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		EncomLab on Aug 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA inspector general gives damning assessment of... It can't possibly be due to the fact that the Vice President is the head of the National Space Council and all of this could be easily politicized - could it? Loss of the craft and/or loss of the crew would be a huge propaganda win for Republicans - much better to try to push this down the road and make sure everyone knows it's not NASA's fault. Ironically it's an echo of the push to launch Challenger so President Regan could highlight the "teacher in space" in his SOTU scheduled for that night....

philistine on Aug 9, 2024 | [–]

You honestly believe this whole document was prepared in such a short amount of time?

00_hum on Aug 9, 2024 | [–]

i thought it was right wingers who dealt in conspiracies?

EncomLab on Aug 9, 2024 | [–]

Hardly a conspiracy to point out that the loss of a crew is going to have massive blowback on the administrative in office when it happens.

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