Sublime

The key role of NASA is to define the mission, plan the programme, be clear on the guidelines, set the parameters, and then allow as much innovation as possible to create the product or service required. None of this could have been done without the NASA staff themselves having experience of the underlying science and technology; in fact, it would

In a reliability assessment of the Shuttle that he had personally conducted with various NASA personnel, he discovered that some NASA officials were short in technical ability as well as honesty and integrity. Feynman thought that the Commission's report, as written, did not deal directly with these concerns.

For every dollar the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spends on ocean exploration and research, NASA gets a hundred and fifty. We lavish billions on the prospect of colonizing Mars, a barren dust ball. The ocean’s inner space is a harder sell, because humanity has the unfortunate habit of ignoring and fearing what it can’t see.