[FPSPACE] NASA shaken by today's news on the two fronts...

[MattWriter at aol.com]

Short of the ISS making a sudden reentry, this week couldn't possibly get 
worse for Griffin.   That might be the only thought that's keeping him sane right 
now.   

Some of this is just bad timing, the sabotage report coming on the heels of 
the medical policy evaluation and the report on NASA's problems keeping track 
of inventory.

It is fair to ask how NASA's competence at keeping track of office equipment 
compares to other agencies.   I suspect some would love to have NASA's loss 
rate.   

The alcohol thing is just stunning.   OK, people in any tight-knit group tend 
to cover for each other a little.   But if - IF - NASA actually let impaired 
people board a billion-dollar shuttle (and remember, we really know zilch 
about the effects of weightlessness on inebriated humans), heads should roll from 
top to bottom of the agency.   This kind of blot on NASA's record will take 
years to forget.

In sadness,
Matt Bille


Matt Billew


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