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New NASA Admin Griffin Cleans House

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the big-changes dept.

Doug Dante writes "Michael D. Griffin, the new NASA Administrator, has given 20 senior NASA officials their walking papers, in a first purge that can see as many as 50 loose their positions, reports the Washington Post. Included are Associate Administrator for Space Operations William F. Readdy, and his deputy Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael C. Kostelnik (retired)."

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  1. Begins the glut of spelling nazis at NASA by saskboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    "in a first purge that can see as many as 50 loose their positions"

    I hear they are looking for replacements, that know the difference between the word "loose" and "lose".

    The new, "tighter" jobs are said to pay much less, however.

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  2. Walking papers? by Timesprout · · Score: 3, Funny

    Surely NASA should bind and gag you before strapping to you the back of a just about to be launched rocket if they were firing you.

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  3. Re:zerg by lawpoop · · Score: 3, Funny

    Probably Terran or *possibly* Protoss. Very rarely do Terrans ally with Zerg, unless...

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  4. Re:FIRST SPELLCHECK POST by rah1420 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah, but the word "loose" was spelled correctly. Used incorrectly, mind you but the spelling was impeccable.

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  5. Re:Preparing for a more military-centric NASA? by sunwolf · · Score: 2, Funny
    There has been much speculation (see References) that the US military will begin to weaponize space.
    ...there's also rumors that they might even begin to to breaderize toasters, or childrenize the playgrounds.

    Come back when you learn English.

    *looks up "weaponize" on Dictionary.com*

    Oh. Damn.