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Funding Promised for Trips to Moon, Mars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the believe-it-when-i-see-it dept.

image77 writes "NASA's new administrator, Michael Griffin, and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Tuesday the space agency will have the necessary funding to send astronauts back to the moon and to Mars. Delay states "We will provide the funding necessary to get us where we want to go.""

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  1. able to fund vacation on taxpayer dollars by ndunn · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, he was able to fund vacations for his family on taxpayers $'s so why not NASA.

    The man is the throes of a slow and painful political excecution, I'm just scared what the next incarnation of Republican leader will be.

  2. Why? by alewar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is Osama hidding there??

  3. Re:Failed sarcasm by ArsonSmith · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is he just sarcastic? Or sarcasticly sarcastic? AHHHH!!!!! Sarcasim overload!!!!

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  4. yFP DICK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    time I'm done here, Iarrogance was fact came into the hard drive to OUTER SPACE THE fact there won't Software lawyers keep, and I won't

  5. Re:who's not reading between the lines here? by Mr.+Ghost · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You gotta be kidding. That isn't Insightful. It is more like Funny or possibly even Flamebait or Trolling but I would stick with funny.

    This is the crap passes for Insightful or on /.?

  6. Re:Way to stay on topic! by Mr.+Ghost · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How on earth can this be Offtopic when the parent was Insightful?

    Either they are both Offtopic or neither of them are.

    Who the crap is getting mod points on this site?

  7. Pay attention to the politics, people! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dear god, you are all missing why Tom DeLay is backing this so strongly:

    Johnson Space Center is in his district.

    That's right, the same Johnson Space Center which forms the core the US' human spaceflight endeavors.

    I'm a huge supporter of NASA focusing on getting humans to Mars. I just want to make sure you guys don't lose sight of DeLay's motivations.