".............." Warren Ellis had this to say via 'bad signal': "Today, the Observer is reporting the thing no-one will want to hear -- that a veteran NASA engineer has been trying to warn NASA and the White House for the last couple of years about the likelihood of catastrophic failure due to mismanagement. The Shuttles are old boats, built by low-bidders on the old boy network. Boeing, who last week posted a year-on-year loss of half a billion dollars..." Ellis has been working on a new book dealing with space exploration. I saw the cover art a couple of weeks ago but forgot to post it. Seems fitting to put it up now. Mike is blogging to: nothing