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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. "loose"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    For the love of God, learn to spell English. It's "lose", not "loose".

  2. Re: loose by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    LOSE.

  3. Loose != Lose by Dr.+Wang · · Score: -1, Redundant

    loose - Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose bricks.

    lose - To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay: He's always losing his car keys.

  4. It's "lose", you grammar idjit ;) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This was a public service announcement.

  5. you Americans just dont get it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant


    first you can't understand metric and now you can't spell ?
    i guess it's understandable when 50% of you are mentally ill.

  6. come on! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    "... see as many as 50 loose their positions ... "

    Can't anyone around here figure out the difference between loose and lose. It's illiterate and sad to see on the front page.

    Some examples:

    I'm going to lose my keys.

    Your mum is very loose because she is easy.

  7. s/loose/lose by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm really shocked that Slashdot "editor" CowboyNeal didn't catch that.