Saving NASA

Saving NASA Don A. Nelson Retired NASA Aerospace Engineer ~ Aerospace Consultant   Contact: nasaproblems@yahoo.com   September 2012 This blog comment sums up the NASA problem… 1.   "Perhaps the single biggest threat to the nation's space program in the next decade is the repeated, rampant multi-billion dollar cost overruns that plague big NASA projects. The senior leaders of NASA and its big contractors repeatedly deliver projects billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule. And to add insult to taxpayers' injury, they revise history to obscure the truth. The James Webb Space Telescope, the scientifically important successor to Hubble Space Telescope, is going to somehow get support from Congress despite its explosive price tag, well documented mismanagement, and half-decade launch delay." nasawatch.com/archives/budget/ If NASA is to survive the looming financial crisis the following problems and solutions must be addressed:   NASA Management Solutions …The first NASA priority is to solve the management problems Space Launch System …Why the SLS must be cancelled…too many fatal flaws. Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Deathtrap …The Orion MPCV is not ten times safer than shuttle. Commercial Space Shuttle …The only feasible and realistic 21st century space transportation system. Space tugs to Space Cruisers …Star Trek plan for deep space transportation. NASA Technology Issues …NASA is technologically bankrupt. China’s Space Shuttle …Why China will be forced to develop a space shuttle. Letters of Concern …Should the NASA’s administrator resign because of shuttle mismanagement?