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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. Re:What the hell does a bicyclist know? by irreverant · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Um....Neil Armstrong is not a cyclist, but the man that went to the moon. careful who you call a moron. And it's spelled with two O's, not an A, ya moron.

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    Of all the things I've lost; I miss my mind the most. - Mark Twain
  2. we made a choice by farble1670 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    anyone over the age of 10 or so realizes that money is not infinite. we (the US) made a choice. we elected leaders that engaged us in an expensive pointless war. we elected leaders that let big business run amok with our finances then cut and run away with the profits.

    every heard of a little thing called consequences? you don't get to fight a inconceivably expensive war in iraq and then have massive funds left over to pump into a space program. remember when you were 6 and you had the realization that if you spent your allowance on a new model car you couldn't buy the candy bar also?