Great headline.

However, NASA is gonna get raped as the need to pay for our economic troubles force lawmakers to find money from somewhere.

Sad.

And $2.8 Million a seat.

/random ass number. Don't read much into it.

I won't be surprised if this particular topic is revisited again by the Congress and Obama Administration next year. (Even if it'd be McCain administration, they may be forced to look into this.)

NewportBarGuy: Great headline.

However, NASA is gonna get raped as the need to pay for our economic troubles force lawmakers to find money from somewhere.

Sad.

Isn't NASA's budget pretty small anyway?

I guess it's easier to take money from NASA than to force a more vital but inefficient body to streamline itself.

President Bush's Office of Management and Budget issued an unusually strongly worded statement of administration policy that dubbed Congress' effort "inconsistent with the administration's fiscal policies"

Since when?

Mentat: President Bush's Office of Management and Budget issued an unusually strongly worded statement of administration policy that dubbed Congress' effort "inconsistent with the administration's fiscal policies"

Since when?

They found out there were no Muslims in space to kill.

GIS for "space muslim"



/would probably hit it
//two times if we were in space

I don't understand this. $2.9 billion over about 2 years? That's a bargain at twice the price. That's one week's worth of battle in Iraq.

Dumb, dumb, dumb, Dubya.

I have a feeling that we're going to be dependent on Soyuz capsules for a lot longer than five years.

FuturePastNow: I have a feeling that we're going to be dependent on Soyuz capsules for a lot longer than five years.

Hell, I could have told you that as soon as they came up with the plan. A NASA project as big as the replacement of the shuttle fleet is doomed to delay in funding hell for a long time. 5 years downtime was a ridiculous goal even if we had an overwhelmingly pro-NASA legislature.

Would've been funnier if you said $15 million per checked bag.

Anyone else just getting gibberish?

id say just whore out to corporate sponsorship, but nah...thats too logical, right?