Re: Shuttle Safety [was: Re...

In article <1153620606.989341.61960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
columbiaaccidentinvestigation@xxxxxxxxx (columbiaaccidentinvestigation)
wrote:

The interesting thing with quoting a nasa administrator, is this
person is in the position of having to request funds from congress,
for asap recommended safety upgrades that the administrator may not
agree with in the first place.

It may be interesting but it has little to do with the point I was
answering. Or are you now prepared to agree that your previous posting
quoting the NASA Annual Report wasn't really helpful and that,
therefore, the discussion should be sidetracked onto another point?

That is a contradictory position as the head of nasa

The only contradiction, if there is a contradiction is between his
personal views and what he has to do in his job. So what? People often
have to do what they don't personally agree with.

But you have jumped logic again. If you had said " that the
administrator will not agree with" I would agree with you that you would
have identified a moral issue for that particular administrator -
although whether the issue would be sufficient for the administrator to
do something about would depend on the level of conflict and the
strength of his/her personal beliefs.

But I note that you have said " the administrator may not agree with".
So you are not only posing a personal moral issue rather than a
practical issue but are posing a _hypothetical_ personal moral issue.

I don't really think that needs dealing with in terms of practical
consideration of safety.

Malcolm B
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