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NASA Chief Tells the Critics of Exploration Plan: "Get Over It"

Posted by samzenpus on from the ask-me-if-I-care dept.

mknewman (557587) writes "For years, critics have been taking shots at NASA's plans to corral a near-Earth asteroid before moving on to Mars — and now NASA's chief has a message for those critics: 'Get over it, to be blunt.' NASA Administrator Charles Bolden defended the space agency's 20-year timeline for sending astronauts to the Red Planet on Tuesday, during the opening session of this year's Humans 2 Mars Summit at George Washington University in the nation's capital."

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  1. Just say no to NASA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    NASA, these days, is nothing but an organization designed to enrich top managers and engineers. It's a jobs program designed to pay out huge paychecks and accrue great retirement benefits.

  2. Proposal. by freeze128 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Can the astronaut be dead BEFORE they send him to Mars? ...because he certainly won't last long there.