Let’s plug his book, Flight My Life in Mission Control.
I read this book many years ago and admit to no longer remembering much in the way of details. What I can say is I enjoyed it thoroughly. It’s at least worth picking up in the bookstore if you can find it, and reading a few pages. It does come down hard on University of Colorado grad/Astronaut Scott Carpenter.
Looks like another GISS miss, more than a few people are getting fed up with Jim Hansen and Gavin Schmidt and their climate shenanigans. Some very prominent NASA voices speak out in a scathing letter to current NASA administrator Charles Bolden, Jr.. When Chris Kraft, the man who presided over NASA’s finest hour, and the engineering miracle of saving Apollo 13 speaks, people listen.
Note: GISS = Goddard Institute for Space Studies
The complete letter is at the above link. The first paragraph is very enlightening…
We, the undersigned, respectfully request that NASA and the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) refrain from including unproven remarks in public releases and websites. We believe the claims by NASA and GISS, that man-made carbon dioxide is having a catastrophic impact on global climate change are not substantiated, especially when considering thousands of years of empirical data. With hundreds of well-known climate scientists and tens of thousands of other scientists publicly declaring their disbelief in the catastrophic forecasts, coming particularly from the GISS leadership, it is clear that the science is NOT settled.
(emphasis added – ed)
List of signatories…
/s/ Jack Barneburg, Jack – JSC, Space Shuttle Structures, Engineering Directorate, 34 years
/s/ Larry Bell – JSC, Mgr. Crew Systems Div., Engineering Directorate, 32 years
/s/ Dr. Donald Bogard – JSC, Principal Investigator, Science Directorate, 41 years
/s/ Jerry C. Bostick – JSC, Principal Investigator, Science Directorate, 23 years
/s/ Dr. Phillip K. Chapman – JSC, Scientist – astronaut, 5 years
/s/ Michael F. Collins, JSC, Chief, Flight Design and Dynamics Division, MOD, 41 years
/s/ Dr. Kenneth Cox – JSC, Chief Flight Dynamics Div., Engr. Directorate, 40 years
/s/ Walter Cunningham – JSC, Astronaut, Apollo 7, 8 years
/s/ Dr. Donald M. Curry – JSC, Mgr. Shuttle Leading Edge, Thermal Protection Sys., Engr. Dir., 44 years
/s/ Leroy Day – Hdq. Deputy Director, Space Shuttle Program, 19 years
/s/ Dr. Henry P. Decell, Jr. – JSC, Chief, Theory & Analysis Office, 5 years
/s/Charles F. Deiterich – JSC, Mgr., Flight Operations Integration, MOD, 30 years
/s/ Dr. Harold Doiron – JSC, Chairman, Shuttle Pogo Prevention Panel, 16 years
/s/ Charles Duke – JSC, Astronaut, Apollo 16, 10 years
/s/ Anita Gale
/s/ Grace Germany – JSC, Program Analyst, 35 years
/s/ Ed Gibson – JSC, Astronaut Skylab 4, 14 years
/s/ Richard Gordon – JSC, Astronaut, Gemini Xi, Apollo 12, 9 years
/s/ Gerald C. Griffin – JSC, Apollo Flight Director, and Director of Johnson Space Center, 22 years
/s/ Thomas M. Grubbs – JSC, Chief, Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Branch, 31 years
/s/ Thomas J. Harmon
/s/ David W. Heath – JSC, Reentry Specialist, MOD, 30 years
/s/ Miguel A. Hernandez, Jr. – JSC, Flight crew training and operations, 3 years
/s/ James R. Roundtree – JSC Branch Chief, 26 years
/s/ Enoch Jones – JSC, Mgr. SE&I, Shuttle Program Office, 26 years
/s/ Dr. Joseph Kerwin – JSC, Astronaut, Skylab 2, Director of Space and Life Sciences, 22 years
/s/ Jack Knight – JSC, Chief, Advanced Operations and Development Division, MOD, 40 years
/s/ Dr. Christopher C. Kraft – JSC, Apollo Flight Director and Director of Johnson Space Center, 24 years
/s/ Paul C. Kramer – JSC, Ass.t for Planning Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Div., Egr. Dir., 34 years
/s/ Alex (Skip) Larsen
/s/ Dr. Lubert Leger – JSC, Ass’t. Chief Materials Division, Engr. Directorate, 30 years
/s/ Dr. Humbolt C. Mandell – JSC, Mgr. Shuttle Program Control and Advance Programs, 40 years
/s/ Donald K. McCutchen – JSC, Project Engineer – Space Shuttle and ISS Program Offices, 33 years
/s/ Thomas L. (Tom) Moser – Hdq. Dep. Assoc. Admin. & Director, Space Station Program, 28 years
/s/ Dr. George Mueller – Hdq., Assoc. Adm., Office of Space Flight, 6 years
/s/ Tom Ohesorge
/s/ James Peacock – JSC, Apollo and Shuttle Program Office, 21 years
/s/ Richard McFarland – JSC, Mgr. Motion Simulators, 28 years
/s/ Joseph E. Rogers – JSC, Chief, Structures and Dynamics Branch, Engr. Directorate,40 years
/s/ Bernard J. Rosenbaum – JSC, Chief Engineer, Propulsion and Power Division, Engr. Dir., 48 years
/s/ Dr. Harrison (Jack) Schmitt – JSC, Astronaut Apollo 17, 10 years
/s/ Gerard C. Shows – JSC, Asst. Manager, Quality Assurance, 30 years
/s/ Kenneth Suit – JSC, Ass’t Mgr., Systems Integration, Space Shuttle, 37 years
/s/ Robert F. Thompson – JSC, Program Manager, Space Shuttle, 44 years/s/ Frank Van Renesselaer – Hdq., Mgr. Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters, 15 years
/s/ Dr. James Visentine – JSC Materials Branch, Engineering Directorate, 30 years
/s/ Manfred (Dutch) von Ehrenfried – JSC, Flight Controller; Mercury, Gemini & Apollo, MOD, 10 years
/s/ George Weisskopf – JSC, Avionics Systems Division, Engineering Dir., 40 years
/s/ Al Worden – JSC, Astronaut, Apollo 15, 9 years
/s/ Thomas (Tom) Wysmuller – JSC, Meteorologist, 5 years
Of course, let’s not forget that global warming and climate science are settled science as the Daily Camera editorial staff likes to remind us.
