Such irritability! :-) Are ESA's bureaucrats & prime contractor making NASA's clique jealous & nervous? Gosh, when the facts don't favor one and if the public perception of one's intellectual integrity doesn't matter to one, then I guess that ad hominem retorts are fine (for some). If ESA's unprecedented (and much cheaper) Mars mission succeeds, though, there will be plenty more hostility where that came from. It's great having a written record of it though. Thanks.
Of course amidst your "thoughtful" insults, you conveniently ignored how NASA refuses to take advantage of the permission Congress has given it to shake up its procurement practices by finally offering competitive prizes:
http://www.spaceprojects.com/prizes
I won't ask if you profit from the status quo, as I wouldn't expect you to publicly admit it if you do.
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Are ESA's bureaucrats & prime contractor making NASA's clique jealous & nervous?
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- Great Googly Moogly, The Europeans have some splainin' to do.
- C'mon guys...ease up a bit.
- The ENTIRE Mars Express mission will cost around $353 million. NASA's redundant twin rovers: OVER $800 million.
- One of the ways Mars Express will save money...
- Wait until AFTER Mars Express has successfully orbited Mars and ....
- Japan's Nozomi Mars Mission cost just $86 million
- Good thing Space Daily isn't running the show
- When ESA offers competitive prizes (like DARPA), they'll achieve more
- re: Great Googly Moogly, The Europeans have some splainin' to do.