In the past two years, it's received $2.5 million in venture capital funding from Sea Change Management, a venture capital fund based in San Francisco.
The fund was founded by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, set up by the co-founder of tech giant HP and one of the biggest foundations geared to ocean conservation. The foundation supplied $10 million and Sea Change raised $10 million from private investors.
EcoFish was the fund's first investment. The fund doesn't just look for good financial returns, but for good conservation returns, too, says Matthew Elliott, the fund's conservation director.
"EcoFish was definitely ahead of the sustainability curve," he says. He considers EcoFish a "soul" brand, like juice maker Odwalla and ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's.
The venture capital infusion allowed EcoFish to retool its brand, now Henry & Lisa's Natural Seafood. The logo depicts the couple hugging a halibut. The company is also set to pursue new markets, including food service companies, other major retailers and warehouse club stores.
It won't be alone. A handful of small eco-friendly seafood companies have sprouted in recent years and retailers are pressuring large producers to get on the sustainable bandwagon. Wal-Mart, the No. 1 retailer, said last year that it would, within five years, purchase wild-caught seafood only from fisheries deemed sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council. The non-profit is considered the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for sustainable fisheries, says Sutton.
Some of the products that EcoFish carries come from fisheries certified by the marine council.
Sutton attended a meeting with seafood producers at Wal-Mart headquarters earlier this year. The producers were all "pledging allegiance" to sustainability, Sutton says. "These are the same people who told me to get lost before."
Lovejoy says EcoFish, which has grown slowly over nine years, expects to triple sales in the next 18 months. Lovejoy says its trusted brand will help EcoFish survive along with the bigger players, or win it a spot inside one of them.
"We've already opened a lot of eyes," says Lovejoy. "The industry has migrated in our direction."
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Donnie Walsh steps down as Knicks GM
Donnie Walsh brought Mike D'Antoni in, and wasn't much on the xacts in the Melo trade. Well now, due mostly to health issues, Walsh officially resigned his position as the Knicks GM. Walsh will stay on for 2011-2012 as a team consultant. The Knicks passed the April 30th deadline on picking up the fourth year option on his contract. Coach D'Antoni may move sometime in the near future without Walsh around. D'Antoni have had a long standing relationship. Knicks team owner James Dolan released the statement today. Check it out, courtesy espn:
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An adaptation made in 1950 of the 19th Century play written by Edmond Rostand and based on the 17th Century character Savinien Cyrano De Bergerac.
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Last gasp Evans strike preserves unbeaten home record
The Royals' undefeated home record was almost halted by a second half goal from Matej Vydra, but Goerge Evans struck a 90th minute equaliser to send the Royals into the international break unbeaten at the Madejski and with a point to show for their afternoon's efforts.
Yann Kermorgant and John Swift had both tested Scott Carson with the game goalless, but Vydra flicked home an inswinging set piece just after the hour mark and could have had a headed second were it not for a brilliant save from Ali Al Habsi. And it looked like it was not going to be Reading's afternoon, until Evans smashed home a Beerens corner that had been flicked on by Kermorgant and cannoned off Callum Harriot in the six yard box.
Danny Williams was fit enough to start, recovering from a knock suffered at the end of our home win over Huddersfield last weekend to be named in Jaap Stam's eleven today. Garath McCleary was also back in the line-up following the end of a three-game suspension picked up at Oakwell last month. Liechtenstein international Sandro Wieser, meanwhile, was named on the bench at the Madejski for the first time.
The first shot at goal came from the right foot of Yann Kermorgant, who placed an effort from the edge of the area inches wide of the bottom right corner after the Royals had counter attacked well from the left-back position.
Reading were dominating possession and looking assured on the ball. But it took a well-timed right footed intervention from McCleary inside his own box to cut out a pull back from Cyrus Christie that looked to find Marcus Olsson.
A lovely threaded ball from Beerens found Obita racing down the left flank and the full-back cut the ball back from the byline but no-one was there in blue and white hoops to turn it goalwards.
Midway through the half, Moore charged down a fierce Ince strike, then Bradley Johnson drilled an effort wide via a deflection off Danny Williams.
Swift, then Beerens won corners on the left and the second of those corners had to be punched clear by Carson on his goalline. But Al Habsi had to produce a save for the first time soon after, gathering in Ince's effort from distance at the second attempt.
Swift burst into the County half unchallenged with seven minutes of the half remaining, but his shot was charged down by Keogh on the edge of the box. Next, Evans tried to slot a slide rule pass into the run of Gunter but it skipped off the surface and fizzed behind for a goal kick.
The best chance of the half came in injury time. Gunter won a corner on the right, McCleary floated the ball into the area and Kermorgant arrive unmarked to power a header goalwards but straight at Carson in the Rams goalmouth.
