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By: Space Politics » The budget debate heats up

Space Politics » The budget debate heats up — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:37:08 +0000

[…] the House Science and Technology Committee Friday evening, which staff members are now reviewing. The committee demanded the documents last week after NASA was not forthcoming with earlier requests for information about aspects of the budget. […]

By: DCSCA

DCSCA — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:36:51 +0000

MSNBC raked Bolden over the coals on the Rachel Maddow Show Monday evening noting the NASA IG is investigating the administrator regarding a conflict of interest over his contact with, financial holdings in and previous position on the board of an oil company and his decisions within NASA over a biofuel project.

By: DCSCA

DCSCA — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:29:39 +0000

well I hope so. I really dont think we need a â€œnational space exploration agencyâ€.

Wiser minds than yours decided differently in 1958 and the world is a better place for it.

“Iâ€™d take the first 50 years of aviation over the first 50 of spaceflight any day.” You can have it.

By: DCSCA

DCSCA — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:21:18 +0000

btw I am British, so this is opinion, not a slanderous attack <– This writer resided in Britain during several of the Apollo lunar missions. No Union Jacks planted up there yet. It is amusing to note that Britain had no space program at the time and was cheering some other technological advance in work with the French- a curious airplane named Concorde (you can find them in museums today); Britain was quite the cheerleader for who ever was ahead at any given time as well — it was quite the socialist nation then- (Jodrell Bank's Sir Bernard Lovell early on was quite smitten by the Soviet program and believed the Russians would reach the moon first). But the British Museum proudly displays fragments of lunar rock from Apollo 11 on loan.

By: David C

David C — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:25:19 +0000

@ Jeff,
Hi, just a note, I have noticed that a lot of threads and forums are getting a lot more virulent postings, from the people pushing their positions, and making personal attacks in place of good arguments, as we come down to the wire; While I am a fan of Hyde Park Speakers Corner style discussions, they have no place on the internet threads and forums, unless they are specifically politically biased threads and forums, which I found amusing when you were having your last Presidential Election; btw I am British, so this is opinion, not a slanderous attack cool it ladies and gentlemen, take a breather, have a pint, and cheer your team at the World Cup,
Cheers

By: Rhyolite

Rhyolite — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:24:20 +0000

DCSCA wrote @ June 19th, 2010 at 1:36 am:

“Frankly, what NASA needs is another Sputnik moment- from China.”

Sputnik less about being able to lob a satellite satellite over the US than it was about being able to lob a nuclear bomb into the US.

There is very little China can do in space that would demonstrate the level of existential threat that Sputnik did.

It may be a long wait for history to repeat itself.

By: DCSCA

DCSCA — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:48:28 +0000

Like on many discussion boards, some folks need to bolster their arguments by bring up stuff that is so far in the past that most of the current readers werenâ€™t around at the time, and itâ€™s really annoying.

Past is prologue.

By: DCSCA

DCSCA — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:46:27 +0000

Robert G. Oler wrote @ June 19th, 2010 at 1:50 am

Inaccurate.

By: Robert G. Oler

Robert G. Oler — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:51:06 +0000

DCSCA wrote @ June 19th, 2010 at 1:36 am
Frankly, what NASA needs is another Sputnik moment- from China.

what do you think that would be? Robert G. Oler

By: Robert G. Oler

Robert G. Oler — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:50:13 +0000

DCSCA wrote @ June 19th, 2010 at 1:36 am

Hmmm. Seem to recall Obama took a position generally opposed to HSF ..

no opposition to Constellation is not opposition to HSF

Robert G. oler