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By Jeff Foust on 2010 January 28 at 7:03 am ET
Yesterday's Orlando Sentinel article about plans to cancel Constellation was remarkable: while it didn't say anything that was that surprising (the cancellation of Ares 1, development of commercial crew transportation providers, and a shift to a "Flexible Path" architecture all had been rumored to be in the works for weeks), the article was influential enough that it got the White House and NASA to officially (if largely anonymously) to respond and confirm many of the details.
The article also got several members of Congress to issue statements yesterday about potential changes. (Most of these statements were issued before the follow-up article last night, although that may not mollify many of their concerns.) Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) issued a statement that was relatively mild. "I would strongly oppose any further cuts to human space flight funding that would make the United States dependent on foreign nations for manned space access," she says. "I will be working with my colleagues in the Senate to provide additional guidance to NASA in conducting its human space flight planning and in developing the congressional response to the President's budget, after it is submitted to the Congress."
Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) was a little more strident in his opposition to potential changes. "If recent reports regarding the future of the Constellation program and the direction of NASA are true, then the President could not be more wrong to consider canceling it. The Constellation program is the best means for America to remain the global leader in human space flight," he stated. "I will be working steadfastly with my colleagues to ensure that this short sighted proposal is not the final answer on the future of NASA."
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), who is often described as an advisor to the White House on space issues, wanted to hear more from the president in last night's State of the Union address. "On the downside, we're going to have to get the president to do more for NASA. America's global leadership in science and technology is at stake if we don't maintain a more robust space exploration program. I'm still hopeful we'll be able to do that."
Louisiana's two senators, Mary Landrieu (D) and David Vitter (R), also expressed concern about potential changes, particularly given their effect on the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. "As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I will review and analyze the president's budget in detail and ensure that the Michoud facility in New Orleans east remains a viable player within NASA, whatever its future holds," Landrieu said. Vitter, meanwhile, called the potential cancellation of Ares "devastating" for Michoud. "Instead, we should develop a heavy-lift capability for human space flight that builds on existing shuttle-based technologies in a very cost-conscious way. But we should do that now, not just talk about it vaguely for the future and lose all of our human capital and expertise at Michoud and other centers."
56 comments to More reaction to potential NASA changes
Mark R. Whittington
It looks like the administration has not done any work trying to sell its new policy to the Congress. Canceling the return to the Moon program in exchange for vague promises about HLVs and "Look But Don't Touch" missions is not going to cut it.
It is no surprise that the senators and congressmen who have been weighing in on this all have NASA interests in their states and districts. After all, all politics is local. However, I would be more informative to hear the opinions of those in congress who do not have NASA interests. I am sure that very few have any opinion at all, but it would be interesting to see if they think NASA should be thrown in the meatlocker, along with other discretionary programs, or if it should be immune from the proposed budget freeze.
It looks like the administration has not done any work trying to sell its new policy to the Congress.
Why would it? There are far greater problems to deal with now. Many in the country view NASA and the space program as an entertaining diversion. If the Administration paid a lot of attention and lip-service on NASA, it would be viewed as being out of touch with the needs of the country.
Major Tom
It's not a White House policy. It's a White House budget request. Learn the difference.
And the White House budget process is embargoed through the budget release in February. No lobbying is allowed during this time. Learn how your government works before wasting other posters' time with uninformed statements.
Lawdy…
Give Senator David Vitter a shuttle derived solution (DIRECT or sidemount) that keeps Michoud open and I betcha he will go along with any destination (or lack thereof) that Bolden proposes.
Let's read that quote again:
Vitter, meanwhile, called the potential cancellation of Ares "devastating" for Michoud. "Instead, we should develop a heavy-lift capability for human space flight that builds on existing shuttle-based technologies in a very cost-conscious way. But we should do that now, not just talk about it vaguely for the future and lose all of our human capital and expertise at Michoud and other centers."
Ares 1 doesn't need tanks from Michoud, does it?
It's the PoR that would cause the loss of human capital and expertise at Michoud.
Ares 1 doesn't need tanks from Michoud, does it?
The upper stage would be manufactured at Michoud.
But not soon enough to save Michoud's human capital and expertise. Only building new ETs for DIRECT or sidemount, on an expedited schedule, can satisfy Senator Vitter's concerns.
Major Tom writes:
"Even Augustine states that the program is managed well…"
There is no such statement in the final report of the Augustine Committee. In fact, the report is full of Constellation concerns:
On Ares I, the report states "The ability of Ares I to meet these [NASA's safety] requirements will not be known until it has an established flight record…" On Orion, the report states "… the Orion development schedule is 'back-end loaded,' such that designing test articles, conducting tests and producing flight hardware run in parallel, thus creating an extremely high schedule risk." On Ares I and Orion, the report states that "[budget and] technical problems that have been encountered on the Ares I and Orion programs, have produced the most significant overall impacts to
the execution of the Constellation Program."
Etc, etc…
Yes, Constellation was very well managed.
The managers were NASA's best and brightest and they were wonderful people. They hired great people. They were all so conscientious. They were making great progress.
Only problem was, after $10 billion and 5 years, they never accomplished a damn thing and killed the nation's human space flight program.
To quote the 'Right Stuff', 'screwed the pooch' on this one.
January 28, 2010 at 12:07 pm · Reply
gui wrote @ January 28th, 2010 at 11:41 am
I would like to see where Major Tom said that…I suspect that you have gotten confused (I do this it is easy to do) with a "quote" he used (probably from Mark Whittington who repeats that line endlessly) and refuted.
I suspect in fact that he would agree with the statements you post. I would
this doesn't matter because the position of the report is clear. but augustine was gracious and very politically correct toward all the status quo stakeholders. during testimonials he did say things like the POR is well managed. internet nerds would do well to learn that you can compliment the animal while you kill it
Mark Whittington wrote this on his blog
"his changes nothing. The stark fact is that the return to the Moon program is canceled. Whatever may replaced it is vaguely defined, with no hint as to when any missions will happen or where people will go when they do."
First off I cannot imagine that the American people would be upset with this. (return to the Moon toast).
But the part I would take issue with is "what would replace it is vaguely defined"…yes that is the nature of capitalism.
I concede that it is happening probably by blind luck with a bit of inspired leadership by Charlie Bolden. Charlie may recognize what you dont, and that of course is why he is where he is and you and I are blogging about this (grin) that the POR is not viable. That it just cannot be done on any time scale or cost that The political leadership, the politics of The Republic and even the finances of The Republic can bear.
You may think that another 3 billion a year is fine, but you are not the one who has to sale that to an American public which doesnt think that the Federal government is working all that well right now (or has been for a bit). And is even in red polls against it./
Charlie seems to have grasp the imperative of the moment, that a course change is needed for human spaceflight in The Republic to survive at all.
Shifting…. to a free enterprise based program; one where making money for companies who employ people who actually pay taxes, not simply require them…to a program which is based on efficiency of effort to promote profit…all of which means the future moves from a statist lock step regemented program which is determined by two things…how inefficient a government enterprise makes itself…and the excess cash of The Republic…
to one where the future is simply unknown because it is determined by all the things which have changed America in the past.
You wrote an opinion piece with Me (well I mostly wrote it Kolker did some editing and you tagged your name on to it) that was published in The Weekly STandard…
In all respects what we are transitioning to is indistinguishable from the concepts it advocates. Now Bill Clinton was POTUS and the space station had turned into his program; so I am sure that biased you're viewpoint…but not mine.
in the end this comes down to two choices.
The first is a program that is controlled by the state with results that are dictated by the state and which are measured by the efficiences (or lack of some) by the state.
The other course is one where things are regulated by the state, but whose course and direction are stirred by the engine of free enterprise.
This is exactly the division of effort that is talked aabout in the book "The Future and its enemies".
I'll take the latter. I dont know when that gets us back to the Moon or when it gets humans outside of LEO…but I know when it does that this time…we will stay and this time The American economy will be enhanced by the effort not propping it up.
That is how we went from The Wright Brothers on the Beach to supersonic aircraft in less time then we have had human spaceflight.
When did you become an enemy of the future?
Long Live The Republic
ralph wrote @ January 28th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Hmmmm . . .
My cognitive dissonance meter just exploded.
Democrat Robert Oler is advocating for free enterprise and Republican Mark Whittington is arguing for a government dominated program.
Am I reading this correctly?
Ferris Valyn
Bill – really? you're just realizing this now?
Bill White wrote @ January 28th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Democrat Robert Oler is advocating for free enterprise and Republican Mark Whittington is arguing for a government dominated program…
I am quite proud to say that I voted for the losers in the last three Presidential elections. I supported Richard Morrison and Pete Olsen in TX 22 with about the same amount of cash on two different elections.
