Surprise! - A NASA Overhaul Needed | Houston Chronicle

By Chris Bronk & Tory Gattis, Houston Chronicle, Posted 12/21/09

Link: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6778831.html

"NASA's brightest potential future is one where it serves as an enabler, standards-setter and coordinating body for the more entrepreneurial activity needed to bring the cost of spaceflight down. Still needed is a “Moore's Law of Space Travel” in which a clear trend for capability in spaceflight at constant cost may be projected out. The big idea here is to work toward a balance between agile, entrepreneurial models found in the technology sector with the requirements of NASA's future programs. This will mean a gross revision of how the agency does its business. As NASA transitions to a new, younger workforce in the next decade, let us hope it begins rewriting its rules to inspire these individuals to achieve the sort of successes the X Prize winners are achieving at a fraction of the cost of those working in government."