Re: [aa] Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Up-coming AMSAT Board Election - Gunther-

[Cliff Buttschardt <cbuttsch@xxxxxxxx>]

Well OK Bob, I asked this question over a month ago.  Sure government travel is
difficult but I still want to know how much AMSAT spends on behalf of ARISS!!!
It is no secret that I oppose manned space exploration and acknowledge that
people pay the bills but if anyone in sound mind can refute the marvelous deeds
that have been accomplished on MARS this month, that person must be a total 
politician only interested in funding.  Damnit people, we can do with instruments
ten times that required with manned efforts but the same old mantra exists:
PEOPLE PAY THE BILLS SO SPEND TWENTY TIMES AS MUCH TO DO THE SAME JOB!!!
Cliff K7RR


Bob Bruninga wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Cliff Buttschardt wrote:
> 
> > Martha, then I want to know.  How much is spent on travel and travel
> > ONLY.  Be damned if I understand why AMSAT pays a dime regardless of
> > NASA's "policy" that could well pay for travel so AMSAT would be free
> > of that expense.  We HAVE the resource, we have the tools to demand
> > attention.  We have ability and we are not using it!!   Cliff K7RR
> 
> Be careful of what you demand.  If NASA pays:
> 
> 1) Traveling under government sponsorship is not pretty.  They turn a few
> minute simple process into a day's worth of red tape.  And I do mean a
> full DAY or a week of nightmares..  And you never get "approval" until
> about a few hours before you are supposed to leave even if you requested
> it a month ago.
> 
> 2) Are you ready to justify every trip to a bean-counting clerk who has no
> understanding of the HAM radio mission, and who can screw up your travel
> at the lowest level?  Are you willing to miss flights and needed trips due
> to government bumbling?
> 
> 3) Are you willing to have NASA withhold all funding for 6 months every
> time COngress delays the appropriations bill?
> 
> Sure, I am all for someone else paying the bills, but sometimes
> (especially when you get married to the government) all you want later is
> a divorce so you can get on with life and what you meant to accomplish
> instead of spending all your time with Government BS.
> 
> I work for the government, and believe me, if you want to make any
> progress on any mission of interest efficiently and with any modicum of
> control over what you are trying to accomplish, then leave the government
> out of it!
> 
> Your mileage may vary...
> 
> Bob, WB4APR
> 
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