iht.com — NASA officials confirmed this week that H211, a limited liability company that counts Google's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, as one of its principals, had secured rights to operate a refurbished wide-body Boeing 767-200 out of Moffett Field, an airport that is run by NASA and is generally closed to private jets.
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rnreekezSep 13, 2007
That's exactly why most people are not angry about the no bid contracts...they are oblivious to what happened
bloodguardSep 13, 2007
Larry Ellison is probably going to throw an epic hissy fit when he hears about this. He's stuck parking his jet at SJC and has to abide by some pretty strict curfews due to noise abatement.Neener, Larry. Neener.
phoenixpathSep 13, 2007
You are a complete moron. I registered this account and verified it just so I could tell you that.Global warming...Pfff.
honoredmuleSep 13, 2007
It sounds like you're putting the cart before the horse. If the government has a job they need done, they can open a contract for bidding, and should give the job to the bidder who offers the best deal (which isn't necessarily the lowest price, because underbidding just guarantees you'll hire incompetent buffoons).But if someone goes to a government agency or operation and offers a unique deal that will mutually benefit both parties, we're talking about a totally different ballpark. Is the government supposed to refuse on the basis that there's no competiton between that 3rd party and others for the deal? That would be kind of stupid.
daftmanSep 14, 2007
Well Google subsidize their employees Hybrid cars. Do other companies do that?
jqp123Sep 14, 2007
NASA has money to burn. They've spent well over $100 billion on the space station. To put this in perspective, for that price we could have sent robotic missions (like the Mars rovers) to very planet in the solar system, learned far more, and still had money left over. Instead, NASA chose to build a floating tourist trap for the obscenely rich and a monument to the gullible taxpayer.
atomic1fireSep 15, 2007
but its not like they are buying control of NASAthey are buying a parking space and some equipmentnot a politicianeven if I think these knuckleheads always cry fowl play if a politician doesn't agree with them this case is not an actual company buyout of the goverment