Comments on: No joy for the NASA budget http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:59:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: What is NASA? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-28821 What is NASA? Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:29:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/#comment-28821 What difference does it make? NASA's spending has never been in sync with it's budget. And most of it's projects span several years, so a single year budget crisis will have little effect on the agency. What difference does it make? NASA’s spending has never been in sync with it’s budget. And most of it’s projects span several years, so a single year budget crisis will have little effect on the agency.

]]> By: Irishman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-28820 Irishman Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:59:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/#comment-28820 I wouldn't call it waiting a year. It's not like they're ignoring fiscal issues until July or anything. The '08 budget is in work <i>now</i>. Yes, that means the <i>money</i> won't get to NASA until October, and the consequence of Congressional screw ups last year means the money for this year is hosed, but it's not that they're ignoring the situation or putting it off. I wouldn’t call it waiting a year. It’s not like they’re ignoring fiscal issues until July or anything. The ‘08 budget is in work now. Yes, that means the money won’t get to NASA until October, and the consequence of Congressional screw ups last year means the money for this year is hosed, but it’s not that they’re ignoring the situation or putting it off.

]]> By: jrkeller http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-28819 jrkeller Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:00:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/#comment-28819 I guess when I see and read that a representative campaigning on increased funding for NASA, I expect that he or she will deliver. Waiting a year to do something, just puts things at least a year behind from where they should be. I am encourage by Bush's FY08 budget request http://www.chron.com/BlogBurst/BBpost2.html?bbPostId=BzBxBn0iHX7EBC9gVBN3C2MBCz37iec2ofeUKCz3CqjlU9Lh59 I guess when I see and read that a representative campaigning on increased funding for NASA, I expect that he or she will deliver. Waiting a year to do something, just puts things at least a year behind from where they should be.

I am encourage by Bush’s FY08 budget request

http://www.chron.com/BlogBurst/BBpost2.html?bbPostId=BzBxBn0iHX7EBC9gVBN3C2MBCz37iec2ofeUKCz3CqjlU9Lh59

]]> By: Irishman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-28818 Irishman Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:00:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/#comment-28818 From what I saw in the newspaper, the incoming Democrats are concerned, but they chose to focus on the '08 budget since it was rapidly approaching, rather than struggle and fight to fix the '07 budget but then be late on '08. From what I saw in the newspaper, the incoming Democrats are concerned, but they chose to focus on the ‘08 budget since it was rapidly approaching, rather than struggle and fight to fix the ‘07 budget but then be late on ‘08.

]]> By: jrkeller http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-28817 jrkeller Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:46:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/#comment-28817 BA, One more thing to add about the NASA budget fiasco. Because of the Republican laziness, a proposed $1 billion add-on by Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) also was lost. So one could say that 1.5 billion was lost. I do find it a bit disconcerting that none of the Democrats who represent states or districts which NASA centers have not said or done anything about the budget shortfall. I'm willing to wait and see what happens with the FY 08 budget. BA,

One more thing to add about the NASA budget fiasco. Because of the Republican laziness, a proposed $1 billion add-on by Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) also was lost. So one could say that 1.5 billion was lost.

I do find it a bit disconcerting that none of the Democrats who represent states or districts which NASA centers have not said or done anything about the budget shortfall. I’m willing to wait and see what happens with the FY 08 budget.

]]> By: jrkeller http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-28816 jrkeller Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:29:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/#comment-28816 Ray Gray, I was barely 7 when Apollo 8 happened and I can still remember the profound change it had on my parents. I still remember staring at the moon during those cold December nights hoping to see a capsule orbiting the moon, or see some rocket engine flames or something. (Of course now I realize how silly that was). It seemed like it was a magical time. Even now almost 40 years later, I still catch myself looking at the moon just like I did when I was little, especially when it is Christmastime. Ray Gray,

I was barely 7 when Apollo 8 happened and I can still remember the profound change it had on my parents. I still remember staring at the moon during those cold December nights hoping to see a capsule orbiting the moon, or see some rocket engine flames or something. (Of course now I realize how silly that was). It seemed like it was a magical time. Even now almost 40 years later, I still catch myself looking at the moon just like I did when I was little, especially when it is Christmastime.

]]> By: Ray Gray http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-28815 Ray Gray Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:51:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/01/30/no-joy-for-the-nasa-budget/#comment-28815 I remember serving with the United States Army in Vietnam in December 1968 when Apollo 8 made it's historic first flight to The Moon. You have no idea what a morale booster that was. I understand the analogy of money spent on war would be better spent on space/science projects. I hope to see NASA get all the dollars it will need to get us back to the lunar surface. By the year 2020, the cost of War may go down. And, with technological and scientific breakthroughs, the cost of going back the lunar surface may also go down. NASA will explore ways to get the job done with the budget they are already provided with. Some projects might be delayed or canceled. Please remember this also: some wars might be delayed or canceled too. We Came In Peace For All Mankind I remember serving with the United States Army in Vietnam in December 1968 when Apollo 8 made it’s historic first flight to The Moon. You have no idea what a morale booster that was. I understand the analogy of money spent on war would be better spent on space/science projects. I hope to see NASA get all the dollars it will need to get us back to the lunar surface. By the year 2020, the cost of War may go down. And, with technological and scientific breakthroughs, the cost of going back the lunar surface may also go down. NASA will explore ways to get the job done with the budget they are already provided with. Some projects might be delayed or canceled. Please remember this also: some wars might be delayed or canceled too.

We Came In Peace For All Mankind

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