10th February 2003, 9:10 PM
I never said that. I said that the idea that ALL errors are reported to the President is simply ridiculous. Even if they were all reported DIRECTLY to him, why would they WAIT to repair the error until they got confirmation? Such a method of running NASA is just nuts.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)