Re: SeaLaunch Ship Could Be Impounded

[Dave Clements <clements@xxxxxx>]

On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Mark Reiff wrote:

> Dave Clements wrote:
> 
> > Isn't that how *every* administration plays?
> 
> Not with the gross disregard for the law and utter contempt for national
> security that this Administration has.

Might I remind you of the activities of Nixon, Reagan and many others
which would appear to be much the same? Just because you don't like the
incumbent administration, you shouldn't be blind to the faults of the
past.
  
> > And said congressman may have been putting on the heat because he felt the
> > use of Long March meant some of his local companies were losing out.
> 
> Well Rep. Rohrbacher has been representing the Huntington Beach and Seal
> Beach area for longer than Boeing has been in the area (MacDac and
> Rockwell used to have some level of respectability that he could
> defend.)  Boeing deliberately relocated its space systems headquarters
> in Seal Beach to take advantage of Sen. Rohrbacher's position as the
> House Space Subcommittee chairman, thinking that his close ties to
> Speaker Gingrich put him in a position to move even higher in the House
> leadership command structure.

Last I checked McDac *was* Boeing now, so they've effectively been in the
area for a long time. What you say here though sounds like the usual shell
game with influence and congressional districts thats made many space
projects amusing to the outside world.

> Well it is at least hardball politics.  You would think that Boeing
> would be smart enough to stay out of the crossfire.

I'd guess its a cock-up myself but am not ruling out conspiracy at this
stage.

Dave







References:
Re: SeaLaunch Ship Could Be Impounded
From: Mark Reiff <mreiff1@xxxxxxxxxx>





	

	Date


	<td bgcolor=#b0b0b0
 width=33%>Previous
	<td bgcolor=#b0b0b0
 width=33%>List
       	<td bgcolor=#b0b0b0
 width=33%>Next



	
	

	Thread


	<td bgcolor=#b0b0b0
 width=33%>Previous
	<td bgcolor=#b0b0b0
 width=33%>List
	<td bgcolor=#b0b0b0
 width=33%>Next