Space Exploration

Are NASA's future missions and budget justified?

  • It's worth the time and expenditures

    Votes: 223 66.0%

  • Complete waste of money

    Votes: 41 12.1%

  • We need to explore, but not at the current cost

    Votes: 74 21.9%
  • Total voters
    338
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#2,056
twoffo said:
NASA’s chief of human spaceflight resigns on cusp of critical crew launch – Spaceflight Now

Not something good leading up to the Crew Dragon Demo-2 flight
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“The risks we take, whether technical, political, or personal, all have potential consequences if we judge them incorrectly,” he wrote. “I took such a risk earlier in the year because I judged it necessary to fulfill our mission.

“Now, over the balance of time, it is clear that I made a mistake in that choice for which I alone must bear the consequences,” Loverro wrote. “And therefore, it is with a very, very heavy heart that I write to you today to let you know that I have resigned from NASA effective May 18th, 2020.”

What the hell does that mean??
 
#2,057
#2,057
zeppelin128 said:
“The risks we take, whether technical, political, or personal, all have potential consequences if we judge them incorrectly,” he wrote. “I took such a risk earlier in the year because I judged it necessary to fulfill our mission.

“Now, over the balance of time, it is clear that I made a mistake in that choice for which I alone must bear the consequences,” Loverro wrote. “And therefore, it is with a very, very heavy heart that I write to you today to let you know that I have resigned from NASA effective May 18th, 2020.”

What the hell does that mean??
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All sorts of rumors flying around. Most seem to be a variation of he pissed off Boeing in some way with his decisions in the Artemis HLS program.
 
#2,058
#2,058
twoffo said:
All sorts of rumors flying around. Most seem to be a variation of he pissed off Boeing in some way with his decisions in the Artemis HLS program.
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Seemed like NASA already punished Boeing with leaving them out of the landing system for Artemis. He mentioned earlier in the year, so it can't be the latest developments in the Artemis program.
 
#2,059
#2,059
zeppelin128 said:
“The risks we take, whether technical, political, or personal, all have potential consequences if we judge them incorrectly,” he wrote. “I took such a risk earlier in the year because I judged it necessary to fulfill our mission.

“Now, over the balance of time, it is clear that I made a mistake in that choice for which I alone must bear the consequences,” Loverro wrote. “And therefore, it is with a very, very heavy heart that I write to you today to let you know that I have resigned from NASA effective May 18th, 2020.”

What the hell does that mean??
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This Twitter thread might be worth a read.

 
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