NASA: Senior Review 2016

Yay, NASA Senior Review is out:

SeniorReviewReport_2016

tl;dr - everyone is above average, they're good enough and we like you.

Mission ranks Mission ranks

bad news: per AAAC meeting earlier, there is not enough $ to actually pay for all these lovely toys, so something will have to give, somewhere.
Someone at a high enough pay grade to take the blame will decide whether to cut from the bottom or give everybody a haircut.
Early tealeaf readings are haircuts all around.

Official NASA site for Senior Review + Response

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[Editor's Note: After extensive review by our attorneys, upper management at T. C. O. Enterprises, Inc. has determined that the copy provided by the narrator for today's subject is too controversial to print.
Lets say you are a super hero. You are in cognito at this huge fancy party the Mayor is throwing, and you get word that one of the party guests is really a mad scientist/evil genius whos about to do something really mad/evil.
I will have you know that I never experienced the red pattern in the diagram.
A list: Genetically Modified Foods Liquor Breast Implants Rosie O'Donnell on The View Pesticides 1986's Flow-bee Haircut before the Junior Prom with Wendy Barnes World War I --Ng&Cohen2006

My take of the senior review website is that the official NASA response authorizes all missions for extensions; those decisions do indeed take into account the budget. The response notes which missions have had additions or reductions to their budgets. So no missions will be turned off.

By anonymous (not verified) on 09 Jun 2016 #permalink