ManagementSpeak: It looks like you’ve thought of everything.
Translation: I have no ownership in this idea, and no reason to care about it. Good thing you won’t need my help.
This week’s anonymous contributor might not have thought of everything, but he did think of an excellent translation.
BIG/GAS stands for “Business Is Great/Government and Academics are Stupid.”
It’s a popular proposition among the shouting classes, but NASA — specifically Spirit and Opportunity — have, over the past six years, driven a few more nails in its coffin. While unpopular in some circles the two Mars rovers have, as of this writing, exceeded their planned mission lives by more than 2,500%.
