Comments on: NASA Cancels Spacesuit Contract to Avoid Litigation http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/18/nasa-cancels-spacesuit-contract-to-avoid-litigation/ Space and astronomy news Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:14:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Peter Brouwer http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/18/nasa-cancels-spacesuit-contract-to-avoid-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-29933 Peter Brouwer Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:14:42 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16974#comment-29933 Give someone else ago Sour grapes me thinks....... Give someone else ago
Sour grapes me thinks…….

]]> By: Chris Coles http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/18/nasa-cancels-spacesuit-contract-to-avoid-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-29885 Chris Coles Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:21:35 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16974#comment-29885 Whoever signed off on that contract should be publicly fired and expelled from NASA. Whoever led the team that oversaw the submission process on that contract should also be fired. This sort of thing destroys the credibility of NASA as a contracting organisation. And I do mean destroys. If an organisation that is asking external contractors to spend vast sums of their own money on a submission process cannot be trusted, (to act in a proper manner to outside contractors), then the process is completely discredited, as also the organisation itself. NASA must work very rapidly indeed to show everyone that they have corrected this and put their house in order. Whoever signed off on that contract should be publicly fired and expelled from NASA. Whoever led the team that oversaw the submission process on that contract should also be fired. This sort of thing destroys the credibility of NASA as a contracting organisation. And I do mean destroys. If an organisation that is asking external contractors to spend vast sums of their own money on a submission process cannot be trusted, (to act in a proper manner to outside contractors), then the process is completely discredited, as also the organisation itself.

NASA must work very rapidly indeed to show everyone that they have corrected this and put their house in order.

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/18/nasa-cancels-spacesuit-contract-to-avoid-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-29838 Benjamin Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:22:30 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16974#comment-29838 hahah very clever hahah very clever

]]> By: David R. http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/18/nasa-cancels-spacesuit-contract-to-avoid-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-29825 David R. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:06:35 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=16974#comment-29825 The Great Cost Overlay Debacle of '08 is a preview of the mission. Upon finally securing a contract, NASA will then announce an additional $1 billion is needed to complete the suit design...it will be discovered that someone forgot to design a helmet, a minor but important detail. Afterwards, the same team that came up with the original figure for the spacesuits will be utilized to create launch simulations to the moon. The launch will go as planned, but it will be discovered after sending the first mission to the moon that a "mathematical shortfall" was discovered, thus hurtling the first team off course toward a confirmed "void" in space. With the absence of dark matter in the region, the mission will be literally stuck in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile, Eric Tyson will be brought in for perspective. Much to everyone's shock, he begins shouting obscenities at the stranded mission, insisting Pluto is a comet. Then the remnants of the Phoenix Lander Team will barge in and redirect the entire mission control toward Mars, insisting that perchlorate must be studied further. This of course diverts attention from Project Lucifer, and Jupiter becomes a star after all. The moon mission is pulled into orbit around the new star, and their last known transmission goes something like, "My God, it's full of stars." Hey, it could happen. The Great Cost Overlay Debacle of '08 is a preview of the mission. Upon finally securing a contract, NASA will then announce an additional $1 billion is needed to complete the suit design…it will be discovered that someone forgot to design a helmet, a minor but important detail. Afterwards, the same team that came up with the original figure for the spacesuits will be utilized to create launch simulations to the moon. The launch will go as planned, but it will be discovered after sending the first mission to the moon that a "mathematical shortfall" was discovered, thus hurtling the first team off course toward a confirmed "void" in space. With the absence of dark matter in the region, the mission will be literally stuck in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile, Eric Tyson will be brought in for perspective. Much to everyone's shock, he begins shouting obscenities at the stranded mission, insisting Pluto is a comet. Then the remnants of the Phoenix Lander Team will barge in and redirect the entire mission control toward Mars, insisting that perchlorate must be studied further. This of course diverts attention from Project Lucifer, and Jupiter becomes a star after all. The moon mission is pulled into orbit around the new star, and their last known transmission goes something like, "My God, it's full of stars." Hey, it could happen.

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