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Senators Want Big Rocket Instead of New Tech, Commercial Transportation
FleaPlus writes "Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation are drafting a bill (due this week) which slashes NASA technology development/demonstrations, commercial space transportation, and new robotic missions to a small fraction of what the White House proposed earlier this year. The bill would instead redirect NASA funds to 'immediate' development of a government-designed heavy lift rocket, although it's still unclear if NASA can afford a heavy lifter in the long term or if (with the new technology the Senators seek to cut, like in-space refueling) it actually needs such a rocket. The Senators' rocket design dictates a payload of 75mT to orbit, uses the existing Ares contracts and Shuttle infrastructure as much as possible, and forces use of the solid rocket motors produced by Utah arms manufacturer ATK."
It's actually a perfect example as to how it is being done in social democracies.
This is blinging
Let me guess. This is the top story on Fox News today.
Ah ok that makes more sense. Fox News "broke" the story on Friday, and right-wing blogs had the weekend to froth and foam at the mouth about it. Nothing beats taking a comment out of context to proclaim that Obama has put "Muslim Diplomacy" as NASA's "top priority".
What the fuck is your problem? Poor Darkies? Go to hell. Race has jack shit to do with welfare status. You racist fuck
So basically, -1 troll/offtopic is really slashdots way of saying "I hate that you thought of something before me."