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By: Space Politics » Letter writing update

Space Politics » Letter writing update — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:09:29 +0000

[…] you recall last week’s post about a bipartisan “Dear Colleagues” letter to drum up support for increasing NASA’s bud…, there’s a minor update. According to an updated blog post on NSS.org, the deadline for […]

By: Major Tom

Major Tom — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:29:05 +0000

“No one is forcing you to be the â€œfactâ€ checker [sic] to the world.”

No one is forcing you to repeatedly post inaccurate and false statements.

“Its [sic] your choice.”

It is my choice, and I chose to correct inaccurate and false statements.

Do your homework, and I and other posters will have nothing to correct.

Why is that so hard to understand?

FWIW…

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:34:25 +0000

@Major Tom

No one is forcing you to be the “fact” checker to the world. Its your choice.

By: Robert G. Oler

Robert G. Oler — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:01:13 +0000

Loki wrote @ November 6th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

They want the people back home, especially those whose livelyhoods depend on the space program to think theyâ€™re doing something to fight for them, when in reality they couldnâ€™t give 2 ^*#@s about the space program no matter how many jobs are brought to their district…

pretty much. few of them have a clue about what is going on

Robert G. Oler

By: Robert G. Oler

Robert G. Oler — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:59:58 +0000

Anon

but the “increase” is in the 600 million range (right from the article) not a 4 billion increase and that increase (the 600 million) has to be negotiated with the House which passed a lower number…so who knows what the final number will turn out to be.

This all continues the status quo until some decision is made by the administration on “what” comes next

Robert G. Oler

By: common sense

common sense — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:50:07 +0000

“What vision? Obama hasnâ€™t articulated any kind of vision yet, ”

Well yes and no: http://www.fladems.com/page/-/Obama_Space.pdf

It’s as much a Vision as anyone’s…

By: Major Tom

Major Tom — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:27:41 +0000

“They want the people back home, especially those whose livelyhoods depend on the space program to think theyâ€™re doing something to fight for them, when in reality they couldnâ€™t give 2 ^*#@s about the space program no matter how many jobs are brought to their district.”

Also a viable, even likely, explanation.

FWIW…

By: Rand Simberg

Rand Simberg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:56:44 +0000

Either that, or they really are incompetentâ€¦

I vote for both.

By: Loki

Loki — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:52:30 +0000

@ Major Tom:
At the risk of sounding like someone who needs to be fitted for a tin foil hat, I suspect they wait until this late hour to protest on purpose.

They want the people back home, especially those whose livelyhoods depend on the space program to think they’re doing something to fight for them, when in reality they couldn’t give 2 ^*#@s about the space program no matter how many jobs are brought to their district.

Either that, or they really are incompetent…

By: Loki

Loki — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:46:14 +0000

Let’s not fall over ourselves making a mountain out of a molehill here. So the senate bill included $18.7 billion for NASA. Big deal, it’s still $3 billion short of what the Augustine committee claims is needed to have a “meaningful” exploration program. Not that I had any expectations that congress would magically endorse that extra money, but a small increase over and above Obama’s budget request would have been nice. If for no other reason than to show that the message was recieved, and as Major Tom pointed the compromise bill will probably be somewhere in between the senate and house’s numbers.

From the article “In a strong show of support for President Barack Obamaâ€™s vision for NASA…”
What vision? Obama hasn’t articulated any kind of vision yet, unless I nodded off and missed his grand “Kennedy moment”. Did I? The article referenced is crummy journalism at best if that’s its opening statement.