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Preview of Moon-To-Mars Report

Posted by michael on from the whatever-the-problem-privatization-is-the-answer dept.

schnarff writes "Space.com has obtained a sneak preview of the Moon-To-Mars commission report, which will be officially released June 16. The report calls for spinning off NASA centers as FFRDCs, establishing an independent cost estimation bureau, and otherwise streamlining NASA's bureaucracy."

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  1. rumor by maxbang · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard a rumor that R. Daneel Olivaw will be helping out here and there, especially with a new technology that can capture approaching comets and mine them for minerals. Can anyone confirm this?

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  2. Obligatory Chappelle "Balck Bush" quote by MightyPez · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Y'all need to stop worrying about the middle east and the economy. I got that under control! And we aint stoppin' at the moon. Write this down. M-A-R-S, Mars bitches. We're going to Mars. Red Rocks!"

    "Yeai yeaaaaii!"


    /very ad-libbed

  3. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    NASA announced today that with the privatization effort in full gear, Halliburton had been awarded a no bid contract to adminster the entire US Space Program...

  4. Streamlining bureaucracy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The report calls for spinning off NASA centers as FFRDCs, establishing an independent cost estimation bureau, and otherwise streamlining NASA's bureaucracy.

    Only in the federal government would "streamlining bureaucracy" involve "FFRDCs" and a "cost estimation bureau."