Rich Kolker has told people that I am the definition of an "independent". I have causes that I support, concepts that I believe in and support those more then I do a political party.
Having said that…as my dear wife just asked me, having read you're post.
If one had to ask me where I am leaning "now" this instant in a choice between (thanks to the 12th Amendment) the only two parties that can occupy The White House…I "lean" Democratic
That is because the GOP has become to describe it in a term that will be clear here "whittingtonized".
The GOP has as a corporate level gone so far "right" that it just sickens me. Iraq played a large measure in that. The lies/exaggerations/incompetence/arrogance when Mitch M gets up and says "we should be listened to by Obama" I smirk, there was no administration that refused to listen to "opposite voices" more then the last one. People who disagreed with them on Iraq were openly called "traitors" or "unpatriotic" and mocked. And almost to a person the folks who disagreed had 1) served the country in battle and 2) were proven correct while the people who mocked them had 1) run away from battle and 2) were just dead wrong.
Bush's line "I am the decider" while technically correct, as things were falling apart in Iraq showed an arrogance that streaks through the GOP.
My wife and I are pregnant…fortunately LJ Oler is going to be a healthy baby girl. But we are both "older" and until we got the word on the amnio and ultrasound we braced for what might be…and if the news had been bad…it was our decision and ours alone to determine the future not some arrogant jerk off who hides behind their view of The Bible and has no stake in our fight.
The arrogance of the right wing of the GOP is stunning. No one who was for Iraq has apologized for all the things that they said which were wrong, and that includes some of the people here.
As I pointed out to Whittington, he at one point, in large measure I guess due to his opposition to things Clinton once advocated the policies which are being essentially implemented…and which he now opposes. If the program of record had been producing some results any results there might be some argument as to continuing it…but supporters cannot argue its performance much less its reason for being.
It is all hubris.
Now the Dems have that, and the health care bill in the Senate which I opposed (as did btw Howard Dean) has that in spades AND the Dems have their corporate troughs just as the GOP does…
The President that has made me the proudest in my "real" (ie non childhood) lifetime was Ronaldus the Great and he would be just sick in my view at what the GOP particularly its right wing…has become.
but right now, in space policy; it is hard to argue that the approach being formulated (mostly as I note by blind luck and General Bolden) by this administration is something that I have advocated when both Dems and Republicans were president…and in my view is something that should be supported.
If for no other reason then the POR is imploding. The Mark Whittington who joined Rick Kolker and I in the STandard piece…was for what is happening now. I dont know what happened to him. I have not changed.
Best wishes for the family, Robert. And yes, there is ample stupidity in both political parties.
As for space, I agree with you that human space flight must eventually return a profit or it shall be unsustainable. In the meantime I am reminded of the old quip about watching the making of laws, and sausages.
Bill White wrote @ January 28th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
I view this (in space policy and in general) as a time of amazing opportunity. The times are tough. I dont say that glibly joblessness is rampant and it has come into our extended family. Those of us who have jobs are very fortunate.
But someone said that it is not extraordinary people who make extraordinary things happen, but ordinary people in extraordinary times who rise to the challenge..I have believed that all my life and even more after my latest time overseas.
we are a nation in vast transition. What has worked since the end of WWII has just about come unglued, that is normal in The Republic we do this every 70-80 years …and there are always people who cannot rise to the new challenges and those who do.
If the future is going to be a race (and I believe it is) between us and China and us and India to see who can form the dominate social economic system of this century, then we are going to do no good dragging the remains of what worked in the last one into this.
part of that is human spaceflight.
It is hard I think to argue that the approach since 1970, through a lot of administrations of almost all political bents is working in The US. The very best the "government club" can do across the board is 1) spending a lot of money flying ISS (and this includes government efforts from Russia to Japan) or 2) the chinese approach which is simply redoing Gemini at amazingly high cost
There seems to be "another way" emerging in the US and I think that it is worth nurturing because it is the way "things" have gone from nothing to being completly integrated in American life.
We have had almost50 years of government in the US trying to make human spaceflight work…and we have a few people on ISS for the result.
its messy but life is that way. Hindenberg just had the great phrase (Grin)
Thank you for you're kind comments on our family. It is a wonderful time for the Mrs and I and our family. There is that line from Heywood Floyd in 2010 asking "Dave Bowman" …"what is going to happen" and "bowman" replies "something wonderful".
"Major Tom:" Learn some manners. I am not a lobbyist. Even if I were, I do have the right of free speech, even from anonymous cowards such as yourself.
Oler – Even by your standards of pomposity your post exceeds the envelope. The fact of the matter is that while the commercial space initiative is a good one, building as it does on the Bush era COTS, the cancellation of the back to the Moon program, should Congress swallow it, is a slap in the face of the greatest of the Republic, as you put it. Mike Griffin has it right. We'll be watching other people walk on the Moon on TV.
Bill White. Oler is not a Democrat he is a political chameleon. And I do not favor a ":government dominated" space program.
Here's a question for the group. What happens if Congress tells Obama what to do with his space policy?
The Augustine Commission was supposed to evaluate the economic viability of the Constellation program as compared to other scenarios to return to the Moon. Instead it spent a lot of its time trying to argue why we should be extending the ISS program, why there should be a private commercial manned launch industry, and why we should be going to Venus, Mars, and the asteroids. In fact, they never even discussed the possible uses of a Moon base.
It was pretty clear from the start that the Augustine Commission loves the ISS and hates the idea of returning to the Moon! My views, of course, are exactly the opposite of theirs!
""Major Tom:" Learn some manners."
Where was I rude to you? I corrected obvious errors in your prior post and asked you to learn some basic fundamentals about how our government works before you waste your time and other posters' time with another uninformed post.
"I am not a lobbyist."
Where did I say that you were a lobbyist?
"Even if I were, I do have the right of free speech,"
Where did I say that you didn't have the right of free speech?
"even from anonymous cowards such as yourself."
Why are you resorting to namecalling (again)? I havn't called you any names.
Talk about rude — pot, kettle, black, etc.
And why do you still complain about anonymous posters when Mr. Foust has repeatedly made it clear that he welcomes them. If you don't like anonymity, then don't post here.
"What happens if Congress tells Obama what to do with his space policy?"
Again, it's a budget, not a policy, that's being rolled out next week. Learn the difference and stop wasting other posters' time with poorly informed posts.
From Apollo, to STS, to Freedom, to ISS, to the VSE, Congress follows the President on major changes in the direction of the human space flight program. The few congressmen with NASA districts/states will always take fewer NASA employees/voters in their state/district versus obstructing the President's budget and risking losing that budget to other Congressional priorities and winding up with even fewer or no NASA employeess/voters in their state/district. (And that assumes that the budget will lead to lower employment, which is not the case with a $1.3B annual increase in NASA's budget and special programs for KSC employees.)
"The Augustine Commission was supposed to evaluate the economic viability of the Constellation program as compared to other scenarios to return to the Moon."
No, the words "economic viability" don't appear anywhere in the charter for the Augustine Committee.
Don't make stuff up.
frotski
Here is the real question…….
When he "cancels" Constellation will he let everyone go or will he keep everyone on the job and transfer them to the new program (whatever that is).
So, will the people working "Constellation" today building Ares and the support pieces like redoing pads/firing rooms at say KSC, be given pink slips as in it's cancelled and we don't need you — go home.
Or, will those people be moved from "Constellation" to "the new HLV program" (Whatever Obama calls it).
That could be huge across the country. Because assuming you will need a HLV and the support for that HLV and we already employ people on Constellation it would seem foolish to get rid of all those people and then try to hire them back in the near future, especially with jobs being such a big part of his concern lately.
So, if the NASA budget supports those jobs today and the budget increases somewhat this year then those jobs SHOULD be there tomorrow.
That is what everyone is worried about… How will the transfer from one program to the next be done ?
"When he 'cancels' Constellation will he let everyone go or will he keep everyone on the job and transfer them to the new program (whatever that is).
So, will the people working 'Constellation' today building Ares and the support pieces like redoing pads/firing rooms at say KSC, be given pink slips as in it's cancelled and we don't need you — go home."
Unclear, but it doesn't appear so. For example, Florida Today wrote yesterday:
"Kennedy Space Center would receive more money to create hundreds of jobs and boost the pace of commercial rocket launches, the officials said."
Personally, I think it would be unfortunate for the future exploration program if the Obama Administration tries to hang onto all of the Shuttle and Constellation workforce. Although I'm sympathetic to the individual employees, that will burden the new program with the same high costs as the old one. Someday, the bullet has to be bitten, and the old Apollo/Shuttle infrastructure and large Shuttle workforce downsized. We can't run a sustainable human exploration program on a post-Cold War budget using expensive Cold War tools.