Half-time: Reading 0-0 Derby County
The second half began with a loose touch from McShane at the back which almost allowed Vydra to latch onto a ball through the back four. But Moore came across in the nick of time to slide in and clear off the former Royals loanee's toes.
At the other end, McCleary twisted and turned past his man and threaded a lovely ball in to Kermorgant, who tried to square it for Williams arriving into the box - but the pass was intercepted before it got to the fit-again midfielder.
Just before the hour, Al Habsi punched clear an inswinging corner but Ince arrowed a first time shot back into the box and it cannoned off Obita and across the six yard box before Kermorgant touch direct it safely behind for a corner.
But Derby were ahead soon after. An inswinging Christie free kick was deflected into the path of
who instinctively got a toe to the ball to direct it home with a stabbed volley from close range.
The Royals almost responded immediately, Williams winning a free kick with a driving run and Swift forcing a parried save from Carson with a well-struck set piece. Harriott's follow-up was charged down and the Rams' lead remained in tact.
Evans rifled high and wide with 20 minutes remaining, but Reading were struggling to find the final ball they needed to unlock the Derby defence.
An incredible save from point blank range somehow denied Vydra a second, a looping cross from the left finding the striker but his powerful header pawed off his line by a reaction save from Ali Al Habsi.
At the other end, Stam brought on Mendes in search of an equaliser and Beerens had appeals for a penalty waved away after he went down under a nudge from Keogh.
Mendes looked close to getting his head to a Swift corner but Carson got his fist to it just before the substitute could connect, then with time running out Kermorgant chested a Swift delivery into Mendes' feet but the forward couldn't find the space to get a shot away.
And as the game looked to be slipping away from the home side, Reading found an equaliser in the 90th minute. Beerens delivered a testing corner which was glanced on by Kermorgant. It struck Harriott yards out and
pounce to smash the ball home from close range and make it 1-1.
Five minutes of injury time played out and both sides went for a winner and Derby came close when Al Habsi pushed a Johnson effort away and a Harriott clearance hacked a last gasp Russell ball out of the six yard box. But honours ended even.
Full-time: Reading 1-1 Derby County
Reading: Al-Habsi, Gunter (Mendes 82), Obita, McShane (c), Moore, Evans, Williams, Swift, McCleary (Harriott 63), Beerens, Kermorgant.
Subs: Jaakkola, Watson, Gravenberch, Kelly, Wieser.
Yellow: McCleary, Gunter.
Goals: Evans (90)
Derby County: Carson, Christie, Olsson (Baird 77), Butterfield, Keogh (c), Pearce, Johnson, Hughes (Russell 82), Anya, Ince, Vydra (Blackman 85).
Subs: Mitchell, Weimann, Wilson, Bent.
Yellow: Johnson, Hughes, Ince, Butterfield.
Goals: Vydra (62)
Att: 17,002 (1,565 away)
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Set in a small industrial town at the start of the 20th century, this is the humorous story of Edward "Denry" Machin. Denry is an impulsive, opportunistic, and occasionally lucky entrepreneur with few scruples where money-making is concerned. Not especially likeable yet not entirely loathsome, Denry makes for a very entertaining character to both the fictional townsfolk and readers of this tale alike. A story full of hilarity and sure to entertain any reader, this book is an ideal addition to any bookshelf and a veritable must-read for fans of Bennett's work. Enoch Arnold Bennett was an English writer, most renowned as a novelist but also working in other fields such as journalism, film, and propaganda. Originally written in 1911, we are proud to republish this classic book now with a new introductory biography of the author.
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Mindtwysters. Shadowslayers. Demons. Fey. They never meet, much less mix. Until a certain girl comes into the picture. Keziah Edwards. The unexpected child. Save the world, be the hero, banish the evil, can she do it? One choice...to destroy or to save?
The tall silver goblet stood before him, the scarlet liquid in it emitting a tantalizing aroma. Is it worth it? the king thought, watching the liquid swish around in the goblet.
"Well?" the she-demon snapped impatiently, her raspy voice sounding like stones scratching over a rough surface. "Either drink it, or don't! I don't have time to waste on you, weakling!"
"Weakling no more," the king murmered, pushing away his fears and lifting the cup to his lips.
The transformation beagn almost instantly. He clutched his heart in pain.
"What's happening?" he gasped. The she-demon stood a little to the side, watching him expressionlessly. Suddenly, as quickly as it had come, the pain stopped.
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"Congratulations, king," she said, spitting out the 'king'. "You are now one of us." the king flexed his new, ink-black wings.
"Yes," he said slowly. "I am one of you."
"Good," she replied."Now for your first mission..." the she-demon leaned over and whispered something in his ear. A cruel smile spread across his lips.
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