O'Keefe Leaving NASA?

[robnissen]

All I have to say is, "Don't let the door hit you in the butt on your way out." Now maybe we can get someone in there who realizes the value of Hubble and will send the shuttle to fix it, especially considering the just released report, recommending just such a rescue mission.

 

[wisefool]

My sentiments exactly. In fact I heard from an ex-Shuttle astronaut who twice serviced Hubble that all the astronauts are ready to go back up there.

 

[extrasense]

Good riddance!<br /><br />And please, take those nitwits that pose for science team with you too!<br /><br />e <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> s<br />

 

[askold]

I'm surprised he wasn't fired a long time ago.

 

[extrasense]

Thanks god he is gone now!<br /><br />These big shot idiots tend to assemble ass kissers, not scientists.<br /><br />e <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> s<br />

 

[robnissen]

"In fact I heard from an ex-Shuttle astronaut who twice serviced Hubble that all the astronauts are ready to go back up there."<br /><br />That's funny. I was also told by a shuttle astronaut that if a vote was takin among the current astronauts, the vote would be 120 to 0 to return to Hubble.

 

[wisefool]

"That's funny." In what way was my statement "funny"? If you doubt the veracity of my statement, I will give you the name of the astronaut who is now a college professor, as long as you give me your verifiable source.<br /><br />BTW, the correct English is "were taken," not "was takin". ;-)

 

[robnissen]

Jeez. Lighten up. I was confirming your statement. It was "funny" that a retired astronaut told you the exact same thing that a current astronaut told me. What are you, Joe Pesci in Goodfellas?

 

[CalliArcale]

It's interesting how the sentiments differ from the folks posting on this subject in M&L. It seems as if the manned spaceflight advocates <i>generally</i> liked him more than the pure science folks did.<br /><br />I liked the way he got things done -- judging him purely as a businessman, he's a good executive officer. But I do not agree with him on scientific priorities, or on the principles of risk.<br /><br />I will reserve my judgement, however, on whether his departure is a good thing or a bad thing until we find out what his successor is like. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[kdavis007]

What is so special about the Hubble???

 

[yurkin]

It’s a little funny that the first thing that comes to you peoples minds when you hear that the director is retiring is, <br />“Oh my gosh maybe now Hubble will be serviced.”<br />Or<br />“All my crank letters to congress about how O’Keefe is to blame for not servicing Hubble have finally paid off. Power to the People!!”<br /><br />Well maybe not that extreme. I don’t think this makes any difference. Hubble wasn’t going to be serviced before and I doubt it will get serviced now. And if another Hubble mission is flown then I think it would have probably flown even if O’Keefe was still the director. I any case Hubble is just a small part of Nasa.<br /><br />My first thought when I heard about was, “I hope the new guy doesn’t suck.”<br />

 

[extrasense]

hey, everything is relative