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philkd Donating Member (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:47 PM
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BP Spill: How about putting NASA engineers on the job?
NASA has plenty of experience in material science and working in locations that are difficult. How about an Apollo 13 type mission - call all top engineers to the scene to find a solution. Could be a show of trying to do everything possible to stop the leak and bringing our best minds to the table instead of just watching the gulf turn into the dead sea.
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:52 PM
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1. how would an exploding shuttle help this? nt
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:55 PM
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3. They're smarter and more honest than anyone working at any oil company. (nt)
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yodoobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 11:07 PM
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6. anyone?
No love for oil companies here.

But the rank and file are blue collar people just like the rank and file just like at any other company and many if not most are fine Democrats.

I won't even mention that most of the Nasa and military establishment has a huge majority of freeper types.


Might want to tune that brush a tad.

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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:53 PM
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2. BP will simply hire John Stossel to tell us everything will be fine.
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midnight armadillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:55 PM
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4. You presume NASA has the best minds
No offense to NASA, but it's hardly the hotbed of engineering and science talent it was 30-40 years ago. I never, ever hear from young engineers or scientists that they want to go work there...even the ones with interest in space-related stuff.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:58 PM
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5. Not a bad idea.
Engineers not working for the company are needed.
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 11:28 PM
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7. Space X= Deep Ocean.
why not an elevator engineer, some elevators run on oil..... and they can work on the first floor or the penthouse.
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