Rand Simberg links to a James Oberg piece in USA Today calling for a change of leadership at NASA. In a nutshell:
NASA needs an inspiring leader, not just a competent manager, to guide it out of this wilderness and set a course for the next decade and beyond.
Not that anyone's asking me, but I nominate Dr. Robert Zubrin. He's an ex-NASA guy, president of the Mars Society, and he literally wrote the book (see below) on how to get there safely, quickly, and cheaply. Let's put human beings on Mars. Now there's a course for the next decade and beyond.
Plus, Dr. Zubrin is going to be our special guest when Red Planet Madness strikes the Speculist next week. He will be the subject of both our Speaking of the Future and Seven Questions features.
Anyhow, check out Transterrestrial Musings (the comments section) to see the debate unfolding. Rand is, of course, at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to debating me on these kinds of issues. He actually knows what he's talking about.
That can be pretty encumbering, from what I've heard. I wouldn't know.
Posted by Phil at August 21, 2003 02:20 PM | TrackBack