Government shut down... and NASA

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by NickE

If the government is shut down during St. Louis, I would expect we will not have the NASA webcast, NASA Machine Shops or Mark Leon the NASA Emcee.

I'd agree with the first two, but I'm pretty certain Mark could still Emcee. If there's a furlough, he won't be working for NASA unless he has a critical role to fill. And if he's not working for NASA, he's a civilian like the rest of us and can do whatever he likes. It's not like they're going to lock him in his house for the duration of the furlough. The only obstacle would be that NASA wouldn't pay his travel expenses, assuming they do so in the first place.

[rsisk]

According to Mark at the Utah regional, he would not be able to EmCee if NASA is shut down over the weekend.

[Ankit S.]

Originally Posted by rsisk

According to Mark at the Utah regional, he would not be able to EmCee if NASA is shut down over the weekend.

Aw... that sucks... Mark is a GREAT EmCee.

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by rsisk

According to Mark at the Utah regional, he would not be able to EmCee if NASA is shut down over the weekend.

Well I stand corrected and curious as to why that'd be. But I trust the man knows his own business better than I would.

[MrForbes]

If he's representing NASA when he MCs, then he can't do it, because he's not allowed to work while furloughed.

[nighterfighter]

Originally Posted by squirrel

If he's representing NASA when he MCs, then he can't do it, because he's not allowed to work while furloughed.

So he can just MC without representing NASA, he's just a random guy they found on the street, with great MC talents!

[MrForbes]

I don't know if you've seen Mark MC, but representing NASA is a big part of what he does. I can easily understand why he could not do it if furloughed.

My wife is also subject to furlough if the budget is not passed....I've been paying a bit of attention to the subject.

[Cory]

Mark is on government travel when MC'ing.

[BigJ]

Well... let's all hope they do the math in a timely manner over in Washington.

couldn't resist.

[VisandElu]

Well, it is averted for at least three days

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Olivia

Well, it is averted for at least three days

Yup, looks like we're safe. At least for this weekend.

[keehun]

Originally Posted by IndySam

Yup, looks like we're safe. At least for this weekend.

CNN confirmed!

[Bill_B]

Originally Posted by BigJ

Well... let's all hope they do the math in a timely manner over in Washington.

couldn't resist.

Math? they only do English in D.C.. And as far as RTFM goes, they usually go to great lengths to prevent that. The founding fathers never imagined acts of congress whose length is such that, if handwritten, would take a year per copy. So, they sadly omitted specifying congressional acts' word-count length limitations in the constitution.
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[MikeE]

Originally Posted by Bill_B

Math? they only do English in D.C..

Slightly off-topic, but I frequently summarize the core mission of FIRST as inspiring the smartest high school kids to study science and engineering, so they don't become lawyers
(It's about 70% in jest)

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Cory

Mark is on government travel when MC'ing.

Wait, WHAT!


















Just kidding!


If you guys are gettting rid of any old items/robots send them up north *COUGH*!

Good luck to all NASA teams!