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Neil Armstrong Criticizes Obama's Space Strategy

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ok-you-can-cut-in-line dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Former astronaut Neil Armstrong has issued a strongly worded rebuke of President Barack Obama, criticizing the president for proposed revisions to the US space program. Armstrong, along with astronauts James Lovell and Eugene Cernan, called the proposal 'devastating' in a letter obtained by NBC News."

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  1. What the hell does a bicyclist know? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What a moran. just because he one the Tour de France, doesn't mean he's qualified to comment on our president's policies!

    1. Re:What the hell does a bicyclist know? by imakemusic · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think "woosh" is the term usually employed at this juncture.

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    2. Re:What the hell does a bicyclist know? by neveragain4181 · · Score: 3, Funny

      That whooshing sound you hear over your head isn't the US manned spaced program... :)

  2. Re:They're entitled to their opinions... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Watch out for the black helicopters soon to be circling around you...

  3. Re:They're entitled to their opinions... by timeOday · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, I don't realize that. I don't think computers would be recognizably different without the manned space program. In fact, I think most of the computers on the ISS are Thinkpads developed with little or no consideration for space exploration. But if I'm wrong, tell me which part of the computer you are referring to.

  4. Re:Shut Up, Former Astronaut! by Volante3192 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Last public statement I can remember from him was... *checks watch* ... July 20th, 1969.

  5. Re:Another Former Astronaut by Rogerborg · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think the correct term is "payload", not "astronaut".

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  6. Re:Armstrong is right, but this is what Obama want by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You are better then that.

    You mean better than that, oh righteous one?

  7. Re:Shut Up, Former Astronaut! by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

    Calling someone else a "total scumbag" in a sentence where you've already mentioned Tom DeLay is grammatically incorrect. It's like saying "Sure, Stalin was bad, but Dave in Accounting is evil".

    To be fair, Dave in Accounting steals my lunch out of the office fridge every goddamn day, and Stalin never did that even once. So yeah, Dave is fucking evil.