Congress to dump Obama NASA plan

Flight Global ^ | 2-25-10 | Rob Coppinger

[Species8472]

White House plans to axe NASA's return-to-the-Moon Constellation programme and ground the Space Shuttle have sparked unified opposition from Congress, which looks determined to preserve a full spectrum of US manned spaceflight activities.

A draft Congressional bill leaked to Flight International sets out the politicians' alternate plan. It involves possibly extending Shuttle life to 2015, running competitive commercial crew and cargo programmes and continuing development of Constellation's vehicles including a heavylift rocket designed to get astronauts to the Moon in the 2020s and then Mars.

senator Bill Nelson of Florida says of the opposition to the Obama plan: "I have never seen [Congress] as unified as we are now."

[Species8472]

Wobbling on one foot deciding to take a giant leap forward or backwards for mankind!

[SmokingJoe]

This is one occasion since 0bama took power, when congress is doing the right thing, and sending the communist destroyer of America packing.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[pallis]

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[Frantzie]

Bill Nelson is a POS who needs to be voted out. Stupid hayseed phony arse***e. He is a big global warming liar.

[tet68]

They start opposing Obama and they might find their
constituants like it.

[brownsfan]

If this happens, and Congress does overrule the Marxist in Chief, I’ll be totally shocked... in a good way.

[GL of Sector 2814]

Best news I’ve heard all day.

[GeronL]

bump

I thought Congress might have second thoughts on this

[driftdiver]

You’re right about nelson but he’s fighting for jobs in his state on this one.

As a former astronaut he also probably really believes in the program as well.

[skr]

He’s retiring.

[C210N]

White House plans to axe NASA's return-to-the-Moon Constellation programme...

Axe it? or Ax it? or Ask it?

[Non-Sequitur]

Which goes to show that Congress is incapable of cutting any government program in any department or agency in existence.

[opentalk]

Wonder if they will address Using NASA as an outreach to Muslims

[Frantzie]

Huh? Bill Nelson of FL is retiring? I did not hear that. He needs to be tarred and feathered.

[Buckeye McFrog]

watch for it...full-scale Dummycrat mutiny against Barry is imminent....

[TexasFreeper2009]

Obama finally managed to bring everyone together... AGAINST HIM !

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Vaquero]

Ping

[Niuhuru]

Now he’s picking a fight with NASA too.

[Lucky9teen]

It’d be nice if he was the one packing to go to the Moon (or Mars)

I only wish they could hurry up and send him there though...2015 is too far away.