[SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/03/31/scotus.affirmative.action.advance/index.html ]

The Supreme Court will rule in June "whether a state has a "compelling interest" to promote a diverse student body, or whether the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment forbids giving one ethnic group or minority special advantages over another...While this case is about access to education, the Supreme Court's ruling could have rippling effects on affirmative action programs in job hiring and government contracts."

Isn't it remarkable how NASA pretends to offer certain ethnic minorities (but not others) a racial spoils system in exchange for their political support, while actually keeping them down & dependent on the "NASA plantation"? What is preventing NASA from simply offering space-related prizes to the private sector, as an efficiency-rewarding means of procurement that replaces NASA's wasteful central planning? Is anyone surprised that African American BILLIONAIRES such as Robert Johnson & Donald Watkins, who are aerospace enthusiasts, nevertheless won't touch the space industry as long as NASA's at the helm? For more details on this previously little known scandal and related ones, feel free to visit this completely noncommercialized, sponsorship-rejecting site:

http://www.SpaceProjects.com/minority-contracts