NASA
Two birds. One stone. No losers.
I have a plan. It’s a cunning plan. It’s going to fix NASA, or solve the pesky little leak in the Gulf—possibly both, though I wouldn’t bet on it.
It’s time to charge NASA with solving the Oil Leak. Let’s give them a deadline: they have 60 days to solve the problem. Let’s give them motivation: solve the problem or you are all fired. Let’s give them a budget, say, 5 Billion Dollars—one quarter of the money that BP has socked away. Let them go at it. This will solve our problems, one way or another.
Why NASA? This is an organization that is used to working remotely—an organization that was once used to solving problems with duct tape and coffee filters. They are the smartest (wo)men in the room. If anyone can solve it, NASA can.
And if they can’t? Then they don’t deserve their 17 Billion dollar annual budget. NASA, remember, can’t even get people to space anymore. If they can’t plug a drain at the bottom of a big bathtub, then disband the organization. Fire everyone. I’m sure they would get snapped up by, say, BP. I hear they are hiring people with hole plugging experience. Alberta could hire a few too, to get the old Alberta Space Program started.
But if they can—if NASA can save the Gulf—then there’s a chance they may be able to save all of us, say, when the big asteroid inevitably comes. Heck—there’s a chance they’ll be able to put a man in space again one day (though I wouldn’t hold my breath).
Two birds. One stone. No Losers.
Go.