Word: generalling
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...unmanned missions makes more sense, as robotic exploration accounts for most of the important science being done by NASA today. The conventional counterargument asserts that the manned space program justifies its expense and its danger because it attracts the most attention, not just to NASA, but to science in general. But, even if that’s true, NASA severely underestimates the appeal of robots. Tiny Mars rovers launched five years ago for nearly half the cost of a single shuttle mission continue to receive nearly constant coverage, even for minor milestones...
...disregard for warnings about the combustibility-prone Pinto in its disastrous determination to win back market share. What goes for business goes for life—Bennett quotes Adam Galinsky, a professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, who warns that goal-setting in general “can focus attention too much, or on the wrong things; it can lead to crazy behaviors to get people to achieve them...
...timing could not be more ideal. Days after President Obama fired the CEO of General Motors, and instructed GM and Chrysler to fix up fast or drive headlong into bankruptcy, college basketball's annual bonanza, the Final Four, has arrived in the Motor City to provide a much-needed distraction. What's even sweeter: Michigan State University, located just 90 miles west of Detroit in East Lansing, made the national semifinals this year, giving the locals more reason to cheer (unless, of course, they bleed the University of Michigan's maize and blue and wouldn't dare root...
...lack of confidence in the government's handling of the economy has benefited the opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) - so much so that it could wrest control of government from Aso's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for the first time in decades in the next general election. There has been speculation that Aso might call an election in May or June to take advantage of a political-contributions scandal surrounding DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa, but no decision has been made. An election must be held by October...
...what they want. Military analysts say that the vast majority of Europe's soldiers who are not yet in Afghanistan are not capable of fighting alongside the U.S., in part because they lack the training and equipment vital to fighting in Afghanistan's tough terrain. Former NATO Secretary General George Robertson wrote in Friday's Financial Times that Europe's militaries were "pathetically ill-equipped for the world we foresee," and that the Continent's "usable deployable troops amount to just 2% of the 2.5 million who are in uniform" a figure which Abuthnot says is "generous." In an interview...