Posted on 05/27/2010 6:46:14 PM PDT by KevinDavis
WASHINGTON Nearly four months after the Obama administration unveiled what many consider a radical shift in the direction of the U.S. human space exploration, congressional critics remain skeptical that the blueprint will ensure continued U.S. access to low-Earth orbit and beyond.
NASAs administrator again came under heavy fire on Wednesday (May 26) during a House Science and Technology Committee hearing on the space agencys plan, which calls for canceling a U.S. moon rocket program in favor of investing in "game-changing technologies" that would again boost U.S. astronauts beyond Earth orbit.
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nasa’s administrator is a political appointee obama butt boy.
and i find it hard to believe ben nelson of FL was an astronaut given how styupid he sounds every time he opens his mouth.
Like you I am most heartily in favor of civilian space exploration, in fact I would like space exploration to be predominately civilian, what I can not see is that the civilian organizations are even within a decade of true inter solar system exploration, they have neither the tools nor the profit motivation to make it happen, I wish it were otherwise.
What I do see is the Chinese steadily developing maned systems that threaten our leadership in manned exploration, this does not mean that I expect that to always be the case, I fully expect our civilian tech to out do them in the long run, but civilian companies are not charged with the defense of the Nation, nor should they be.
It is worrisome.
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