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The Future of NASA

Posted by michael on from the up-in-the-air-ha-ha-ha dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Check out anti-slash by jdifool · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I told it to the mods, so I guess you kind of deserve it.

    Take it easy man when I say : fuck off.

    You are exactly the kind of people who prevent the men of good-will to discuss that point.
    I guess you don't realize how the editors are taking advantage of what you are doing. "Look at all these suckers there, if this is supposed to be criticism, then we feel ok about it". And just because the average /. reader is too fucking lazy to go through a -1 threshold, it is widely assumed that yes, /. editors are right.

    Don't get me wrong. I personnally think that some editors are worth it. But michael really is a problem, and you fucking morons are not the solution.

    What really upsets me here is that I find some bright people, who are posting some leftist rants, thirsty of justice, and that can't realize they are using a system at least as fucked up as every government in this world.

    Of course some lame poster will answer, "this is a news site, chill out and get a life". Fuck you too. I'm sure the best layer of /. posters can be brought away of a system they wouldn't accept if they knew it a bit more. Whatever.

    But you are what really pisses me off. Some fucking assholes spitting your frustration. Make your move, build a news site, fucker.

    jdif

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  2. Re:NASA is dying... Bushcraft Confirms by nathanm · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The explanation is that bush jr. trying to find a way to prove to his daddy that he's a real man. Since he couldn't accomplish that during nam, and had to get spirited into the safety of the national guard instead, he sends hundreds to die in Iraq. Thus proving by proxy that he has what it takes.
    The whole "Bush avoided Vietnam by joining the National Guard" conspiracy has been thoroughly debunked. People from his unit were actually deployed to Vietnam at the time he volunteered to join the National Guard.
  3. Re:NASA is dying... Bushcraft Confirms by Qrlx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    do you have a source on that? all i've heard so far is speculation on both sides.

    based on what little i know, it makes sense to me that bush avoided vietnam by joining the NG. Otherwise, why not just join the army and go to 'nam?