NASA must change its operating philosophy or that light at the end of the tunnel will be an approaching freight train!
Don A. Nelson is an aerospace writer. He retired from NASA in January 1999 after 36 years with the Agency. He participated in the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Space Shuttle Projects as a mission planner and operations technologist. Mr. Nelson was a supporting team member for the first rendezvous in space, first manned mission to the moon, first manned lunar landing, and the first flight of the Space Shuttle. During his last 11 years at NASA, he served as a mission operations evaluator for proposed advanced space transportation projects. He was on the initial design team for the space shuttle. He has participated in every shuttle upgrade effort until his retirement.
Mr. Nelson is a graduate of Southern Methodist School of Engineering. He is a certified private pilot and holds a Phase VI Pilot Proficiency Wings award from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Mr. Nelson is the author of, "NASA New Millennium Problems and Solutions."
e-mail:
nasaproblems@yahoo.com
6 – Human Exploration of Mars—Still A NASA Management Fantasy
To strive for mankind to walk on the surface of Mars is a noble goal . . . but
Many factors must be resolved before human Mars exploration can be considered as a feasible and realistic endeavor. First, there must be a worthwhile reason for having human activity on Mars.
As an engineer and budding "whistleblower" I am stating, as fact, that within the next 12 months there will be at least one catastrophic aviation disaster unless all aircraft are immediately grounded.. Please bookmark this post so you can refer to it later.
