Columbia disaster

Semper Fi has long said the right thing the right time.

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now, consider this small print: just read Nasa's Aerospace Advisory panel last year warned Nasa that budget restraints would hurt safety. Nasa released five or six of the panelists after this criticism, saying they were making room for newer, younger, smarter panelists, though the former disagree. One retired admiral quit in disgust over the firings.

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I would like to find the section of Isiah Bush quoted.



munk
 
Things happen. If you want to know more read "Fate is the Hunter" by Ernest K. Gann. He told the story of how things can go wrong in an airplane better than anybody.
 
I'll check that out. In the meantime, I just talked to my old man on the phone- 40 years in Aero Space in Quality Assurance engineering. Gee- why didn't I ask him earlier and save myself?

"Budget cuts could easily be responsible."


If they're not running programs to see what happens if? But he says you could run programs forever and never get a single shuttle off the ground-what N2 and so many others have been saying. Life is risk.

munk
 
Seven astronauts perished after over ten years with no mishaps.

In the same amount of time, 7,000 Nepalis died on both sides of the Maoist attempt to destabilize Nepal. I include the Maoists as it's not possible to discern between conscripts and voluntary participants.

I don't remember the number who died on 9/11. I do remember a few years back we lost 25,000 a year to drunk driving, now it's down to 15,000.

Was it Stalin who said one death is a tragedy, a million deaths a statistic?
 
Here is a link to all the NASA mishaps over the years. They have a very good record that covers about 40 years. :)

The link didn't work so here is the page instead:


http://www.cnn.com/

Click on NASA tragedies near the photo.


tz.columbia.nasa.jpg
 
The problem is they do not spend the money on the actual physical plant. It goes to sky-high managerial salaries.

I am sure this was a factor in this disaster.
 
We tolerate Government waste is almost all bureacracies. With NASA, we all want something better.



munk
 
When I was in the airplane racket the lowest bidder, not necessarily the best, got the contract. I suspect it's still the same way.
 
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