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2010-01-03 Science & Technology

Henry Petroski reviews 'The Department of Mad Scientists' by Michael Belfiore

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Posted by Fred 2010-01-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 DARPA is an unusual government agency, in that it makes a deliberate effort to prevent its program managers from becoming an entrenched bureaucracy

Damn, why can't / shouldn't ALL agencies conform to this model? Think how much that would save.

Posted by AlanC 2010-01-03 07:56|| 2010-01-03 07:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Before anyone gets too carried away with their celebration of the DARPA genius...

Walrus Heavy-Lift Blimp Rises, Falls... Rises?

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-03 11:55|| 2010-01-03 11:55|| Front Page Top

#3 You're always gonna have clinkers among the gems*, Besoeker.

*Kinda like Rantburg commenters.

Posted by Pappy 2010-01-03 13:23|| 2010-01-03 13:23|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm not sure Walrus was anything that couldn't work. Congress just didn't want to fund it.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-01-03 13:29|| 2010-01-03 13:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Good points Pappy and Snowy Mtn. My obvious DARPA and Advanced Research and Development Activity (ARDA) prejudices find their roots in watching tons of money pi**ed away to beltway contractor insiders and leftest university research grants without end......while deployed soldier go wanting for kit and ammo.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-03 13:39|| 2010-01-03 13:39|| Front Page Top

#6 That's the fault of Congress, Besoeker.

Not of DARPA.

Posted by Pappy 2010-01-03 18:40|| 2010-01-03 18:40|| Front Page Top

#7 I see no reason it wouldn't work, but it's a HUGE target.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-01-03 21:55|| 2010-01-03 21:55|| Front Page Top

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