Abort to orbit is a NASA term for when you've had an event during ascent that may not let you go where you want to, but you'll still get a little time circling the earth for a bit. In the long run, it seems that's all we do...
Friday, September 16, 2005
What's Good for the Goose...
After reviewing all the information coming out about Hurricane Katrina, I think I see the biggist single reason why so many were left behind. If they had put a nuclear power plant in New Orleans, they would have had sirens, a 100% tested and effective evacuation plan, that would have covered 100% of the population. Instead, they let the Army Corps of Engineers spend billions of dollars on the waterways, levees, dikes and dams, without filing a single evacuation plan. If they had been forced to follow the same procedure that a private firm would have, the city would have been 100% evacuated, and we wouldn't be looking at all the finger pointing that is going on.
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