Space Forum / Shuttle / October 2003

I can't find it now, but yeah, was a recent article (Perhaps from the
Houston Chronicle?) where it stated that the expected cost to FEMA for the
manpower-intensive search across the states for months was in the
neighborhood of about $200 to $250 million, and could be higher if more
information is tallied and additional requests from the states submitted.

For the FEMA - that's definitely about 1% of the claimed $25B figure (or
'two orders of magnitude' as Jorge put it). Whomever told the original
poster that $25B figure for the Columbia accident is pulling their leg.

At least another $150-200M or so, NASA also has to pick up due to the
Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) costs and other
accident-related expenses.

Perhaps the $25B is the total FEMA agency budget for the entire year,
spanning all possible disasters? That's the only way I can even imagine
such a large number. Incidentally, that number is about twice of NASA's
*entire* annual budget (for manned and unmanned space programs as well as
aeronautical research).

-Dan

Ken asked me to take care of his light work on this.  

How exactly do YOU benefit from the government involvement in these
staged events?  Contractor?  Worker for a wonderful company like IBM -
a unindicted co-conspirator for all the evils they have helped
facilitate?

The information related to us - by fox news, no less - was that the
bill for the shuttle disaster was $75B, and that FEMA had accounted
for $25B of that.

Sounds like all those people you name who were working so hard in the
search of "truth" were out there having a party in Texas.  Wonder if
it included any pig-pickin's there in Crawford.

A friend of mine got some of that space junk for a song from a dealer
down in Texas.  One of about 100 pieces that dude had, was what my
friend told me.  And that dude had some friends.... it goes on and on.

That song and dance the federal government gave us about the
volatility of the junk was just their way of TRYING to keep us small.
Don't EVAH forget it people - we are the bosses of these people and we
are going to be holding them accountable for the error of their ways
AND their other excesses.

And as for anyone arguing that no citizens should have any of the
space junk just remember that we are the ones that paid for it, the
government that allowed it to happen and the government that
double-billed us for all their monday morning quarterbacking.

So Jorge,
Come on down to North Carolina and get the asswhuppin' you have coming
to you.  And bring all your fuckin' yankee buddies wit'cha too. Bring
your expense cards with all of youse though, cause it's gonna take you
a few of those continential breakfasts before you bring us to heel.
And you might better bring some pine boxes for your friends too!
They'll need them for the ride back home.

Is that strong enough for you or would you like to come back for some
second helpings.

Kathy

you got a problem with it kangaroo?