DIRECT Post-Shuttle Plan Pitched To Obama Team

FleaPlus writes "Popular Mechanics reports that a 'renegade' group including NASA engineers has met with President-Elect Obama's space transition team to present information on the DIRECT architecture for launching NASA missions after the Space Shuttle is retired. According to the group, DIRECT's Jupiter launch system will be safer, less expensive, better-performing, and be ready sooner than the Ares launch system NASA is currently developing, while still providing jobs for much of the existing shuttle workforce. Meanwhile, it's expected that current NASA head and adamant Ares supporter Michael Griffin will be replaced by a new NASA administrator."

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Re:First chance to see if Obama is a retard or not

[ZarathustraDK]

First chance to see if Obama is a retard or not

NASA-engineer: "So Mr. President, will you fund our project?"

Obama: "My Momma always said life is like a box of chocol..."

NASA-engineer: "FFS, not again!"

Re:Renegade Space Vehicle designers

[Nimey]

If I remember correctly, "nice" originally meant "stupid". Nice try.