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Senators Demand NASA Continue Spending On Ares
FleaPlus writes "Senators Richard Shelby (R-AL and ranking member of the appropriations subcommittee handling NASA funding) and Robert Bennett (R-UT) have added an amendment onto an emergency spending bill for military operations in Afghanistan, reiterating that NASA must continue spending its funds on the Constellation program, particularly the medium-lift Ares I rocket. Alabama and Utah have strong ties to Ares/Constellation contractors, and both senators are opposed to the new direction for NASA, with Shelby describing it as a 'death march' for US spaceflight and criticizing the emphasis on commercial rockets."
Jeopardy Question for 25 cents. The answer is, "What two senators lost their bid for re-election because their efforts were based on helping big business interests, not their constituents interests."
When everybody is five years old, they believe in the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, and the Easter Bunny too. What 'everyone thinks' has roughly zero relevance to the real world, doubly so when most people don't understand why we went to the moon in the first place. (Short version: political Viagra.)
In other words, because reality has failed to keep face with your ill informed dreams, it's realities fault?
Been there, done that, brought back some moon rocks. If the Chinese want our sloppy seconds, let them go.
It's a very dark ride.