… and Boulderites too.
Shocker: Bob Beckel is not anti-fracking.
Wowza, what a headline! Last time I checked Oregon was a “blue” state.
Wonder what Clay “there is no debate” Evans has to say to the Oregonian? Unfortunately, you can’t read Clay’s original editorial as the link is no longer valid.
Added, I’ve done some additional searching and still can’t find Clay’s original editorial. One wonders where it went?
Wowza.
Oregon is a blue state, right?
No danger of seeing this headline in the local paper. In fact,
Earmarks to Return if GOP Porkers Get Their Way
Rather than viewing Congress’ difficulty in passing stacks of laws – many of which guzzle tax dollars and trample liberties – as a reason to celebrate, Rogers recommended doling out earmarks to bribe members to pass more legislation. Troublingly, Rogers was not alone in his enthusiasm for exhuming earmarks. Representatives Louis Gohmert and Kay Granger, both Texas Republicans, echoed Rogers’ support of earmarking.
Another supporter of earmarks, Steven LaTourette (R-OH), made perhaps the most chilling admission of all, conceding that earmarks are the Capitol Hill currency of choice to cajole and bully lawmakers into voting certain ways. “You can’t get 218 votes and part of that has to be if you can’t give people (earmarks), you can’t take anything away from them,” LaTourette recently told Reuters.
LaTourette’s comments prove what most taxpayers already know: Earmarks are nothing more than bribes to buy the votes of members of Congress who don’t have the brains to think for themselves or the backbones to stand up for their beliefs.
Disappointing.
As Glenn Reynolds notes: “I guess it’s too late to primary them. This time.”
Boulder steps up crosswalk enforcement to ensure awareness of new laws
Smoking ban: Boulder leaders, businesses look to snuff out tobacco in public
Good grief, you can’t make this stuff up.
And hell, we’re not even talking about the GSA overspending or the mulitude of “green loans” going bad (see here and here).
Nope, we’re talking stimulus fraud.
But federal investigators have uncovered widespread financial management problems with many of the projects. As of early March, federal authorities were investigating 66 cases of alleged false statements, bid rigging, fraud and embezzlement, according to a report by Calvin L. Scovel III, the Department of Transportation’s inspector general. Justice Department lawyers are scouring 47 of those cases for potential prosecution, according to Scovel.
But don’t worry, the Fed’s can regulate our healthcare system into shape. We’ll save Medicare fraud for another day!
“Seasoned” NBC Producer Behind Edited Zimmerman Clip
JWF comments…
So a script editor and senior producer and lawyers review broadcast material, but nobody noticed this? Why don’t I believe them?
It’s been more than 20 years since NBC was busted fabricating the exploding truck on “Dateline” and they’re still fabricating news and not taking responsibility. Is it any wonder why they’ve got no credibility?
In the meantime, Zimmerman should slap them with a billion-dollar lawsuit.
JWF’s additional comments are worth a click.
Calling this amateur hour is way way way too nice.
Of course, the really scary thought is that a script editor AND senior producer DID ACTUALLY review and not find the editing. Then it’s an embedded cultural issues at NBC. Color me “not suprprised” if that is the case.
A lack of leadership at the agency allowed this. Its mission statement – which none of the officers could recall at the trial – is to serve the American public with vigilance, integrity, and professionalism. They displayed none of these. The agency says that integrity is its cornerstone; that its officers are guided by the highest ethical and moral principles. A gang of armed security officers bullied this family – a family who cooperated with the officers to their detriment. Our homeland will not be secure by these rascals. They played agency games, abused the people they are to serve, and violated their oaths to support the Constitution.