"We can't run a sustainable human exploration program on a post-Cold War budget using expensive Cold War tools."
and using Cold War mentality….
@ Major Tom
I used the term to ask whether or not the Constellation program was affordable with the current budget. If you consider that a lie, then please explain!
Well, we all know that he can't hang onto all of the shuttle and constellation work force (nowhere close). Shuttle is an old program and it is going away. No politician can really save it and those people kinda knew they weren't going to have jobs. But Constellation gave everyone hope and many jobs are with it now.
So, by cancelling it too, ALL JOBS would be lost. ALL
Now, a private company might come along and hire SOME of those people but they would be out of work for some time most likely.
So, if the rockets and destination change but we are still going "somewhere" then hopefully those people can be retained and just told to build a different rocket or a different size launch pad, etc…
IF he is truly worried about jobs he will not "cancel" any program until he has the new program in place and a way for employees to "transition" to the new NASA vision.
If everyone gets a pink slip and has to reapply for the new program that is just wrong… Lot's of unemployment
@ Robert: Congrats on the new addition! I trust she'll be a Commercial HSF advocate!
In the end, going HSF commercial, while painful now for NASA, is the best approach. What HSF NASA could do while it was young, it can not do now that is has experienced many disasters (Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia). The procedures it has put in place to avoid such events also takes it toll on the speed, flexibility, and openness to new ways of doing things.Fear of failure is a crippling blanket to wear. Mid life is tough on organizations. (The average age of NASA is in the last 40's), unless they are willing to completely transform themselves
Mark R. Whittington wrote @ January 28th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
The fact of the matter is that while the commercial space initiative is a good one, building as it does on the Bush era COTS, the cancellation of the back to the Moon program, should Congress swallow it, is a slap in the face of the greatest of the Republic,
lol speaking of pomposity.
"Slap in the face of the greatest of the Republic"
Well not so much.
First off the "moniker" greatest this or that is overheated. "The Greatest Generation" is the Generation (and it is an accumulation of generations actually) who do what it takes to pass along a better Republic then they found it to the folks who come next.
There is certainly no argument that the folks who shipped off to WW2 were great, but it is a laugh in the face of history to say that they were "the greatest" …that would mean (and they would be the first to knock the comparison down) that they were somehow greater then the folks who stayed with Washington (about 3000) in the worst of the Revolution, mostly with no winter clothing in temps that were deadly folks who faced the English equivalent of Blackwater without ammunition or powder…and won.
The statement you make even is pompous if you are to claim that the folks "working" at NASA and the Contractors are "the greatest" in human spaceflight. Better then the folks who did Apollo?
The statement is pompous on its face.
If there is a group that "the greatest" apply to at least in our current time…my nomination would be the people who went over to Iraq and won a war and died even though the fools that sent them there lied/exaggerated their way into the war and fought it incompetently. But I can assure you that the folks who went to Iraq would even today disown that title. They simply did their duty.
Mike Griffin is as likely "right" about his statement of watching other people walk on the Moon (I guess he means other then Americans I dont listen to him anymore) as he was about every single choice he made to try and get Americans back to the Moon.
But he fit right in with the thuds in the last administration as just about every single choice he made was wrong.
And he is wrong here. We will go back to the Moon and do the other things not because they are hard, but because of American drive and determination and capitalism.
Marcel F. Williams wrote @ January 28th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
The Augustine Commission was supposed to evaluate the economic viability of the Constellation program as compared to other scenarios to return to the Moon
I dont see that in their charter…but actually they did.
What most Ares huggers are to huggy to realize is that the main reason Ares/Constellation is dying is for two reasons 1) there is no desire to "return to the Moon" anymore among either the political class or the American people and 2) the program itself is not economically viable.
IF some version of Ares and Constellation were economically viable on a realistic time frame, the fallback position would have been to descope the entire effort and simply use it for "lift" to the space station.
The Commission couldnt even get that "out of it". The cost to develop it are uncertain and the cost to operate it are going to be enormous…that is what the report says.
the argument you are having is with:
1. The American people…they no longer care about returning to the Moon (and you can thank Mike Griffin for that)
2. Yourself. At one point I wrote a piece for The Standard which advocated everything more or less that is happening "now". Rich Kolker edited it and you asked to have your name put on it.
You are the one who is now an advocate for a government program that is not performing well and is not accomplishing its goal
NASA Fan wrote @ January 28th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
@ Robert: Congrats on the new addition! I trust she'll be a Commercial HSF advocate!
In the end, going HSF commercial, while painful now for NASA, is the best approach…………….
precislyl.
The reality is that if it is a "race" between our government program and The Chinese with a government program, it is hard to see how 1) ours will win and 2) we could remotely afford it.
Meanwhile if the current government program were to continue we would be conceding the entire concept of commercialization of space to a European/Russian economic model.
Our government program has managed to lose all commercial launches to a European/Russian group
and thanks for the words about the new addition. She will do the Old Man proud in any event, but she and her siblings will hopefully be a part of a space age, that will simply marvel us all.
Po Pofla
Obama's New Berlin Space Wall – Keeps Americans Lock On Planet
Lets see the 10,000 people that have any launch experience will be gone forever. No kid is going to study aerospace engineering in USA since there are few job prospects. This is the death of America in space forever! Obama has created a technical Berlin Wall, we are locked in for the next generation. This is the end…
I am very sad. Now I really know what was meant by "Ich bin ein Berliner".
Po Pofla wrote @ January 28th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Obama's New Berlin Space Wall – Keeps Americans Lock On Planet
Lets see the 10,000 people that have any launch experience will be gone forever…
first that is far to many to use on any real commercial activity…
second their experience is limited to the shuttle..
as useful as having mechanics at an airline who worked on DC7
indeed sad to see its all about the "money" screw pure science or Human expansion guess we're doomed….
"I used the term to ask whether or not the Constellation program was affordable with the current budget."
Then write what you mean. Affordability within a budget is not the same thing as economic viability.
And the Augustine Committee did examine the affordability of the Constellation program within the current budget, found that the program would have to be stretched out to fit within the current budget (Option 1: Program of Record), and as a result "offers little or no apparent value."
"If you consider that a lie, then please explain!"
I didn't say it was a "lie". Learn to quote reports and other posters accurately.
"Lets see the 10,000 people that have any launch experience will be gone forever."
No, it appears the Shuttle workforce won't be going away, and even if they were, there are multiple private sectors companies with "launch experience".
omi wrote @ January 28th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
indeed sad to see its all about the "money" screw pure science or Human expansion guess we're doomed….
really doomed or just doomed…maybe super doomed.
doomed as in smoking gun smoking mushroom smoking city doomed?
the best think that can happened has happened.
there are three things that need to happen to get the US moving again.
1. cancel things that are useless in terms of returning something to The Republic
2. raise taxes on the folks who can afford it
3 spend federal dollars on things that revitalize The Republic
end of ride for the shuttle and Ares
So now we're going to trust America's total access to space solely to the international corporations? The same corporations who feel no guilt in selling US military and aerospace secrets to China's ruling oligarchy? The same corporations who are willing to appease the almighty dollar and propagandize against US for Chinese interest? No way!
Private companies do need to have their own manned space programs that are not dependent on government contracts. But it is in our own national security interest for NASA and the US military to have their own– manned space programs.
Besides, whose going to rescue these guys when one of their flying machines is malfunctioning and trapped in orbit:-)
So now we're going to trust America's total access to space solely to the international corporations?..
a few points. Not all the companies who are doing human spaceflight (or trying to do it) are international corps…SpaceX is not
second…the results can hardly be worse then what we have now
Doug Lassiter
"Here's a question for the group. What happens if Congress tells Obama what to do with his space policy?"
This is a good point. Specifically because of the NASA authorization bill that needs to be put together in the next few months to formalize the congressional vision with regard to space exploration. Also specifically because the House Science committee that does it, and its Space and Aeronautics subcommittee in particular, has a load of Ares huggers, including the subcommittee chair herself. That could get nasty in the upcoming hearings.
I'm really not that worried about the FL/TX/AL legislators who will piss and moan. They do it all the time, and have little sympathy from the rest of Congress.
Decent stories on this blog but with apparently no posting limits the continuous blathering by Robert Oler et al is tiresome. News flash – your opinion is worth no more than any one elses and we really don't care about how it was formulated or upon what its based. Can't you just briefly say your peace a couple times and then give it a rest? Better yet why don't you form your own blog instead of co-opting this one? Sheesh.
Q: "Here's a question for the group. What happens if Congress tells Obama what to do with his space policy?"
A: I predict Congress won't object because sufficient Congressional support will be lined up before Bolden goes on the record. A few may scream but not enough to change the result.
