Re: O'Keefe to leave NASA soon

From: Scott Hedrick (dinehnm_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:54:17 -0500

"Bill the Cat" <bill@the.cat> wrote in message
news:Xns95BEEEC3EF74Bbillthecat@216.196.97.131...
> What would you consider "adequately funded?"

Enough to do the job, in a manner that precludes easily altering the amount.

And are you aware of the
> proposed levels of funding for the new program?

Yes, as well as being aware that almost none of the funding is *new* money.

NASA would need something on the order of $5-8G in *additional* funding for
three or four years, then increasing upwards of $15G for a decade (adjusted
for inflation), to have a serious chance at accomplishing anything. The plan
as proposed just takes money from science and aviation programs. Frankly, at
the moment, I don't see increasing space spending as being a priority,
particularly with the current spending deficits.

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