“If it is truly an international spacestation, representing occupants of this planet, then YES, if they can get there, they should be allowed access.”

Dennis, you’re looking at this from a tourist perspective. The ISS is international because it has many countries that have paid for it’s construction and use. It was not built as the “United Nations” space station, where everyone had a right to use it regardless of their contribution. Get real.

The U.S. is not the only ISS partner that would hesitate in letting China participate (or even dock with) in the ISS – Japan has frostier relations with China than we do.

Until there is a clear geo-political reason for China to be allowed access to the ISS, it’s not going to happen anytime soon. More likely China will join in some future space project, but who knows how far out that will be.

Now to justify those military jobs you need enemies.

(For example, you can look for ATK to start in again on the need for an anti-ballistic missile system. The one I like is the “Peacekeeper” missile, which they were clamoring for until it was proposed to base it in Utah. Then it quietly went away.)

While it is certainly true that not everyone likes us and we need a strong defense, I disagree with the continual efforts by some fundamentalist Christians to demonize China over its abortion policies/population policies.

The bottom line is that China has 4 times our population and about 1/4 our agricultural land. Let me make this really clear: A larger population by new births=death by starvation for others.

Rep Wolf doesn’t have to deal with that kind of problem. The leadership of China does. Rep. Wolf does not have to deal with China on a large number of issues; the President does.

I really despise the neo-cons for their policy of making sure that nothing gets done and denying Obama any credit for what little does get done. While the liberals can be that vicious, the center Democrats are not that vicious, and neither are old school conservatives.

Speaking about vicious, I’d like to see David Morrison gone from NASA as soon as possible. Science does not advance through adroit maneuver.

I won’t comment here on China’s intelligence gathering efforts, past or present. That said –

The President has a duty to conduct the foreign policy of the United States.
Blocking channels of communication, and channels of communication necessary to carry out nor only that duty, but also to see to the security and welfare of the people of this country, is not really the best thing to do, as it hamstrings the President.

I’ll have to disagree with Rep. Rohrabacher and others on this. As a mater of fact, I believe that the law is probably unconstitutional as written, as it breaches the separation of powers, and should be reconsidered carefully.

Criminally, and returning to space matters, I would like to remind everyone here of former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin’s actions in regards to the execution of the George Brown Jr. amendment. If there’s one investigation I’d like to see the NASA IG carry out, its an investigation into that.

“Oh, yes, I see it…the juxtaposed images of Reagan and Obama make it clear that they have a bromance.”

Are you suggesting I am making idiotic reference to Reagan? Are you suggesting GOP/Wolf is making idiotic reference to Reagan? Are you suggesting journalists are making idiotic reference to Reagan? Are you suggesting any reference to Reagan nowadays is idiotic?

What?

gee more of the GOP revolution…wow. be still my heart…RGO

Oh, yes, I see it…the juxtaposed images of Reagan and Obama make it clear that they have a bromance.

“It is not the amount of money that was wasted that is the issue, it is Holden’s flouting of the law.”

If only you and the people you support were judged in the same way, but we know you’re just being partisan about it…