"So now we're going to trust America's total access to space solely to the international corporations? The same corporations who feel no guilt in selling US military and aerospace secrets to China's ruling oligarchy? The same corporations who are willing to appease the almighty dollar and propagandize against US for Chinese interest? No way!"
That's no different than the situation today. NASA is dependent on United Space Alliance, which is co-owned by Boeing and LockMart, to operate the Space Shuttle.
"But it is in our own national security interest for NASA and the US military to have their own– manned space programs."
NASA has no national security space programs or assets. It's a civilian agency by design.
The U.S. military has no need for a manned space program.
"Besides, whose going to rescue these guys when one of their flying machines is malfunctioning and trapped in orbit"
Probably themselves, using a second launch, as has been planned with Shuttle since Columbia. (And this is a non-issue for ISS missions that can still reach ISS.)
"Specifically because of the NASA authorization bill that needs to be put together in the next few months to formalize the congressional vision with regard to space exploration. Also specifically because the House Science committee that does it, and its Space and Aeronautics subcommittee in particular, has a load of Ares huggers, including the subcommittee chair herself. That could get nasty in the upcoming hearings."
The hearings may be nasty, but the authorizers would only pose a problem if they set lower spending ceilings than what the White House requests. And that's highly unlikely in any authorization bill, but especially since their rhetoric is that NASA needs more money, not less.
The appropriators are where the action and real budget authority is.
So if a Chinese company wants to buy a controlling interest in Space X, how would you feel about that?
The Chinese military will be in space to protect their interest. The US would be foolish not to do the same.
Donald W. Ernst
The end of U.S. space flight started with VSE. Apollo redux was the means to phase it out. there never was a moon program, it was just a Bush PR stunt. Iam a conservative by the way, just not a Bush supporter.
A replacement for the space shuttle should have been in service by now.A real replacement. A two stage fully reusable vehicle able to lift at 20,000 lb to LEO carrying at least 8 crew members, and a shuttle based HLV.
Looks like we will have to wait for a Republican to start that project but thats okay, the road started by taking the seat of one of the worst opponets of manned spaceflight ever,Ted Kennedy.
I can see Congress stopping that, just as when they recently halted the sale of one of the biggest U.S. port cargo handling companies to a mid-east corporation for security reasons. Besides, Musk says he'll never sell SpaceX.
"So if a Chinese company wants to buy a controlling interest in Space X"
I doubt they could. The interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) reviews the national security implications of foreign investments of U.S. companies. For example, they have reviewed (or are reviewing) Aabar Investments proposed $280 million stake in Virgin Galactic.
And in addition to CFIUS, as Mr. Boozer points out, Congress often will take an interest in these sales.
"So if a Chinese company wants to buy a controlling interest in Space X"
Is Spacex even publicly traded? Did they have IPO that I missed? If they're not public then they're owned by Musk, and he doesn't have to sell it if he doesn't want to, I don't think. Of course, IF they fail spectacualrly then he may have to, but who would want to buy it then? 2 cents…
"The hearings may be nasty, but the authorizers would only pose a problem if they set lower spending ceilings than what the White House requests. And that's highly unlikely in any authorization bill, but especially since their rhetoric is that NASA needs more money, not less.
Pragmatically, I think that's right, though the authorizers represent a segment of Congress that actually knows something about the details of the NASA plan. Most others don't. As such, the auth bill is respected as a "sense of Congress" on the feasibility and sensibility of the proposed plan.
Sure, the appropriators hold the checkbook, but that checkbook is dated 2011. They have budget authority for just one year. They aren't tasked with setting policy for the long haul.
Yes I am sure the Chinese are waiting in front of SpaceX to buy the company… Oh boy, how low can you guys go? Any pics of the said Chinese? And then the Chinese communist government would own a US free capitalistic company and thereby ruining the chances of their own governement implemented space program. There will be Chinese supermarkets on the Moon where people would go and freely trade He3: Walmart! Of course because after they're done buying SpaceX they will buy Walmart so that Walmart can sell chinese goods. Oh but wait they already sell chinese goods!
Just missing the good ole' time of the Cold War…
"They aren't tasked with setting policy for the long haul."
You're right in that authorization bills are usually multiyear bills.
But the appropriations bills almost always underfund the spending ceilings set in the authorization bills by billions of dollars. Unless the authorizers are trying to reduce funding in an account (again, highly unlikely — a NASA congressman is probably not going to cut off their nose to spite their face), the authorizers have little real impact on the budget.
Marcel F. Williams wrote @ January 28th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
So if a Chinese company wants to buy a controlling interest in Space X, how would you feel about that?..
other then some legal aspects of it…it strikes me that this would be "hard" seeing how the company is held by Elon Musk and when the stock goes public (can hardly wait) I am just guessing here but it is fairly likely he and the employees will own a pretty good chunk of it.
I would find a more likely "scenario" where Boeing or Lockmart or some other "large" aerospace company makes a bid (with the same afore mentioned caveats).
Having said that "Musk" might in 10 or so years OWN the worlds largest rocket company.
why sale? Everything I see of SpaceX has the same feel as SWA…
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This budget cancels NASA's Constellation program, and gives money to the private sector to build vehicles for space. After years of work by thousands of people and NINE BILLION dollars of taxpayer money, they . . the government . . .decides to throw it all away. THe NASA administrator essentially says . . whatever. Over and over again money has been wasted because the government cannot stick with its commitments. Programs funded one year are redesigned to accomodate a cut in funding in succeeding years, more money wasted. Programs funded are cancelled before they can even show results, not because what they are planning is not feasible, but because they must depend on a fickle Congress to allocate funding. And I am sure NASA is not the only government agency to have similar problems.
In history it was always desirable to have the best technolgies, albeit most were in the arena of warfare, and to hold the high ground.
In the development of space flight, technologies have been developed that benefit our daily existence. Look up the Spinoff website and on the first page alone NASA research helped develop technologies for biohazard sensors, life rafts, bioreactors for producing healthy cells for cultures, and new more efficient air purifacation. Research done for any new program spawns new and beneficial discoveries.
And the high ground, you think if NASA gets out of manned spaceflight that other countries won't see this as an opportunity for them to field their own program for the prestige, the discoveries, to have the whole world watching when they accomplish what we abondoned? Think of countries whose interests might be quite different from ours with control of the ultimate high ground. So much science is expended in the cause of war, yet one of our most challenging and beneficial accomplishments was for the very human desire to explore our world and beyond. NASA's imaging of the world has been a great boon to science studying the earth's climate, resources, and weather. The Hubble Telescope has moved our knowlege to the edges of space, to discovering new planets, to the understanding of our universe.
Last, think of your work, what ever work you do, how much of yourself is invested in it. Do all the research to diagnose and treat a disease, or design and plan a bridge over a river, a bridge to help people bring produts to market, or connect two countries, now that you have solved many of the problems, done the hard work of requirements, spent years on it, your company decides not to give you money to make the drug or build the bridge, but to give the money to some other company along with all your work, but make YOU responsible if something goes wrong.
The cancellation of Constellation is short-sighted, wasteful, and destructive to the very thing we need most to create new technologies, to the people whose work creates that science, and must depend on shifting sand of government funding. Cancel and we may lose the very people we need to create any kind of space program. They may discover other countries would be interested in their expertise, and when, or maybe it would truly be if , we change our minds again and want human spaceflight, we will have lost the confidence of the people we need to have that capability. They cannot exist in a vacuum, they have to have work that has meaning to them, and in even simpler terms a paycheck and work that uses their education and experience.
Please consider what this will mean to our future, to science, even to our security.
February 2, 2010 at 12:09 am · Reply
"The cancellation of Constellation is short-sighted, wasteful, and destructive to the very thing we need most to create new technologies, to the people whose work creates that science"
Constellation employed very little in the way of new technologies and did not create research new science. Ares I, for example, used Shuttle SRB technology that has existed for 30-odd years and Apollo-era engines that first flew 40-odd years ago.
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Belter radio has always prided itself on championing the Independent artists so it was quite natural for Country Belles to follow the stations ethics, and when you think about if the female country stars like Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood were not getting much airplay then it didn't take much to work out that the independent artists didn't have a prayer of getting any.
Internet radio doesn't get masses of listeners the way traditional FM radio does, it is a niche business but it gives the unsigned artists a platform where their music can be heard and played.


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#PRIDE50 – Learn About The First Christopher Street Liberation Day (PRIDE) March – RARE VIDEO
June 27, 2020 Featured, Gay History, Gay News From Around The Globe1970, CHRISTOPHER STREET LIBERATION DAY MARCH, Craig Rodwell, Gay Activists Alliance, June 28, Marty Nixon, Mattachine Society, Michael BrownWill Kohler
On November 2, 1969, just 4 months after the Stonewall riots Craig Rodwell, his partner Fred Sargeant, Ellen Broidy, and Linda Rhodes of the newly formed Gay Liberation Front proposed the first "gay pride parade" which was then called the "CHRISTOPHER STREET LIBERATION DAY MARCH." to be held in New York City by way of a public resolution at the Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations (ERCHO) which meeting in Philadelphia..
