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Former Astronauts Call Obama NASA Plans "Catastrophic"
krou writes "Talking to the BBC at a private function held at the Royal Society in London, former astronauts Jim Lovell and Eugene Cernan both spoke out about Obama's decision to postpone further moon missions. Lovell claimed that 'it will have catastrophic consequences in our ability to explore space and the spin-offs we get from space technology,' while Cernan noted he was 'disappointed' to have been the last person to land on the moon. Said Cernan: 'I think America has a responsibility to maintain its leadership in technology and its moral leadership ... to seek knowledge. Curiosity's the essence of human existence.' Neil Armstrong, who was also at the event, avoided commenting on the subject."
Astronaut: "I'm outraged! How will people who achieve nothing other than taking part in one of the greatest international pissing matches in history, paid for with taxpayer money, now be famous?! Not in my day sonny! NOT IN MY DAY!"
I think China should explore space and generate the spinoffs from technology.
Their people are smaller, their country has all the money, and they don't have baby boomers sucking the life out of the means to do anything through which Congress might actually forge agreement.
re: "America has a responsibility to maintain its leadership in technology".--It's over. It's not 1997 anymore.
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How about we explore the forests and oceans first. There's lots of scientific knowledge to be gained right here on earth.
We killed everything in there already. That's why we're looking for new life to kill elsewhere.
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the last person to land on the moon
Gene Cernan was the last person to walk on the moon. He was one of the two last people to land on the moon.
Though if you think about it. If landing on the moon inside a vehicle counts then walking on the moon inside a vehicle should also count, so he is still one of the two last people to walk on the moon.
Neil Armstrong, who was also at the event, avoided commenting on the subject.
True to form.
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Yeah, it's not like Obama's health care has been projected to cost $1 trillion over the next 10 years or anything.
Hope you're ready for a Republican Congress in the fall.
Buzz Aldrin is a well known gadfly and has little influence compared Jim Lovell, Gene Cernan, and Harrison Schmidt. A substantial majority of American's see Obama's faux plan for what it is, a willful abdication of space leadership. It would be interesting to see the real architects of this proposal (John Holden, Lori Garver) testify before congress. Instead we will get Obama flapping his gums. Good luck with that in Florida!
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Unfortunately I think they're being serious. Above this exchange they expressed relief that they watch Glenn Beck, and thus are very informed about things.
I hear this all the time and the generalization is ridiculous. The two dominant parties are obviously not the black and white "polar" opposites the news always talks about, but do you really think the world would be in the position it is today if the SCOUS had seated Gore instead of Bush jr?
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Have you considered applying for James Randi's million dollar challenge?
You'd think they'd be working to improve things, and fake a Mars landing, but heck, they can't even fake finding WMDs. *shrug*
This is totally false. They faked The British finding WMDs and used it as pretext for invasion. I'd say that part was quite well-faked. Since the public will forgive them for not actually finding any WMDs (overwhelmingly, supporters of the war did believe that WMDs were found! among other falsehoods) they don't need to fake it any better than they did.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Former Comptroller General David Walker said years ago (2006ish) that we could stop the wars in Iraq/Afghanistan, cut all waste from Washington, and the entire Pentagon budget, and we'd still be in trouble because of the untenable entitlement programs:
More than half of the 2009 budget went to military spending, past (pensions) and present (bombing Afghanistan, etc.) About the same amount went to current military spending and to social services in toto.
Seeing as David Walker was the nation's top non-partisan accountant, appointed by Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton,
Appointed by a puppet, the antichrist, and a tool. I'm not saying that discredits him, but it does nothing to support him.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Perhaps some actual data is in order ? I mean it's a great claim you make :
They do more than twice as much with less. If we went with something closer to what every other civilized nation on the planet has, we'll cover more people with better care for a decrease in spending.
I hear the same about washing machines on tv. It has about the same amount of truth.