Comments on: Obama: cut Constellation to pay for education

By: Jenibee

Jenibee — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:50:06 +0000

Figures. Obama will cut anything but what he really needs to cut. Like the parasites that feed off of hard working folks wages.
We need to establish ourselves on the moon instead of showing how weak our leaders have become. Now China will go up there and build a defense base. I’m sure he’ll just apologize for it and then him, Pelosi and Reid will fly all over the world touting there new budget.

By: Jmart

Jmart — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:10:49 +0000

Nasa only has half of one percent of the US budget, what the fuck is with people on here saying they have too much money? We spend more money in a fucking week in Iraq than Nasa’s entire yearly budget. Space exploration IS important. Education is important too, but taking away the little money Nasa actually has is NOT the way to do it.

By: Space Politics » Feingold bill would delay Constellation

Space Politics » Feingold bill would delay Constellation — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:37:18 +0000

[…] this proposal may sound a little familiar: it’s something the Obama campaign floated in November 2007 as almost an afterthought to an education policy white paper; the five-year Constellation delay […]

By: john

john — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:53:51 +0000

are you rediculous. Space exploiration is more important than education obama. I do agree that education is important but space exploration and figuring out whats out there is what we really need to do. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT!

By: One Small Step - Backward? » Right Pundits

One Small Step - Backward? » Right Pundits — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:45:55 +0000

[…] Were those our greatest moments as a nation and as a species? I truly hope not. The one federal program most important to the survival of our species is NASA. Because of my dedication to space and our future, I fear Barack Obamaâ€™s election. Like every other topic, Obama has bounced back and forth like a sugared up four year old. The most concrete thing I can find about his lack of dedication to our future in space comes from Space Politics: […]

By: R.F.

R.F. — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:00:16 +0000

i am an obama supporter, but on this issue i have the greatest problem with him. there is absolutely no reason to be delaying constellation. for a progressive candidate it’s unacceptable to be slashing funding for such an important undertaking. i cannot believe i agree with conservatives on this issue. i thought it was a fundamentally liberal idea to explore space, and i am sorely dissappointed with obama on this.

By: Joe Donofiro

Joe Donofiro — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:27:57 +0000

The shuttle is retired. So as a nation we go no where. The Russians laugh at us. Chinas’ laugh at us. So does the rest of the world.

Now, we have no access to space or direct access to the space station that was mostly funded by the U.S. unless we start to use catapults. Now the russians start rising the fee for access to the space station for whatever reason want even though we subtainal fund theirspace program. Now we wait for five years to restart the Apollo program and another three to five after that to send us back to the moon.

Now tell me if that not a waste of money. We as a nation should have been camping out on the moon in 80’s and exploring Mars in 90’s.

Presently, their no is reason why we shoudn’t have a more aggressive human space flight program and at the same time we should be teaming with other space faring nations to cut cost and share expensive because it is going to happen some day.

As far as Obama eduction policy goes I believe in the old saying “you can lead a horse to water but can you make him drink it ?”.

As I see it science, space exploration and eduction all need to work together hand in hand to realize our dreams. We need to invest sound monies in our children futures and their dreams, but if we take those visions and dreams away we as a nation are going to suffer greaterly far into the future. One of the problems being is that we shouldn’t be robbing Peter to pay Paul. Basicilly, we need to stop stealing budget robbing one program to pay for another. That what is driving the S & S System into failure right now.

Speak of wasting money, I am 55 yrs old and so far I lived through the Korean, Vietnam, Granada, Crotia conflict, Iraq 1 and 2 wars, other actions that equals about 1 war/action ever eight to ten years which each costed hundreds of million if not billions of dollars. An each was no threat directly to the US—since we do have the biggest bombs on the planet.

In summary eduction, space exploration and science need to work together to succeed. On the same hand we need to protect each program for their values and benefits. But let us not forget we are only a speck in this universe and we need to have a back door off this planet for the human race to survive. How would like it if a world changing event occurs and their no escape off home base ( natural or manmade). Yes, It may only ever a couple of 100 millions of years but hasn’t it been a that long since the last event? JXD

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:16:55 +0000

Tim wrote: For once I wish theyâ€™d audit and then cut HUD or some other departments whose budgets are a big chunk out of the national budget pie[…]I could NOT agree more. My grandparents ran several apartment complexes for years, including a couple of low-income housing developments. HUD was by far the biggest joke…they would come in, inspect the apartments and damage (caused by tenants, including one unit where carpet had been destroyed because the tenant was housing a goat…yes, a goat), and give a list of repairs that MUST be done by a certain date. After 3-5 years of trying, my grandparents finally were able to rid themselves of that money sinkhole…HUD would frequently send them new and more exciting ways of reporting to them, including a stand-a-lone dial-up service that functioned like e-mail. So, let’s see….a dedicated dial-up service, custom database program….I’m sure that was a necessary software package to report a series of numbers to them every month. Ridiculous….

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:07:56 +0000

The problem with early education is NOT solved by cutting NASA funding. Here’s the problem. Let’s assign an arbitrary number to public school funding (not a correct number, so don’t blast me for that), say…$10,000 a year per student. Something proposed by a couple of Republicans at one point – the “voucher system”, which as I understand has been instituted in a few school districts in the country already. The problems teachers face is over-crowding. Teachers are forced to try and teach a class-room of 40 students, and cannot provide the individual attention that some children need. It’s not a question of minority, special needs, etc. Some kids just don’t respond well to the class curriculum, and have trouble learning in that environment. So, how can we give them better attention? Well, some (Obama) have suggested cutting funding elsewhere (NASA) to help fund such education programs. This is NOT a good solution. Cut Aerospace jobs (remember, NASA also contributes heavily to the Aerospace & Materials Research & Development field)? No….bad move. Why not a voucher system? The concept of vouchers works to give parents the alternative of private schooling, with a voucher from the existing public school funding. But, here’s the catch….remember I assigned an arbitrary (and not accurate) amount of $10,000 in funding for public schools per student. The public school in which the aforementioned child would be zoned for will still get $6,000, and the child’s parents will be given a $4,000 voucher toward private school education. Win-win. The public school system still gets 60% of funding for that child, subtracts one less student from the classroom, and the child gets a better education at a private school. But see…that’s too complicated. Plus, the school system’s administrators do NOT want to part with that remaining 40%, even if it makes sense. So…they continue to line Obama’s pockets and he decides instead, to cut jobs from NASA. Not a good idea, if you ask me…

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:21:28 +0000

this is outrageous… how can he support early childhood education and not the space program? granted the many issues that we are beginning to experience on the earth these days, the future of mankind won’t weigh itself on a few extra years of education. rather, it will weigh itself on the deep confines of space, as the vision to explore planets will yield an imperative opportunity to expand and improve the way in which we live.