Using Philadelphia's smaller Annual Reminder protest which happened every year on the Fourth of July in front of Freedom Hall Rodwell, Sargeant, Broidy, and Rhodes proposed the following to ECHO:
We propose that a demonstration be held annually on the last Saturday in June in New York City to commemorate the 1969 spontaneous demonstrations on Christopher Street and this demonstration be called CHRISTOPHER STREET LIBERATION DAY. No dress or age regulations shall be made for this demonstration.
We also propose that we contact Homophile organizations throughout the country and suggest that they hold parallel demonstrations on that day. We propose a nationwide show of support.
All at the meeting in voted in favor of the march except for Mattachine Society of New York City, which abstained.(HYMN).
Meetings to organize the march began in early January at Rodwell's apartment in 350 Bleeker Street not far from the site of the Stonewall bar. At first there was major difficulty getting some of New York organizations like Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) to send representatives. In the end Rodwell , Sargeant, and Broidy, along with Michael Brown, Marty Nixon, Brenda Howard of the the Gay Liberation Front and Foster Gunnison of the Mattachine Society made up the core group
For funding Gunnison sought donations from the national homophile organizations and sponsors, while Rodwell and Sargeant solicited donations via the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop customer mailing list. Nixon worked to gain financial support from GLF in his position as treasurer for that organization. Believing that more people would turn out for the march on a Sunday they scheduled the date for Sunday, June 28, 1970, the 1st. anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
The parade route covered 51 blocks from Christopher Street to Central Park ending in a "Gay-In" in Sheep's Meadow.
On the same weekend gay activist groups on the West Coast held a march in Los Angeles on June 28, 1970 and a march and 'Gay-in' in San Francisco.
In Los Angeles, Morris Kight (Gay Liberation Front LA founder), Reverend Troy Perry (Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches founder) and Reverend Bob Humphries (United States Mission founder) gathered to plan a commemoration. They settled on a parade down Hollywood Boulevard. But securing a permit from the city was no easy task. They named their organization Christopher Street West." But they had more difficulty with Los Angeles than New York City. Rev. Perry recalled the Los Angeles Police Chief Edward M. Davis telling him, "As far as I'm concerned, granting a permit to a group of homosexuals to parade down Hollywood Boulevard would be the same as giving a permit to a group of thieves and robbers." Grudgingly, the Police Commission granted the permit, though there were fees exceeding $1.5 million. After the American Civil Liberties Union stepped in, the commission dropped all its requirements but a $1,500 fee for police service. That, too, was dismissed when the California Superior Court ordered the police to provide protection as they would for any other group. The eleventh hour California Supreme Court decision ordered the police commissioner to issue a parade permit citing the "constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression." From the beginning, L.A. parade organizers and participants knew there were risks of violence. Kight received death threats right up to the morning of the parade. Unlike what we see today, the first gay parade was very quiet. The marchers convened on McCadden Place in Hollywood, marched north and turned east onto Hollywood Boulevard. The Advocate reported "Over 1,000 homosexuals and their friends staged, not just a protest march, but a full blown parade down world-famous Hollywood Boulevard."
The first marches were both serious protests and fun, they served to inspire the widening activist movement. The marches were repeated in the following years, and more and more pride marches started up in other cities throughout the world. In Atlanta and New York City the marches were called Gay Liberation Marches, and the day of celebration was called "Gay Liberation Day"; in Los Angeles and San Francisco they became known as 'Gay Freedom Marches' and the day was called "Gay Freedom Day". As more cities and even smaller towns began holding their own celebrations, these names spread and evolved.
In the 1980's there was a cultural shift in the gay movement. Activists of a less radical nature took over, mostly due to the advent of big organizations like the HRC and also because of the AIDS crisis which took the lives of so many of the original activist. At this point many groups started dropping the original "Gay Liberation" and "Gay Freedom" from the names, replacing them with "Gay Pride".
Watch the rare video belows of the first Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade which took place on June 28, 1970.
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Balancement says:
Thank you, as always, for the look back. You are such an important, valuable source.
John De Salvio says:
I marched in that parade, having been inside the Stonewall on June 28, 1969, when it was raided. We marched from Christopher Street up 6th Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) to Central Park. We were only allowed to march in one traffic lane!
theresakp says:
I love these trips down Memory Lane. Although this was a few years before my time (I moved to NYC in 1976), I remember the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop fondly, and God knows saw my share of parades, even walking in a couple, during my years living in the city.
Shawn Mayotte says:
Thank you Will for providing these immensely important trips down history lane. Your chronicling of our past and our historical accomplishments are significant not only for the Gay Community but for all Americans. You are a treasure.
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PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. – Pinckneyville Community Hospital will offer a Safe Sitter course for young teens on Saturday, April 27.
The course will be 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with parents invited to attend a graduation ceremony at 3:00 p.m.
The class will be held in the hospital. The cost of $10.00, includes materials and lunch.
"The course provides hands-on practice in lifesaving techniques to young teens who are home alone, watching younger siblings, or babysitting so they are equipped with the skills and confidence to act in an emergency. They learn basic first aid and infant and child choking rescue and CPR. Students also receive instruction on how a child's age affects how to care for them, how to prevent problem behavior, and how to run their own babysitting business," said Jennifer Barbour, Pinckneyville Community Hospital Marketing Director.
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Old Palace: The Old Palace is accessible; there is a lift to all floors.
New Palace: The entrance hall and ground floor are accessible via ramp; there is a lift to the first floor.
Lustheim Palace: To get into the museum five steps are to be negotiated; the lower floor is only accessible via staircase. For wheelchair users a mobile stair climber is available.
There are toilets for the disabled in the New and in the Old Palace.
Here you will find a plan of the Schleißheim palaces and court garden.
Taking pictures for private use (only with the usual hand-held cameras and without light and tripod etc.) does not require a permit. Photo and film shootings for further use as well as the flying of drones / multicopters are basically subject to approval and charges. Here you will find information on photography permits / film permits.
Bulky items may not be taken into the palaces. Lockers for large bags, rucksacks etc. are available in the New Palace. Prams and child carriers can be left at the palace entrance. No liability can be accepted for items deposited in lockers or at the entrance.
Dogs may only be taken into the palaces if they are carried. They may be taken on leads into the park.


Okay I am half way embarassed to ask this. But I have seen mentioned on this board belts. And I have seen comments slanted towards not wearing them. Is this personal preference or is their actually a rule about officials not wearing belts?
No rule either way in Michigan.
Trend is beltless in college and High school.
Is this personal preference or is their actually a rule about officials not wearing belts?
It is only a personal preference. I know of no area that can make you wear anything. But if you want to assimilate into what most officials are doing, do not wear a belt. It might help you on preception and who gives you games. But just like anything, you can wear and do what you want. There are just consequences to that.
I think a good rule of thumb would be to follow the example of the officials who work at the reg./state/college level. I would bet less than 10% across that nation wear belts. They create the perception. If 90%+ of officials that work these levels wore belts, that would be the way to go!!!


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Prior to joining Hamilton County, Towns was assistant commissioner, division of data and research, at the Tennessee Department of Education. During her time at the department, she served on the executive leadership team and helped set the strategic direction for pre-K through 12 education policy by developing the state's highly regarded plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Towns began her education career in Knox County Schools in Knoxville, Tenn. There, she held roles as director of human capital strategy, acting human resources executive director, and chief accountability officer. During her tenure, the district became the only large, urban school system to ever earn the highest designation on the state's report card.
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Holy Trinity School was opened by the Bishop of Rochester in March 1896. It was built for about 400 pupils and cost the sum of £3000! The school in Bute Road was the results of the amalgamation of three prior schools, a Boys' school, a Girls' school and Infants in the local area and had two separate entrances.
Holy Trinity School was opened by the Bishop of Rochester in March 1896. It was built for about 400 pupils and cost the sum of £3000! The school in Bute Road was the results of the amalgamation of three prior schools, a Boys' school, a Girls' school and Infants in the local area and had two separate entrances. Although housed in the same building the schools were run separately and each school had a head teacher until 1956 when the Boys and Girls and Infants were amalgamated with Mrs Barty as head teacher. (One of the rooms which provided an extension to the current building is named after her – the Barty Room).
