NASA Chief Under Fire For Personal Shuttle Use

[welshTerrier2]

more graft, corruption and cronyism from an out-of-control administration ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL—NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has yet to respond to recent allegations that he used NASA space shuttles on as many as one dozen unauthorized outings to such destinations as New York City, the French Riviera, and his vacation home near Ketchum, ID.


Griffin plays the Pebble Beach course minutes after blasting off from his Idaho vacation home.

A report issued Monday by NASA's Oversight Commission indicates a cumulative 1.8 million miles unaccounted for on the Atlantic, Discovery, and Endeavor shuttles. In addition, shuttle pilot James Kelly reported numerous occasions on which he found the pilot seat "adjusted for someone else."

The report also revealed that radio presets on the shuttle had been changed to receive various talk-radio stations from across the country, and that the cargo bays contained foreign items such as an old pair of sneakers, "aviator"-style sunshades, two empty Big Gulp Los Angeles Dodgers collector cups, and CDs that shuttle astronauts say are not theirs.

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[Bluebear]

1. :)

[TallahasseeGrannie]

2. You got me.

[TheDebbieDee]

5. You got me, too! You old dog! ; - )

[tanyev]

3. I'll bet it's great for picking up chicks!

[montanacowboy]

4. The French Riveria and Sun Valley

JHC, when does it end? where is the end of the corrupt cronies? they just keep comin

[longship]

6. Love it!!

Gotta love the Onion.
:rofl:

[welshTerrier2]

8. thanks, longship !!

pretty good one though, eh ??

[Kittycat]

9. For a second there, I was like - WTF?

rofl

[Dr.Phool]

7. Damnedest golf cart I ever saw!

[populistdriven]

10. Ahhhh, the aroma of a fresh-cut onion makes me light-headed :)

[meow2u3]

11. He must be booking vacations on the moon

and charging people a million bucks for tickets :silly:

[Zensea]

12. The sad thing is how believable this is.

:-(

[damntexdem]

13. Peeling away the layers of the onion of corruption in this Administartion

just makes one cry.

;-)

[ThoughtCriminal]

14. Uh-Oh - is that a NASA emblem on the shuttle?

I guess the Onion can expect another C&D for using the "Meatball".