Posted on 05/05/2011 5:13:37 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
....Testifying May 4 before the House Appropriations commerce, justice, science subcommittee, White House science adviser John Holdren said near-term engagement with China in civil space will help lay the groundwork for any such future endeavor.
....[Rep. Frank] Wolf (R-Va), who characterizes China’s government as “fundamentally evil,” said it is outrageous that the Obama administration would have close ties with Beijing’s space program, which is believed to be run primarily by the People’s Liberation Army, or PLA.
“When you say you want to work in concert, it’s almost like you’re talking about Norway or England or something like that,” an irate Wolf told Holdren, repeatedly pounding a hand against the table top in front of him. “As long as I have breath in me, we will talk about this, we will deal with this issue, whether it be a Republican administration or a Democrat administration, it is fundamentally immoral.”
...“I am instructed, after consultation with counsel, who in turn consulted with appropriate people in the Department of Justice, that that language should not be read as prohibiting actions that are part of the president’s constitutional authority to conduct negotiations,” Holdren said.
....Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas), who joined Wolf last fall in opposing an official visit to Beijing by Bolden, accused Holdren and the White House of plotting to circumvent the law.
“It’s not ambiguous, it’s not confusing, but you just stated to the chairman of this committee that you and the administration have already embarked on a policy to evade and avoid this very specific and unambiguous requirement of law if in your opinion it is in furtherance of negotiation of a treaty,” Culberson said. “That’s exactly what you just said. I don’t want to hear about you not being a lawyer.” .....
(Excerpt) Read more at spacenews.com ...
It seems to me that it takes two to tango. I’m not so sure the ChiComs would want to dance.
I’m confused. First they wanted Nasa to do Muslim outreach... now they’re supposed to do Chinese outreach?
Methinks Zero’s billion dollar war chest is a bit flat and this is cover for huge tech transfers in exchange for campaign contributions. Given who’s in charge, I don’t think it’s too conspiratorial to suppose.
China wants to dance. They just want to lead. And Obama-Holdren seem to take a shine to that possibility.
“it is outrageous that the Obama administration would have close ties with Beijing’s space program”
He is a traitor to America and a waster of everything good.
Why not?
Mars is red. Might as well give it to the ChiComs.
Maybe they will let us hitch a ride.
Horse hocky. Discussing the future with the Chicaps is the best course.
Nationalistic isolation is the road to oblivion. The past is no more. There is the future and China is going to be a major factor in the future.
Like it or not, China is.
“....Culberson reminded Holdren that the administration’s civil research and development funding flows through Wolf’s subcommittee, and that funding could be choked off if the White House fails to comply with the law.
“Your office cannot participate, nor can NASA, in any way, in any type of policy, program, order or contract of any kind with China or any Chinese-owned company,” Culberson said. “If you or anyone in your office, or anyone at NASA participates, collaborates or coordinates in any way with China or a Chinese-owned company … you’re in violation of this statute, and frankly you’re endangering your funding. You’ve got a huge problem on your hands. Huge.” [end excerpt]
They’re planning to take the Moon and it’s resources for future space operations, and we’ll be sitting here flat-footed.
It’s a good way for them to get whatever ballistics info they haven’t been able to steal or develop on their own to use with their long range nuclear missile programs and space based weapons systems, of course.
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