Senators Blast NASA For Lacking Vision

An anonymous reader writes "A Senate science subcommittee clashed with NASA's chief on Wednesday, saying the agency and the White House lacked a clear vision and goal for the program. Skeptical senators told the space agency that it should not just talk about plans, but set out to do something specific. Lawmakers expressed a bipartisan opposition to the agency's plans and the initiatives of the Obama White House." Updated 23:13 GMT by timothy: Reader Trent Waddington contributes this video link to the hearing, if you want to come to your own conclusions.

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And the parenting of the year award goes to...

[Minwee]

NASA: "Hey, look what we can do!"

Senate: "F*@$! Look how much money that costs! Stop that!"

NASA: "Um, well, we can do this too..."

Congress: "That's too &%$*!#@ dangerous! Shut it down! Shut it down!"

NASA: "Well, maybe we could try this... it doesn't cost quite so much, and it's safer. Is that okay?"

Senate: "I guess so. And take your sister with you."

NASA: "All right. Here goes..."

Congress: "That's TOO LOUD! Knock it off, and go to your room!"

NASA: *SULK*

Senate: "Why doesn't NASA DO anything? They have no ambition, and lack vision. Where did they go wrong?"