Posted on 04/11/2010 7:10:57 AM PDT by Trafalgar123
America's triumph in space is the greatest achievement of the 20th century. So it makes perverted sense for Obama to destroy our pride in this matchless accomplishment and stage our humiliation before the world.
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Good photoshoppers could post 0 bowing to Marvin the Martian and maybe Mork from Ork.
Rent a rocket program.
The Mule Train has won the day. If this writer does not know of the mule train she should research it.
We did away with our Space program and now will pay Russia 55 million dollars for a taxi ride to the Space Station.
Not too long from now we’ll fix this.
To be fair, its not just Obama who squandered the legacy of Apollo. The Space Shuttle, in retrospect, was an expensive ticket to nowhere. Previously presidents merely allowed NASA to make expensive mistakes. Obama is deliberately destroying what is left of NASA. The Muslim Marxist is intent on destroying whatever remains of our national pride and prestige, and turning us into a third world country. Gutting NASA is part of that strategy.
And pick up a few satellites for the return trip never know we could learn something for the mother land.
That decision was made over six years ago, by George Bush.
If we "did away with our Space program," how is it we have a Space Station to need a ride to?
FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!
Today our government is failing us. We are saving fish and birds and other meaningless stimulaing junk.
If we return to the Moon As Senator/Astronaut Harrison Schmidt has proposed in his book Return to the Moon, we would encourage a new generation of math and science learning, Produce Alternative energy on the moon for Earth use, and continue our Trek to the Stars, (thank you Gene Roddenberry).
OBlahblah is all talk no Action.
And if BO was a true man of vision, he would UNDO a bad decision. But BO is a one-worlder global government type like GWB and his daddy were.
The decision to end Shuttle can’t be “undone.” There are only three orbiters left, and the productions lines for parts like the ET were shut down two years ago. They can’t keep flying at this point, even if they wanted to. At best, they could restart it in a couple years, at a cost of billions. We need to move on to something better.
You’re right. The shuttle is old (1970’s/80’s) technology. Even with upgrades to things like the onboard computers, its major components must be getting out of date.
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