By 1927 numbers had risen to 417 (155 boys, 122 girls and 140 infants). Although originally built for 400, in 1938 Surrey County Council (in whose borough the school was then), declared that the school would be a Junior Mixed and Infants School for only 232 pupils. This meant that either the school had to reduce its numbers or expand. The minister at the time was the Reverend Howard Bannister and he led the work of raising money for the expansion. The work cost £7000 and included a new hall, originally named after the Reverend Howard Bannister, although he died before the hall was finished. It was also Reverend Howard Bannister who declared the words of the school's mission statement:
"Only with Thee, O God, we journey safely on."
On 24th September 1961 there was a transfer of the infants to Beddington School and juniors to Holy Trinity.
Memories of how it used to be…
For the 100th anniversary of the school, a local author Mrs Pamela Vernon created a wonderful book. Here are some extracts from previous pupils who attended the school from just before World War II and during World War II.
Mrs Kathleen Geary (nee Wilson) was at school at Holy Trinity from 1934 until 1937. She remembers that the school was in three sections. "The girls' section was one large room with a "pot stove" fire in the centre and a curtain down the middle to make two classrooms. Mrs Harding took the 8-11 year olds and Mrs Manning the 12-14 year olds. In those days one left school the day you reached the ripe old age of 14. Mind you, I don't remember a single person who could not read. Tables were chanted and were tested regularly, not only by Mrs Harding but also by the many visitors and managers.
As it was a church school, we regularly attended services at Maldon Road. Rev. Howard Bannister was the Vicar. On Ascension Day, we went to school, then walked to church then back to school where we were dismissed for the rest of the day.
I also remember Empire Day, dressed in our best (white dresses for the girls if possible.) We paraded in the playground round the flag pole and had a short service with lots or patriotic hymns such as "I vow to Thee my Country","Land of our Birth" and "Land of Hope and Glory."
The school had gardens and we were divided into groups and we all had an allotment. There was great competition as to who kept the best one.
Every Friday we had to take polish and a rag to clean our desks, chairs and inkwells. Holy Trinity taught us pride in ourselves. I not only learned the foundations of my education but a sense of duty to God, King and country and to other folk."
The classrooms had wooden floors and were divided by heavy curtains. When the school was rebuilt, "what joy to have central heating and separate classrooms, also a proper hall, named after Howard Bannister, the then Vicar of Holy Trinity. In the new quadrangle, we kept pet rabbits.
At the coming of war, half the playground was dug up for long shelters, with a toilet at one end. We had lessons in the shelters. The teachers often used to stop on the way to the shelters to watch the "Dog fights" overhead. The school was bomb damaged and we had lessons in peoples' houses. The
heating was not working when we returned to school so we had to carry oil heaters with us every day. (We needed them at home too.) During the "doodle bug raids", mothers used to take home a horde of children. They would appear at the shelter door and ask if any children were coming their way, and if your house were en route, you were allowed home. We had to learn to lie flat whenever the teacher shouted "Down," and she would thump any bottoms in the air."
During WWII the school had many interruptions, with attendance being low on some days due to prolonged air raids, and there was some bomb damage to the school which meant that some of the older classes had to be taught at Bandon Hill. When children had to go to the air raid shelters during lesson they would sing very loudly so that teachers would not hear the all clear!
Many children were evacuated in July 1944. When VE day was announced in May 1945 the school was closed for two days.
There have been many special occasion that were celebrated at the school many associated with royalty :
25.06.1897 A holiday was given on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in commemoration of the 60 years of the Reign of Her Majesty the Queen Victoria.
16.06.1919 School closed for the coronation of King George V.
11.11.1919 Anniversary of the Armistice. The King's proclamation read, two minutes silence observed and a lesson given on "The League of Nations."
24.02.1923 A holiday is given today in honour of the marriage of H.R.H. The Duke of York with Elizabeth Bowes Lyon. (The current Queen's father and mother.).
12.05.1937 Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
01.06.1953 School closed for the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
29.01.1965 Tributes were made in remembrance of Sir Winston Churchill.
Health and attendance
Poor health caused concerns in the school's history and ranged from scarlet fever, to ringworm, to measles, as well as sore throats and chills.
Lateness seems to have been a concern as many children had long walks to get to school. In 1871 children who were late to school were made to stand up in class all morning. In 1873 two children weren't allowed in to the building because they were late and in 1891 four children were 'dismissed' for not attending regularly enough! Times have changed.
Music has been a significant subject in the school for many years. When Mrs Barty was head teacher the school took part in many music festivals, in Carshalton public Hall and then Fairfield halls. There was a hand bell team and a wind band. It was in honour of Mrs Barty that the extension of the music room was named in the current school building. Musical summer productions began with a class teacher called Mr Matthews in 1988, and have continued to the current time by Year 6.
Outward looking
Holy Trinity has always been an outward looking school who endeavoured to look to the needs of others and not just themselves. This has ranged from a collection for blind soldiers in 1921 of 12 shillings and one penny to sending a hamper of food to a family who had suffered with flooding in Exeter in 1960 to the many charities that the school support today such as Children in Need, Jeans for Genes Day, The Poppy Appeal, The Royal Marsden, etc.
The choir began singing to the elderly folk at Holy Trinity Church in 1960 and this tradition has continued every Christmas.
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
On September 4th 1956 Holy Trinity Church of England Primary school opened with 264 children in six classes.
On 5th September 1961 – 180 children were transferred from Beddington Church of England Junior School and Holy Trinity Infants were admitted in exchange to their school.
Cycling proficiency training started at the school in 1959 and has continued ever since.
On the 1st April 1965 the school was under the new London Borough of Sutton instead of Surrey County Council.
In June 1970 – a 'staff surgery' where staff met parents to talk about their children's progress began, and continues today as parents' evenings appointments!
'Friends of School' (PFOS now – Parents and friends of School) began in 1979 and within a year they raised £1,300 to buy additional school equipment.
Links with Holy Trinity Church
The church was built in 1867 to seat 530, which was interesting since Wallington at the time had a population of less than 500! Holy Trinity Church expanded in to St Patrick's' in 1932 and then Springfield in 1992, and now all three churches support the school and children from those churches attend this school.
The school had its first full Ofsted in 1994, the year that school inspections started. It was listed as 'a school with many strengths.'
In 1996, when the booklet to mark the 100th anniversary of the school was produced by Mrs Vernon, the head teacher of the time, Mr Chatfield, wrote;
"Resources in school have changed beyond recognition. Television can assist with learning and computers are an essential part of every classroom. We need a larger hall, more playground space and permanent accommodation in place of temporary classrooms." (That was finally achieved in 2010). "We maintain a Christian environment in the school. We encourage the children to work to the best of their ability, to care for others and to be aware of spiritual values"
Holy Trinity Church is 150 years old and the school is 121!
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Cheers.

A: You need to look at the console output for the application, since this crashed due to an unhandled Objective-C exception


As in previous years, in 2016 these Kuta Beach always got a shipment of garbage from the river. Kuta Beach at the beginning of the year is filled with garbage. The rain that occurred previously resulted in the upstream garbage into hanyud, heading out to sea and washed up on beach.
Based on the report of the sanitary service by the local government, beginning in 2016 at Kuta Beach, there are about 260 tons of garbage collected. Trash it meets the beach. Derived from the sea that is also filled with trash.
Janitor helped by traders who used to sell along Kuta Beach, clean up trash. From the west end to the east, trash picked up and stacked in several places. Garbage heap and then transported by truck, and taken to a landfill.
Garbage on Kuta Beach every year has always been a disgusting phenomenon that often happens. Garbage always fouled Kuta Beach. Whenever there is heavy rain in Bali, the trash always meet Kuta Beach.
Travelers who are in Kuta Beach worried if they indulge in seawater. Because garbage also meets the water. Garbage floats, and also at the bottom of the water. They are afraid of getting hurt and become sick if the water playing with garbage.
The local government has done everything possible to maintain the cleanliness of Kuta Beach during the rainy season. Clean up the river, to educate people not to throw garbage into the river, do the relocation of residents living along the rivers. But always piled up garbage on Kuta Beach during the rainy season.


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How to cultivate advanced tea leaves.
How to cultivate advanced teas
India has been producing tea since the British colonial period. About 27% of the world's tea is produced in India. India is still the world's second-largest tea grower. With a consumption rate of 11%, it is still a significant consumer. Tea is a popular beverage. Its restricted use is good for the body.
After water, tea is the most consumed beverage on the planet. Tea contains the largest quantity of caffeine and is made from the leaves and buds of the tea plant. It appears to be mostly black in hue.
Assam was the first place in India where tea was widely produced. After that, tea production has spread from the north to the south of India. The cultivation of tea necessitates hot temperatures. During the winter, its plants stop growing. Acidic soil is thought to be the best for growing it.
If you are considering growing tea, we can provide you with all of the necessary information now.
