Re: Why is NASA still giving away flights on its own vomit comet?
- From: "hop" <hellsownpuppy@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 13 Jul 2006 19:18:45 -0700
Joe Strout wrote:
Not random people, no. It throws winners of a competition (thatFWIW, these are university students, and there are plenty of basic
features the trappingsn of science)
things that aren't well understood in microgravity, so I wouldn't
completely dismiss them as devoid of science.
on an aircraft to give themGiven that NASA already pays for the aircraft and crew no matter what,
joyrides. That's how I see it, anyway. But note that I have nothing
against joyrides, nor even against NASA paying for them -- I just think
that the money for said rides should ultimately go into the private
market, rather than mainly to NASA employees.
it is quite likely that NASAs joyrides cost you (the tax payer) less
than the commercial rate from from Zero Gravity. Essentially, they just
cost fuel and time-to-overhaul. I'd bet that most of these costs
*don't* go to NASA employees... they go to whoever is contracted to
service their aircraft and whoever they buy JET-A from. The crew get
their salary either way.
Arguing that NASA should contract all their parabolic flights out does
make more sense.
.
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