NASA May Drop Ares I-Y Test Flight

Matt_dk writes "Just one week after the first test launch of the Ares I-X rocket, NASA says it may decide to cancel a follow-up launch called Ares 1-Y, which wasn't scheduled until 2014. Reportedly, program managers recommended dropping the flight because, currently, there isn't funding to get an upper stage engine ready in time. Depending on whether the Obama administration decides to continue the Ares I program, this decision may be moot. Earlier this week Sen. Bill Nelson said Obama may make a decision on NASA's future path, based on the report by the Augustine Commission, by the end of November."

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Re:Blew Your Wad Too Early

[CannonballHead]

... and you conveniently overlook that it was the Bush administration that encouraged and started the stimulus spending before Obama took office.

I am a conservative and feel that Bush was a rather moderate Republican. He made mistakes and I disagreed with him a lot. And I did not overlook that he liked spending - he did, far more than I thought he would, actually. But to say that Bush is a "big spender" and "wasted" in comparison to the current administration seems to be a ridiculous statement, even from a simple look at the traditional positions of their respective parties.

It seems that Obama is still enjoying some amount of popularity based on Bush's current unpopularity... which, IMO, is an absolutely horrid reflection of the current American voter. To vote someone in simply because you hated the previous person is pretty stupid. You'd think people would want to vote someone in based on their positions, policies, history, and honesty... not based on the "other party's previous candidate."

Re:Blew Your Wad Too Early

[Wonko the Sane]

But to say that Bush is a "big spender" and "wasted" in comparison to the current administration seems to be a ridiculous statement, even from a simple look at the traditional positions of their respective parties.

I don't think that Obama has caught up yet if you compare the federal government's total unfunded liabilities before and after Medicare part D, but of course Obama has made rapid progress so far this year and he's well on his way. It seems like no one will believe that the government can't spend forever without limit until the credit card finally gets declined. Our only hope is that this happens as soon as possible.

Re:Blew Your Wad Too Early

[megamerican]

Too bad we spend a trillion dollars invading the wrong country based on obvious lies and fabrications. I think we would have been better off spending that money on cool space toys or at least getting Afghanistan right the first time.

We will be paying for the George W Bush's disastrous presidency for a very long time.

There really is no reason for us to be in Afghanistan either, but the media and White House has framed the debate on whether we sould "stay the course" or add more troops. That is the exact stupid debate we had about Iraq a few years ago. Our only support is from local warlords who don't care about our laws and are only loyal to us because we give them taxpayer money and allow them to engage in the drug trade. Even the NYtimes admits that the Presidents brother is in charge of a lot of the drug running and is on the payroll of the CIA.

The Afghanistan War was never about getting Osama bin Laden. The FBI still doesn't list 9/11 as one of the reasons why he is a Wanted person because they have no proof he was involved. The only "proof" is a video released in December 2001, supposedly found in a house in Afghanistan which supposedly had bin Laden admitting to being involved in the plot. The US media were the only ones to not question its authenticity.

Why can't people get past the obvious shell game being played?