Douglas Loverro

Former Dep Asst Sec Defense, Space Policy; Unrepentant Space Nerd and Grandpa

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@konstructivizm For everyone's benefit, this was in 1982!

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@erichhartmann @KobeissiLetter The GOP did not ignore DOGE -- but DOGE ignored true sources of savings. Actual fraud and waste in Social Security, Medicare, and other mandatory programs is a known and documented issue -- the last time.the GAO studies that, they found over $750B of fraud.

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@AllanLichtman Allan -- The issue you're dealing with is that your analysis assumes that the American people have a shared view of the underlying facts that drive your predictions. That is, unfortunately, no longer true. Without those shared understandings, your "keys" become strained.

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@RNCResearch Perhaps you should actually listen to the speech. As for the "make it clear" comment - it's not a flub. He's saying, "we do not seek -- [Let me] make it clear -- we do not seek". The "Let me" is implied.

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@mtgreenee Hmm @mtgreenee Sounds suspiciously like the Articles of Confederation 1777- 1781. Assure the federal government had little power & states retained their "rights" and identity, but still as one nation. As you should have learned in high school history, it was a dismal failure.

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@mandy_vaughn You deserve it Mandy. Congrats

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@SpcPlcyOnline @WSN_WorldSpace May 25, Kennedy announces the terms of the race, send a man to the moon and return him safely.
Timeline analysis -- 6 weeks and 1 day from Yuri Gagarin until Kennedy's speech.
Brilliant strategic move by Kennedy and brilliant out-maneuvering of the bureaucracy by Von Braun!

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@SpcPlcyOnline @WSN_WorldSpace Apr 28, official NSC answer is basically, "We can't"
Apr 30, Von Braun "unofficial" answer is, "We can, by aiming for a manned moon mission and return -- PS, I hope this does not disagree with NASA's official response"

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@spacedaporras @spacedaporras You are so right. Exactly as we hoped would happen once the moratorium was announced. I personally don't see the UN agreeing -- but, if all space faring nations agree on similar moratoria, we will effectively be there and those that are not, will be ostracized.

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@joekent16jan19 @CawthornforNC Gents -- here's an idea for both of you. Turn off Fox news, open a book, and read it. You might actually learn something about history, spelling, and why you no longer embody every idea that made the Republican Party great.

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@Acyn @TuckerCarlson It's not hard to understand Tucker. It's because if you side with an aggressor today, he will become a larger aggressor tomorrow. Britain famously followed your advice in the 1930s when Hitler annexed Sudetenland -- and WWII was the result.

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@briantylercohen @LeaderMcConnell @briantylercohen I normally agree with most of your points, but let's do recall, Harry Reid started us down that fateful road in 2013 for all other judicial nominees. Best not to make that same mistake again. The filibuster is painful, but less painful than any alternative.

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@atrupar Hard to comprehend epic stupidity of this @TuckerCarlson rant. Life expectancy of a living 78 yr old in the US is 87.3/88.9 yrs (male/female). For an 88 yr old, it is 92.7 & 93.5 (https://t.co/sVjPBrV4bk). On average Coronavirus robbed seniors who died of over 10 yrs of life.

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Final preparations are underway in the transfer aisle for the lift and mate of the @NASA_SLS core stage to the boosters on the mobile launcher in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at @NASAKennedy. #Artemis

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Mission control teams monitor as two new power sources head on their way to @Space_Station! A pair of new solar arrays will augment the electrical supply for the orbiting lab as its important work for deep-space tech development and other innovations continues for years to come.

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@senatemajldr Sen McConnell: Please use your power to stop this insanity. Make it clear to your colleagues that any further Republicans who support contesting the electoral college when the Senate reconvenes will lose any leadership position in your causcus. They must be held accountable

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@3YearLetterman @realDonaldTrump Actually, it was designed built by the French as a gift to the US -- Gustave Eiffel who also designed his eponymous tower in Paris.

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@WilliamShatner The journey to a Space Force began long before the current occupant of the White House was elected. We should all hope it continues long after he leaves.

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@apollozac @NASA @Commercial_Crew I'd be honored

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Time to sign off. A last @NASA tweet. I'm proud of all team HEO has done, & all they will do. I hope I served them well and perhaps pointed the way. I'd rather be "marred by dust & sweat & blood" than to stand among the "cold and timid souls". Go @Commercial_Crew LL&P, Out.