Ideal dirt
Tea growing necessitates land with adequate drainage. It is impossible to grow it on flooded land. Because when there is waterlogging, the plants quickly become ruined. It is only grown in the hill states of India. Its cultivation necessitates the presence of light acidic soil. The pH of the soil is responsible for this. The number should be in the range of 5.4 to 6.
Temperature and climate
The tea plant is a tropical environment plant. Tea requires both hot temperatures and rain to be grown. It is easily planted in an area where there is constantly a rainy season. Its plants thrive in both dry and wet conditions. Its cultivation is best suited to a shady location. Because its plants thrive in a gloomy environment. Its cultivation is harmed by sudden weather changes.
The tea plant needs a normal temperature to flourish at first. Following that, its plants thrive in temperatures ranging from 20 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Its plants can withstand temperatures as high as 35 degrees Fahrenheit and as low as 15 degrees Fahrenheit. However, when the temperature falls below or rises beyond this, the plants cease to grow.
New and enhanced variants
Tea is grown in many parts of India and comes in a variety of kinds. Seeds and grafting are used to grow tea plants.
The plants of this tea varietal have a bushy appearance. Whose leaves appear to be straight and smooth. This sort of plant produces seeds quite quickly. This variety's plants have a distinct Chinese tag aroma. Good grade tea can be produced in big numbers if the seeds and leaves of this type are correctly picked.
Assamese is a caste in Assam
The Assamese caste is regarded as the most superior in the world. The leaves of this species of plant are a light green color. It has delicate, lustrous leaves. From the edges, it appears jagged. This variety of plants is utilized for replanting.
Kangra Tea
Himachal Pradesh produces Kangra tea. From April to October, the leaves of this plant variety are collected. Green tea powder is made from its leaves.
Peony white
China produces the majority of this type of tea. The fragile leaves and buds of the plant are used to make this type of tea. This sort of tea has a small bitterness to it, and its color is lighter in water.
White silver needle
This type of tea is made with freshly picked buds. All sides of its buds are covered in white hairs. When this variety of tea is steeped in water, it turns a very light hue. It has a pleasant and refreshing flavor.
Green, white, and black teas are the most common. These are made by processing plant leaves, branches, and soft components.
Tea, black or plain
Every family has a supply of black tea. Black tea is available in granular form, which can be used to make a variety of teas. However, ordinary tea is frequently prepared from it daily. The leaves are plucked and curled to make this sort of tea. As a result, their form appears blurry.
A cup of white tea
The fresh and fragile leaves of white tea are used to make it. The flavor of this tea is sweet. White tea has a low caffeine content and a high antioxidant content.
Green tea is made from the plant's unprocessed leaves. Fresh green tea leaves can also be used to make green tea. It also contains a lot of antioxidants. Green tea is used to make a variety of teas.
Preparing the farm
Tea plants can produce for many years after they are established. It is primarily grown in India's mountainous regions. Where sloping land is used to cultivate it. Plants will be transplanted into pits on the sloping terrain. These pits are laid out in rows of two and a half to three feet apart. The space between each row should be one to one and a half meters when preparing the pits in rows. They fill the pits once they're ready by putting organic and artificial fertilizers into the soil. One month before planting, these pits are prepared by filling them.
Seedlings are being planted
Tea plants can be grown from seed or cuttings. A plant is first prepared from its seeds in the nursery for seed cultivation. This is accomplished by treating the seeds and planting them in the nursery at a distance of 5 to 7 cm on beds prepared with the proper amount of organic and chemical fertilizers. The plant is then planted in the fields when it reaches a length of around one fit.
Plant cuttings are used to prepare the plant for insertion into the pen. Its cutting length should be around 15 cm. Boil it in hot water, then dry it before placing soil in polythene and putting it in it. Alternatively, soak a cutting in regular hormone and bury it in damp soil. And keep it covered at the right temperature. The pen germinates a few days after the clipping is planted.
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Time and technique of planting
When the tea plant is ripe, it is planted in the fertilizer-prepared trenches. Prepare another small pit in the prepared pits with the use of a scraper before planting the saplings in the pits. The plant's polythene is removed and put in this prepared little pit. Press the plant well with the earth from all sides after planting in the pits of the plant.
After the wet season, tea plants are planted in the field. The months of October and November are the finest times to plant these plants. Plants grow well during this time when they are planted. The plant will soon be ready for harvesting.
Plant's irrigation
Tea is grown mostly in areas where there is sufficient rainfall. Its plant requires extra water and a shady location. Rainwater is used to irrigating the plant for the most part. When the rain is scarce, however, the fountain method should be used to irrigate the plants. If there is no rain and the temperature is high, it is necessary to irrigate the plants daily. Irrigation, on the other hand, should be done according to the season and at a regular temperature.
Fertilizer quantity
More fertilizer is required for tea plants. For this, 15 kilograms of old dung manure, 90 to 120 kg of nitrogen in the form of chemical fertilizers, 90 kg of single super phosphate, and 90 kg of potash should be applied to the plants per acre while creating the pits. After trimming the plants, use this amount of fertilizer three times a year. Aside from that, if there is a sulfur deficit in the field, gypsum should be sprayed in the field from the start.
Control of weeds
Weed management in tea cultivation is accomplished organically using blue hoeing. Do the initial hoeing 20 to 25 days after transplanting the plants for this. In the early years, its plants require additional weed control. However, after its plant has reached full maturity, three to four hoeings per year are sufficient.
Plant upkeep
Tea plants require more attention at first. To give its plants adequate shape, it is required to clip them at the appropriate period in the beginning. If these cuttings are not taken at the start, the plant can grow up to ten feet in length.
As a result, the plant is only cut to a height of one to one and a half meters. The plant produces extra branches as a result of the cutting. As a result, the plant's form becomes bushy. More production is generated from the plant when its shape resembles that of a bush. As a result, the plant should be pruned once a year.
Plant diseases and how to avoid them
Tea plants are susceptible to a variety of illnesses. Plant yield loss can be mitigated if properly addressed promptly. Tea plants are usually affected by redworm and algae, blister blight, and black rot insect disease. Brown blight, pink disease, vertebrobasilar decay, black root rot, ankhuva spot, charcoal thawing, root rot, and brown root rot disease are some of the other diseases that can be found. Plants can be regulated to prevent these diseases by spraying a variety of organic and chemical insecticides.
Leaf plucking is a term that refers to the act of removing leaves from
About a year after being transplanted in the field, tea plants are ready to harvest. It is collected three times a year. After March, the leaves are picked for the first time. About three months after the first harvest, the plants are suitable for re-harvesting. Three pluckings of its plants are done in a year in this manner. During the winter, however, due to the harsh cold, its plants cease to grow. As a result, its plants are available for harvesting again in April after their third harvesting in October-November.
Profit and yield
The average annual production per hectare of various tea cultivars is determined to be between 600 and 800 kg. To the farmer brothers, whose market price is also extremely good. As a result, the farmer brothers may easily earn one and a half to two lakhs per year from one hectare of tea property. There is a standard fee for plant care once the plant is put in its crop. However, when the yield rises, the earnings rise with it.
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Where's the best place in America for you as an individual to legally grow marijuana?
As of early 2017, an individual can legally grow marijuana in California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, New Mexico, Nevada, Alaska, Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Maine, the District of Columbia (D.C.) and Hawaii.
In most states where state law allows you to legally grow marijuana plants, you're limited to 4-6 plants total.
Anyone who's a serious marijuana grower knows 4-6 plants total just isn't enough.
If you grow from non-feminized seed, for example, you have to plant double the number of seeds that you intend to carry into bloom phase, because half or more of those plants could be males.
Or maybe you're into marijuana cloning.
You maintain at least one marijuana motherplant, and take multiple cuttings to ensure a minimum number of healthy, rooted clones. You need to grow more than six plants.
CALIFORNIA: Until the California legislature destroyed Prop. 215 (the landmark medical marijuana law passed by voters in 1996), medical marijuana growers in California had the best deal of all.Prop. 215 was great for growers until Senate Bill 420 came along to limit you to a maximum of six blooming plants or a maximum of 12 grow phase plants.You'd get a doctor's recommendation and government-issued card, but once you did, and especially if you were a designated caregiver for other patients, you could legally grow dozens of cannabis plants.Read here to see how Governor Jerry Brown and the Legislature ruined Prop. 215.In California, your best bet is to qualify as a medical marijuana grower.
Qualified California medical marijuana growers are allowed to have a maximum of eight ounces of cured cannabis.
Some California counties have outright bans on cannabis cultivation.
Under new medical cannabis laws, a California medical marijuana patient is only allowed 100 square feet for cultivation.
If the patient is a caregiver cultivating for a maximum of five other patients, the grower is allowed 500 square feet of cultivation space.
The California law allows a grower to be given compensation for actual out of pocket expenses related to growing.
