Fwd: GOODBYE*FAREWELL*AMEN* Part Two

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           H*I*N*T* "A Misunderstanding has been Cleared Up. It has

                         been an understandable Mistake."/Under Certain

                         Atmospheric, as well as Metabolic, Conditions

                        and Invoking Unique Extrasensory Powers, He

                        was able to Receive Messages and Monitor

                        Conversations Far Beyond the Usual Range of

                        Human Hearing.

    Subtitle One GOODBYE*FAREWELL*AMEN* **

    Subtitle Two Nation Needs NASA?Non-NASA Notions

 

(* and ** See end of Part One for explanation).

                                       by Richard DePersio,

                   groups.google.com/group/rickcosmos-eclectic

 

Preface: The Long Goodbye...This represents part two of a three part

series - the finale.' Citizen Journalist may appear sporadically in the

future and regularly if he can secure an associate or two.

       Tammy Gordin's has eclectic interests, including, astronautics

and poetry. She has kindly contributed this creative piece to our

swan song.

Sonnet XXXII by Tammy Gordin,

 

The Space Station's golden solar arrays
squeeze the last morsel of energy
from each orbit. An instrument surveys
all dosages of power at every
diurnal spin as they revolve around
the planet. Large measures of power will
be sucked into the batteries. Compound
silicon solar cells dominate. Still,
it is the rotary joint that lets
the panels track the sun and seize
the rays. ISS spins until it sets
into shadow. It performs this with ease
just like a geometry, zipping all through
limited plasma fields of cobalt blue.

 

By Bat-Ami Gordin link for picture is

 http://twitpic.com/4s3pix

credit goes to ISS astronaut Ron Garan

 thanks for liking my work, and for wanting to post/publish it.

We win; Obama loses. We encouraged our readers to phone or leave message at

websites of members of congress in our "Action Chain Letters" on

 a number of issues, especially, NASA. Recently, the Senate "Committee

on Science, Commerce, Transportation," headed by www.bolde.senate.gov/public/,

scolded our NASA, rightfully so, for failing to make progress on developing

a plan regarding NASA's primary directive: manned space flight. In a letter,

the committee expressed its concern that the U.S. would lose its

preeminent position in space exploration with all the technological/

economic ramifications thereof. It further stated, the Authorization Act of 2010,

"also requires NASA to leverage previous investments in the Shuttle

and the now-canceled 'Constellation' Program to develop a Space

Launch System (SLS) capable of carrying multi-purpose crew vehicle

(CJ: Orion)...which requires NASA to use existing contracts,

workforce, and capabilities to the extent practicable to develop the

new system.'

     This constitutes a victory for us. Obama wanted to start from

scratch in developing a heavy-lifter and super-heavy-lifter which would have

meant that the $9 billion investment in CONSTELLATION would have

gone down the same presidential black hole as stimulus funds and

cash-for-clunkers. He so enjoys wasting taxpayer money! Note bene':

All the member of the Committee - bipartisan - agreed! A 21-rocket

salute to common sense!!!!

(Part two will continue, we are experiencing a technical problem).