http://spacefrontier.org/2009/11/18/newspace-is-under-attack/ Advancing Newspace, championing ideas for opening the space frontier to human settlement as rapidly as possible Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:26:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://spacefrontier.org/2009/11/18/newspace-is-under-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Keith Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:08:33 +0000 http://spacefrontier.org/?p=2249#comment-244 And you are accusing NASA of creating propoganda? I cannot believe that you have the gall to attack Ares 1X the way you did in this poorly written article. Such blatant statements like " The notion that the private sector should be “allowed” to carry humans into space was ridiculed as too risky -as if somehow government employees are inherently better at their jobs than other people" is biased and untrue. The vast majority of the Ares 1X design and build team belonged to contractors (PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES), not the government. As to another quote "the launch, to a height commonly achieved by model rocket builders" is a ridiculous slanted statement intended to deceive. When was the last time a model rocket builder used over 3 million pounds of thrust to reach that height, and performed a stage separation with no major anomalies? I am sure that the Ares team is aware of the need to cut costs, but if you continue to create poorly written drivel, not only will you lose your following, but your credibiliy will go out the window as well. C'mon! I doubt that TIME Magazine fell prey to a hoax! And you are accusing NASA of creating propoganda? I cannot believe that you have the gall to attack Ares 1X the way you did in this poorly written article. Such blatant statements like ” The notion that the private sector should be “allowed” to carry humans into space was ridiculed as too risky -as if somehow government employees are inherently better at their jobs than other people” is biased and untrue. The vast majority of the Ares 1X design and build team belonged to contractors (PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES), not the government. As to another quote “the launch, to a height commonly achieved by model rocket builders” is a ridiculous slanted statement intended to deceive. When was the last time a model rocket builder used over 3 million pounds of thrust to reach that height, and performed a stage separation with no major anomalies? I am sure that the Ares team is aware of the need to cut costs, but if you continue to create poorly written drivel, not only will you lose your following, but your credibiliy will go out the window as well. C’mon! I doubt that TIME Magazine fell prey to a hoax!

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