Comments on: NASA Decides: Less Drama on Future Shuttle Missions

By: Bria

Bria — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:07:37 +0000

It isn’t that the government wants to look cool. A government agency can’t function without the Department of Redundancy Department (DRD). Besides, a TPR Repair Abalator Dispenser probably costs six times what a caulk gun does. I also agree that the media was making a mountain out of a mole hill. NASA has been extremely gun shy of anything going wrong with the shuttles since Columbia.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:46:28 +0000

Well Chuck, the government has to make the caulk gun sound cool. If they don’t, they don’t look cool. It’s part of their master plan. I agree with your above statement as well. It’d be far easier to train fixing, than just winging it.

By: wergo

wergo — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:57:14 +0000

In typical fashion, the headline is misleading. The only “drama” was CREATED by the media during the last mission. The scientists and engineers at NASA studied the problem with the STS-118 tile impact and determined that it would not be a problem. It wasn’t.
The media is more interested in selling soap than telling the entire truth. But that wouldn’t have been as exciting now would it?

By: chuck

chuck — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:30:27 +0000

I believe that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, but leave it to the government to rename a caulking gun a “TPS Repair Ablator Dispenser.”