Er, a "directorate" WTF is that? This isn't East Germany governed by Russian control. Or is it? NASA didn't put men on the Moon by having 500 layers of political heinie-wipers just there for taking the heat.
Either this MoFo is ready in a trice, or it will never be. It's time to turn this entire BUMF over to the kinds of people who can leap into the future with technology and a spirit of enterprise and exploration.
And one hell of a big Insurance policy.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
