Playing the odds.

this quote from Mike Griffin the supposed responsible adminstrator of
NASA. Since when did flying move into las vegas?

if theres a accident griffin can stand by his boss the incompetent
president and watch nasa get dismembered, frever gutted of man in
space,

is it really worth risking the agency?

I would of supported this launch if the crew size had been cut to 2 or
3 and just take stuff to iss a small crew could unload.

GRIFFINS QUOTE FROM FLORIDA TODAY!


You're not gonna like this, and I'm sure I'm not going to like how it
sounds in print, but we are playing the odds," NASA
Administrator Mike Griffin said"

How many times are you going to make the same comment without
understanding what the Administrator was saying?

Once was too many.

I presume if the shuttle crashes (and we all hope it won't) you will say
"told you so" but if it is successful you won't say "I was wrong to
criticise Griffin", you will just say "he was lucky". Isn't is great to
be in a win-win situation when you don't have to take responsibility for
decision-making.

Malcolm

Malcolm Bacchus wrote:
How many times are you going to make the same comment without
understanding what the Administrator was saying?

Once was too many.

I presume if the shuttle crashes (and we all hope it won't) you will say
"told you so" but if it is successful you won't say "I was wrong to
criticise Griffin", you will just say "he was lucky". Isn't is great to
be in a win-win situation when you don't have to take responsibility for
decision-making.

Malcolm

Hey we flew with eroding O rings...

We flew with foam debris damage and partial wing burn thrus....

Its fine till someone dies...

ISS isnt up to 9 crew staranded there and the supposed rescue shuttles
tank is WATERLOGGED!

(Malcolm Bacchus) wrote:

How many times are you going to make the same comment without
understanding what the Administrator was saying?

How many times will you respond to Bbo without understanding he's an
idiot who will merely repeat himself, and that continuing to reply to
him makes *you* look like an idiot?

D.
--
Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL

In article .com,
(Bob Haller) wrote:

Its (sic) fine till someone dies...

It probably absolutely fine _after_ they die as well. Space is a risky
business. You need to learn to accept risk and make it a positive
factor rather than the reverse. Your nation would never have got to the
moon with your degree of risk-adverseness. In fact, your nation would
not have been founded in the first place with that level of
risk-adverseness.

ISS isnt (sic) up to 9 crew staranded (sic) there and the supposed
rescue shuttles (sic) tank is WATERLOGGED!

So what, even if it were true? The risk of something going wrong is
within the realms of acceptable risk.

Malcolm B

ceryinally a RESCUE shuttle should be one that CAN FLY?

Now just how do you get the water out of the foam in 30 days or less
while the orbiter is being processased and taken to the pad.

meanwhile you have 9 astronauts stranded on a station that barely limps
along as is. now doubt 3 would be returned by soyuz almost imnmediately
leaving 6 stranded with no way off at all till a soyuz or shuttle
arrives.

but a major foam loss the type that strands a crew will prohibit
another shuttle launch

risk for meaningful reward is one thing but the head of the agency
saying playing the odds

That will make a excellent sound bite with a crew stranded.....

makes nasa look really stupid

I wonder if they could stuff a few more in?\\


I doubt it soyuz is tight

In article .com,
(Bob Haller) wrote:

*From:* "Bob Haller"
*Date:* 1 Jul 2006 09:28:33 -0700

ceryinally a RESCUE shuttle should be one that CAN FLY?

What is a "ceryinally" ?

Malcolm B

In article ,
(Derek Lyons) wrote:

*From:* (Derek Lyons)
*Date:* Sat, 01 Jul 2006 14:57:18 GMT

(Malcolm Bacchus) wrote:

How many times are you going to make the same comment without
understanding what the Administrator was saying?

How many times will you respond to Bbo without understanding he's an
idiot who will merely repeat himself, and that continuing to reply to
him makes *you* look like an idiot?

I assumed everybody who wasn't interested has kill-filed the whole
thread. I suggest you do. I'm enjoying myself having de-kill-filed it
for the time being and need something to do whilst watching the launch.
I'm not sure that makes me look like an idiot although I agree it shows
me as somebody with time on my hands. I've even scored the odd hit
before now elsewhere by running trolls into the ground - although I
admit that that was when I was ill and had nothing else to do. You _do_
know how to kill file threads, don't you?

Malcolm B

In article .com,
(Bob Haller) wrote:

risk for meaningful reward is one thing but the head of the agency
saying (sic) playing the odds

Same thing. Do you understand what "playing the odds" means?


Malcolm B