http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/11/05/laying-claim-to-committee-posts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=laying-claim-to-committee-posts 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 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/11/05/laying-claim-to-committee-posts/#comment-332317 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:46:54 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=4067#comment-332317 The Republican takeover of Congress will ultimately be a GREAT thing for the future of U.S. manned spaceflight. It paves the way for Obama’s eventual electoral defeat in 2012. B.O. devastated NASA’s future! All these sci-fi reveries of asteroid jaunts will get us NOWHERE! The Moon must be re-visited, if humanity is ever to deal with the nitty-gritty of emplacing of bases & utilizing natural resources. The Antarctic is a partial model, for this great enterprise. Project Constellation would’ve started out as a sortie mission plan, but subsequently would’ve expanded far beyond that, to the point of outpost missions lasting many months. All this proving ground work needs doing, if humankind is ever going to venture credibly to more distant planets. May Congress get wise statesmen at the relevant helms, those who will see the folly & farce that is Obamaspace.

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