Our country is in the very best of hands. Unfortunately, they have a lot of company when it comes to violating their oaths to support the Constitution.
Another letter in support of Obamacare in the Daily Camera from Adam Estroff.
Mr. Estroff is distressed that the governments oral arguments went so poorly with the Supreme Court. His first concern, aside from the cost and supposed mediocrity of care, is…
Obtaining health insurance is virtually impossible for young people just out of school without the Affordable Care Act letting us stay on our parent’s policies. I have found that the recession made finding full time work with benefits extremely difficult. While many young people are healthy being uninsured can set you up for a catastrophe in the event of illness or injury.
Uugh? Really?
WHY IS IT IMPOSSIBLE? Adam, IS it impossible because:
Oh… and you only need catastrophic insurance? First of all, I congratulate you on seeing the value of the having the coverage. That said, sorry, Obamacare will not help you with that and here’s why. Mandates.
Adam, do you think these mandates have just possibly increased the cost of the mythical catastrophic plan that you desire? You betcha.
I advise that you belly up to the bar and get some health coverage. Take advantage of the “free” physical and other mandated benefits and rest easy knowing you are covered if something serious happens. I bet your parents would be glad to assist with the monthly premiums.
Of course, in the end, what you actually want is someone else to pay for your health coverage. At the moment that someone else is one of your parents and their employer, I hope you’ve thanked them. Perhaps if President Obama had spent his political capital on the economy instead of health care, possibly, just possibly, we would all be better off.
A letter to the editor from Alan Cipriani.
I tried to put a comment up on the Daily Camera’s website, but apparently my post is too long and it’s just a PITA. It’s the typical healthcare tale of woe with just enough truth in it to pull all the heart strings. Of course, let’s not forget that the whole letter appears to be a fabrication.
The hypothetical conditions are a wife with multiple sclerosis and the husband who just lost his job with either past or current treatment for prostate cancer and two children.
Next month you lose your job and health care benefits. You are now one of the 14,000 Americans who lose their health insurance every day. You investigate COBRA insurance, but discover the premiums are much more than you can afford. You try to buy insurance on the open market, but are denied due to your pre-existing condition. Now you gamble and do without health insurance, even though 18,000 Americans die each year due to a lack of medical coverage.
Well, there ARE options:
SO THERE ARE OPTIONS available to this hypothetical family. Are they expensive? Most likely but it depends on age. That said, they ARE available and people that have had these diseases certainly should have an appreciation for the benefits health coverage could provide for them.
After lamenting about all the day to day bills, the son has a hypothetical accident:
Then your son is in an auto accident and hospitalized for an extended period requiring multiple surgeries. Medical bills are quickly mounting.
So why aren’t the children covered? If this was a real case that Mr. Cipriani was actually familiar with, he certainly would have taken a moment to lament on the difficulty of obtaining child only insurance. Since he didn’t do that, this adds evidence that this is either a manufactured situation or something that happened more than a few year back.
Getting back to the lack of coverage for the children (or at least the son) there are a few easily exercisable options:
Mr. Cipriani concludes:
Affordable health care for all Americans now looks pretty good.
Talk about Mom and Apple pie, of course that would be good. However, Obamacare is far from addressing the cost of healthcare. What Mr. Cipriani actually means is won’t it be great to have someone else pay the hypothetical families premiums. Damn, I’d like that to happen at my house too.
It’s true many people cannot afford health coverage.
But many many people ELECT NOT to be able to afford health coverage. It’s quite obvious this is happening because the Federal Risk pool in Colorado, that is run by the State, is hemorrhaging money. Why? Because if you haven’t had coverage for the last 6 months and you develop an uninsurable medical condition they will accept you with NO Pre-existing waiting period. If people truly couldn’t afford health insurance this program wouldn’t be hemorrhaging money. Of course, once they have a major medical condition and insurance is suddenly important to them, many of the applicants can suddenly afford the coverage. Hence it’s a matter of priorities.
Having had major insurance claims in my family, I can tell you that our health insurance would be the last expense that I dropped. I would think that someone that had a family with MS and prostate cancer would feel the same way.
Federal court tosses Colorado’s Amazon tax
The companies had to notify Colorado customers in writing that they owed sales tax, keep a list of the total amounts purchased by Colorado customers and then give those to customers and the state every year.
“Enforcing a reporting requirement on out-of-state retailers will, by definition, discriminate against the out-of-state retailers by imposing unique burdens on those retailers,” Blackburn ruled.
Both hands clapping.
That would be your electric car. While heat is a natural byproduct of a combustion engine, that turns out not to be the case for an electric vehicle.
Democrats boycott Coke, Walmart over voter ID laws
Really? Really?? Well, that must be a bummer for Boulderites as their enlightened City Council has protected them from the evils of Walmart. I guess that leaves boycotting coke… go for it.
