Comments on: Is NASA becoming politicized? http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/13/is-nasa-becoming-politicized/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-nasa-becoming-politicized Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Donald F. Robertson http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/13/is-nasa-becoming-politicized/#comment-6879 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:15:09 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=841#comment-6879 Freeluna does make a valid point. As a Democrat myself, I have to ask how it was different when Mr. Johnson pushed Apollo for what were basically social and political reasons. Yes, they were “my” social and political reasons, but any reasonable reading of history has to conclude NASA was heavily politicized during the Apollo years. It was probably less so during the Shuttle years.

This observation in no way is intended to defend or justify the Bush Administration’s recent actions.

— Donald

]]> By: Ferris Valyn http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/13/is-nasa-becoming-politicized/#comment-6878 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:38:52 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=841#comment-6878 Im not claiming nasa hasn’t always had some politicisation – Its just this administration has a penchent for requireing a political test for any program and anyone in their government.

And, yes, Brent, Bush has done more politicizing. A lot more. Its not a Republician thing, its a GWB thing. It’s like the Doonsebary cartoon this weekend – Bush Sr did a certain amount of politicizing, but I would agree that it wasn’t any more so than what Clinton did. Regean did a little more so, but not that much more

GWB is just really special.

]]> By: Mike Puckett http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/13/is-nasa-becoming-politicized/#comment-6877 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:31:51 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=841#comment-6877 “I’d be surprized if someone could name 1 thing this administration hasn’t tried (and most of the time succeeded) in politicizing.”

I’m suprised that there are people on this board who do not or will not recognize that NASA has been politicized for nearly five decades or since 1958.

]]> By: freeluna http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/13/is-nasa-becoming-politicized/#comment-6876 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:28:45 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=841#comment-6876 When hasn’t NASA been politicized?

]]> By: Brent http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/13/is-nasa-becoming-politicized/#comment-6875 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:25:00 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=841#comment-6875 Why is it that only during a Republican administration things become “politicized?” Everything is politicized all the time. Bush has done no more politicizing than Clinton, or any other administration for that matter.

Why is it that anything other than following a liberal agenda all of the sudden “politicizing?”

]]> By: Ferris Valyn http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/02/13/is-nasa-becoming-politicized/#comment-6874 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:26:58 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=841#comment-6874 I’d be surprized if someone could name 1 thing this administration hasn’t tried (and most of the time succeeded) in politicizing.

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