Comments on: Obama’s curious NASA comments

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:09:49 +0000

At last focus and direction for NASA ! Lets make them a bus driver to the ISS. Thankyou President Obama for deaming without so big !

Perhaps it’s up to China to lead the space race. There is no hope for the USA space program.

By: Jim McCann

Jim McCann — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:44:00 +0000

In a disintegrating economy I shudder every time the shuttle is lauched. Whoops! There goes another half billion up in smoke.

By: Space Politics » More Holdren comments

Space Politics » More Holdren comments — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:58:37 +0000

[…] future of the shuttle and cooperation with China. In an interview with Nature, Holdren addresses that comment by President Obama regarding the “sense of drift” at NASA: The president said recently that there is a “sense of drift” at NASA, and yet […]

By: Tom M

Tom M — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:41:54 +0000

Joe The Dentist obviously voted for Obama. No facts are presented in Joe The Dentist’s “rebuttal”. Since Joe The Dentist has no facts his empty “rebuttal” is totally name calling. The Sentinel’s article obviously struck a nerve.

By: Space Politics » More developments in the quest for a NASA administrator

Space Politics » More developments in the quest for a NASA administrator — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:10:21 +0000

[…] “will be coming very soon, perhaps in a matter of days.” That’s similar to what President Obama said himself last week, when he told the Orlando Sentinel that he planned to select someone “soon”, without […]

By: Doug Lassiter

Doug Lassiter — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:02:10 +0000

I’m just pointing out that the words Obama used don’t make any explicit promises that return to the Moon by 2020 is part of his plan. So it’s ridiculous to keep insisting that it must be. It might be, but he’s not telling us. It would have been very easy for him to tell us unambiguously if it was already part of his plan. But he didn’t.

But gee, what makes you think that the Republicans on the House Science Committee have any clue what the President is thinking? They say it this way because they’d like it to be the case, and they want the President to know that. But getting a read on Obama’s space policy by listening to the minority on House science, and calling what they say an “official statement” is simply daft. I would never have occurred to me that Obama puts out official White House space policy statements through the opposition party.

By: Rick Sterling

Rick Sterling — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:56:15 +0000

The Rebublicans on the House Science Committee just stated regarding President Obama’s 2010 NASA Budget Request, “We applaud the Administration’s reaffirmation of NASA’s initiatives to return humans to the Moon by 2020 as part of a robust space exploration program, while also stimulating the privatesector to develop and demonstrate commercial crew and cargo delivery services to the International Space Station.” After this official statement, it’s rediculous to keep stating that President Obama doesn’t support returning humans to the Moon by 2020. Whether he would prefer a different lunar rocket such as Direct 2 or more international cooperation to achieve manned lunar-Mars exploration is yet to be seen.

By: NASA on the Backburner | Christopher Howell

NASA on the Backburner | Christopher Howell — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:19:37 +0000

[…] maybe not depending on who Obama appoints. Hat tip to Space Politics, who notes that Obama’s current messaging is a lot less specific than when he was […]

By: Mike Puckett

Mike Puckett — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:36:30 +0000

No, but he was the one who said them. Your post makes zero sense in any other context as they were recorded before Bush was ever elected president.

By: Doug Lassiter

Doug Lassiter — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:58:33 +0000

SW Airlines and restaurants are in business to make money, not to make people happyâ€¦ so perhaps he has not flown on an airliner lately Yes, but the number one priority is ... ? Ask a stockholder. $$$ Sure, treating people right is supposed to get $$. But the bottom line is $$$. I would not be happy to have a taxpayer-supported government agency that is there to provide access to space. What does he think the Space Shuttle does - except provide (people) access to space!! Your comment that you posted was "so that we could run science experiments, allow entrepreneurs to develop new services, etc." Go back and read it. There is very little science done on Shuttle (they killed off most life science research on Shuttle a long time ago), and I'd be REALLY interested to hear about all those "entrepreneurs" who are using the Shuttle to develop new services, etc. What rocks are they hiding under?? Many senior people feel that Constellation is not a unique, nor even a wise, solution for launching people into space. You should know that. We'll see how that goes. I agree that heavy lift (Ares V) is something that need a government push, however, but that's not formally for launching people. What would be wonderful is: get the government out of the way! Oh, as in getting the government to provide access to space? Whoops. You missed one there. but the government still has a strong anti-competitive imperative You got that one right.