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Obama's Impending NASA Decisions
eldavojohn writes "From delaying Project Constellation to an additional $2 billion in funding, Space.com looks at some immediate decisions the President Elect will have to make once he takes office in January. The biggest one will be the shuttle plan: do we retire the shuttle fleet or keep it on for more missions? If it is retired, we would have to rely on another country to bring our astronauts into space between 2010 and 2015 as a new fleet is built. Will Obama hold true on his $2 billion pledge to NASA?"
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but do the astronauts do anything that cant be automated or done on earth?
I'm sure the same can be said of your job...
We're looking to outsource!
Free Market Economy!
It is by my will alone my thoughts acquire motion; it is by the juice of the coffee bean that the thoughts acquire speed
Because space stations and shuttles are kinda like submarines for space. And we know how well the Russians do with submarines.
Buckle your ROFL belt, we're in for some LOLs.
Barack Obama '08 Barack Obama '12 Michelle Obama '16 Michelle Obama '20
I think you've mistaken the Obama family for the Clinton and/or Bush family ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
and evidently you have no comprehension of contractions.
Stupidity only gets you so far, then you've gotta try
Bullshit! We can still go to the moon if we outsource the work.
Is the United States currently in a position to fund scientific research? Shouldn't we concentrate on putting the country back on its feet now, and leave space flight for another generation?
Bruce Perens.
"People in space has been and always will be a dumb idea." You say that now, but when good ol' Sol ages to a red giant you'll be singing a different tune!
Just a boy doing unproffesional IT work that's way above his head.
you mean you didn't have 5 years of ASP experience 2 years after it came out, either? if you're a representative sample of America's information workforce, we're in deep trouble... Time to build another Technology business park in a rural county. That'll fix it. :P
"If still these truths be held to be
Self evident."
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
Those were...words, yes. But they are not assembled correctly.
I was so relieved that we won't have another four years of failed Republican policies
Whew! We can finally go back to Failed Jimmy Carter Policies, now, but with a stylish and even less experienced guy promoting them.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.