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The Future of NASA
fishbonez writes "According to this article, the President's new space exploration initiative parallels his military strategy for space. The article doesn't directly say that NASA will become an integral part of the military plan but clearly that conclusion could be drawn without the need for a tinfoil hat. We have already seen that Hubble will be allowed to expire prematurely as a result of this new initiative. Is the re-allocation of funds within NASA really for getting to the Moon and Mars? Or is it just a cover for shifting toward military space applications? If true, how badly will NASA's scientific mission be effected if it becomes a conduit for giving research and development money to defense contractors?" UPI has a lengthy piece covering the development of the new space plan.
So we must protect it from the Chinese. We'll also own Mars once we land some people there and plant a flag. Defending our territory is very important.
Need a
Another
Space
Army
Makes perfect sense. Bush loves spying.
They will never be happy until they have a missile base and a McDonalds drive through on every chunk of rock in the solar system bigger than 2 square metres .
NEW YORK:
At New York's Kennedy airport today, an individual later discovered to be a public school teacher was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a slide rule, and a calculator.
At a morning press conference, Attorney general John Ashcroft said he believes the man is a member of the notorious al-gebra movement. He is being charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.
"Al-gebra is a fearsome cult," Ashcroft said. "They desire average solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in a search of absolute value.
I'd rather be a conservative nutjob than a liberal with no nuts and no job.
fuck space...i'd say the future is digging underground!
Yup. In anticipation of jingoism-poster-boy Bush being handed another election (this time by Diebold instead of the courts), I've already begun constructing a survival shelter deep in my backyard.
I don't think this country will survive another four years with that fucking bastard at the helm, but I will.
PowerPoint dumbs down another presentation
"Academicians are more likely to share each other's toothbrush than each other's nomenclature."
Cohen
I for one welcome our new American overlords...oops
I meant to say I welcome American militarization of space. Only the Americans can do it, only the Americans can be trusted not to abuse the power. If it were China or Russia, I'd be much more scared because they've both shown no compunction about killing millions of their own people. I shudder to think what they would do to the rest of us.
-- You see, there would be these conclusions that you could jump to
"Treaties, to god-damned hell with treaties! We have no treaties. In fact, we don't need treaties. I don't have to show you any stinking treaties, you god-damned cabron and ching' tu madre!"
--Liberally adapted from Treasure of the Sierra Madre
"Nothing was broken, and it's been fixed." -- Jon Carroll
Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Elliot Abrams, Jeb Bush, and Paul Wolfowitz.
I consider all of them heroes. They are the Minuteman of this era. They will do anything to protect America and to ensure that those who threaten it are destroyed. There is nothing wrong about that at all.
If you're not with us, that is.
-- You see, there would be these conclusions that you could jump to
But really, what's wrong with the militarization of space? Almost all the sci-fi tv shows dealing with space, yes, the ones you know and love, are populated by military folks
Dude, it looks like maybe you need to think about undertaking a manned mission to the real world.
Of course, on the flip side, the Pentagon can afford a whole fleet of nuclear-missile equipped space craft based on the moon, and still have money left over to develop another overpriced artillery piece -- one that can send email, perhaps.
with all this hot air, someone would think that an election was on its way.
*sigh*
whats 2000 times worse than a monkey!?
a human
No, that's the soup.
You must work at Marshall. I've never see so many people entraced about getting satellites into space using string.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?