Today we bring you this report that claims NASA's workers are afraid to speak up. To whit:
The 145-page report includes an assessment of NASA's culture by a behavioral science company in California, and a three-year plan for change.And so it goes. Some times I feel like we're just picking on venerable NASA when its chips are seriously down and its stocks are low; and that we're holding today's administrators responsible for policy f*ckups of yesteryear. At the same time, reports like this make one think, it's just another organisation run by human beings. What makes it more sacred? It hasn't delivered on its promise. Anyway, just in case you thought this was a free kick, it's not.
"Safety is something to which NASA personnel are strongly committed in concept, but NASA has not yet created a culture that is fully supportive of safety," the report says. "Open communication is not yet the norm, and people do not feel fully comfortable raising safety concerns to management."
Meanwhile it appears Russia's Space Agency is headlong, going towards Space Tourism, while America is not far behind.
In other news, Barry Bonds has hit no.660, tying his godfather Willie Mays' career homerun mark. Putting this into perspective is Rob Neyer at ESPN.
- Art Neuro