In theory (and nobody is yet sure how the new California medical marijuana laws will be enforced), you could fit about 20 full-size cannabis plants into a 100 square foot grow op, and about 100 full-size marijuana plants into the 500 square foot space.
In Washington, D.C., for example, where voters approved the Initiative 71 marijuana law in 2014, you can only grow a total of six marijuana plants, but only three can be in bloom phase!
If you share a home with other qualified growers in D.C., the total plants per home can't exceed 12, no matter how many people legally grow marijuana there.
If you want to get paid for your marijuana, you can't.
Initiative 71 only allows a maximum one-ounce transaction, with no compensation provide to the cannabis grower.
And if you're into making bubblehash, dry sift, live resins, dabs, or other "hashish," it's illegal in D.C. just like it is in most states where marijuana is supposedly legalized.
In Colorado, things aren't much better for people who want to legally grow marijuana at home.
If you qualify for a medical marijuana certification, you can only grow six plants total.
If you grow for recreational use, you can grow six cannabis plants, but only three can be in bloom phase.
Possession of an ounce or less of hashish or cannabis concentrates is legal in Colorado, but anything more and you're guilty of a misdemeanor or felony, depending on the weight.
Nor can a Colorado home marijuana grower legally sell marijuana.
In Washington State, there are two ways you can legally grow marijuana.
One is to register with the state's medical marijuana program, which was enacted in 1998.
You have to get a doctor to certify that you suffer from one of the following conditions: cachexia, cancer, Crohn's Disease, Glaucoma, Hepatitis C, HIV or AIDS, chronic pain, muscle spasms, nausea, PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), seizures, or TBI (traumatic brain injury).
Registered medical marijuana patients can legally grow marijuana, but only a total of six plants.
You can legally possess a maximum of eight ounces of cannabis produced from your marijuana plants.
If the health care professional agrees that you need more marijuana than that, you might be allowed to legally grow as many as 15 marijuana plants, and possess up to 16 ounces.
If you're a qualified medical marijuana patient who chooses not to participate in the state's official registry of medical marijuana patients, you can only grow a total of 6 plants and possess no more than 6 ounces of marijuana.
In neighboring Oregon, your best bet to legally grow marijuana is to qualify for the state's medical marijuana program.
Oregon's program was written with input from marijuana growers, which is why it has a smarter approach to plant numbers.
In Oregon, a qualifying patient can grow a maximum of six bloom phase medical marijuana plants, and at the same time have a maximum of 18 grow phase plants.
You can possess a maximum two pounds of medical marijuana.
If you don't qualify for the Oregon medical marijuana program, you're allowed to grow a maximum of four plants, and possess a maximum of eight ounces of your own homegrown marijuana.
New Mexico has a medical marijuana law that was first activated in 2007.
There's a long list of qualifying medical conditions, and if you do qualify, you're allowed to grow 16 plants… but only four can be in bloom phase at the same time.
You're allowed to possess six ounces of cured cannabis.
Nevada's marijuana cultivation and possession laws are a mess.
Your best bet is to qualify for the state medical marijuana registry, but the list of qualifying medical conditions is way too short.
You're allowed to grow a total of 12 marijuana plants that can all be in bloom at the same time, but the law adds in a stupid restriction that you can't legally grow marijuana if you're within 25 miles of a state-licensed medical marijuana dispensary.
But the law says if you cultivate marijuana strains that the local medical marijuana dispensary doesn't have, you're allowed to grow marijuana even if you're within 25 miles of the dispensary.
In Maine, you're allowed to grow a large number of young seedlings and clones, but can only have six plants blooming at any one time.
See here for more details on Maine.
In Massachusetts, you're allowed to grow six plants total. Read here for a detailed explanation of Massachusetts marijuana growing laws.
In Michigan, qualified medical marijuana patients are allowed to grow a total of 12 marijuana plants, and they can all be in bloom at the same time.
However, you're only allowed to possess 2.5 ounces of cured marijuana.
In Hawaii, there's a list of 10 medical conditions that qualify you for medical marijuana status.
You're allowed to grow seven plants, and possess four ounces of cannabis.
Alaska has legalized medical and recreational marijuana growing. You're allowed a total of six plants, but only three can be in bloom phase.
You're allowed to possess one ounce of cannabis.
Arizona has a medical marijuana law that allows you to grow 12 plants, but only if you're more than 25 miles away from a state-licensed marijuana dispensary.
In almost every state, including most of the ones mentioned in this article, there are still severe penalties for people who grow, possess, or sell marijuana without a medical marijuana qualification.
In all 50 states, police can arrest you for growing marijuana regardless of whether you're a legal grower or not. If you're arrested, you have to go to court to seek dismissal of the charges or to win acquittal at trial.
State marijuana laws are subject to interpretation and revision. They're frequently changed, rescinded, altered, or otherwise tampered with by lawmakers or by legal precedents that come from court decisions.
In almost all states where you can legally grow marijuana, the laws place dumb limitations on how and if you can legally grow marijuana outdoors.
Each state has laws governing cannabis concentrates, medibles, tinctures, hashish, butane honey oil, and other cannabis products. In most cases, those products are strictly regulated and may be illegal.
Landlords, employers, courts, and others are legally allowed to discriminate against marijuana growers and users. The limited exception to this is Hawaii, which passed anti-discrimination laws. Read here for more about the Hawaii protections.
The advice in this article about where to legally grow marijuana is mainly intended for black market home marijuana growers who have less than ten lights. If you want to be a state-licensed, large-scale commercial grower, you have to have a lot of money to pay the fees and comply with the regulations.
State legalization laws favor large-scale, big-money, commercial marijuana growers.
The members of the BigBudsMag.com staff have grown cannabis in all the states on this list, other than Alaska.
Our consensus opinion is the best states to legally grow marijuana in are California, Oregon, Maine, and Michigan.
We favor Oregon, Michigan, and Maine the most, because you can legally grow marijuana there with enough plants to do motherplants, breeding, cloning, and growing multiple cannabis strains.
In Michigan there are only a handful of legal marijuana dispensaries and most of those are in Ann Arbor, so the retail price and demand for marijuana are high.
Michigan, Massachusetts, and Maine have very cold winters, so you can use your indoor grow lights to help heat your house.
Wherever you choose to legally grow marijuana, remember full legalization doesn't exist anywhere in the United States.
Real marijuana legalization would mean you can grow marijuana as legally as you grow tomato plants.
Trump's choice for attorney general indicated during recent Senate testimony that he'll enforce federal marijuana law in legalized states. Read here for more details on that.
A Texas House committee has scheduled a hearing Tuesday on a bill that would legalize marijuana in the state as a medical treatment option for a wide range of health conditions, including chronic pain, cancer, autism and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The hearing – in the House Public Health Committee, chaired by state Rep. Four Price, R-Amarillo — marks a victory of sorts for advocates of medical marijuana in Texas. Last week, about two dozen supporters rallied at the state Capitol and urged Price and state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, to hold hearings on two medical marijuana bills that have been languishing in their committees for weeks.
Price's hearing Tuesday over House Bill 2107 will take place in room E2.012 in the Capitol. The meeting begins at 8 a.m., but it's unclear when the HB 2107 hearing will start because the Public Health Committee is holding a number of other hearings as well.
Senate Bill 269, which is in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, is a companion bill to HB 2107. Schwertner, who chairs the committee, hasn't scheduled a hearing on SB 269.
Two years ago, Texas lawmakers approved what's known as the Compassionate Use Act, legalizing oils made from cannabidiol for medical purposes. Cannabidiol, commonly called CBD, is found in marijuana plants but doesn't produce euphoria or a high.
However, that law, which has yet to have any impact because the first Texas CBD dispensaries won't be licensed until this summer, restricts the compound's use only to certain patients suffering from a rare form of epilepsy, and only after they've first tried two conventional drugs that prove to be ineffective. Advocates for medical marijuana have said the Compassionate Use Act is so restrictive it's useless for most people.
Fazio called the act "unworkable" in its current form.
The Marijuana Policy Project is a national non-profit group focused on reforming marijuana laws.
HB 2107 would legalize medical use of all parts of the marijuana plant in Texas – including tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, which does induce a high for users – for any doctor-corroborated debilitating health condition.


The more the merrier! That's the Waalkes family motto. With 10 adopted kids and two biological kids, Erica and Dan love their big family. The busy schedules and controlled chaos of 10 kids in the house mean Erica and Dan have to be honest with themselves and with each other. They're mindful about distinguishing between behaviors that are triggered by trauma and behaviors that are just normal kid stuff. They give each other parenting breaks and loving reminders to lighten up. Adoption isn't always easy, which is why the Waalkes are the first to laugh at themselves and their sometimes-chaotic life.