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lapfog_1

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2. not the first time this has happened...

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Sun Feb 2, 2014, 01:22 AM

Feb 2014

NASA Houston is only in Houston because LBJ.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Verification_and_Validation_Facility

and this facility in West Virginia is only there because of Senator Byrd.

When it was built, NASA didn't want it... for a while I was given the task to see if we could use it as part of EOSDIS (Earth Observation System - Distributed Information System). But I just couldn't see how to make it work (the cost in the 1990s of transporting the Gigabits/sec of information was prohibitive).

Anyway, this sort of shit happens.

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NASA is supposed to build machines that launch into space,not structures that stay grounded on Earth [View all] FarCenter Feb 2014 OP

Wicker needs to be tossed out. Timez Squarez Feb 2014 #1

not the first time this has happened... lapfog_1 Feb 2014 #2

So, it's really just another issue of "contractor pork" kentauros Feb 2014 #3

Too much of it is subsidizing military stuff though. joshcryer Feb 2014 #4

This was to test rocket engines for the canceled Constellation Program FarCenter Feb 2014 #5

I understand that. kentauros Feb 2014 #6

Is there nothing President Obama can do to stop this outrageous GOP Pork? red dog 1 Feb 2014 #7