Posted on 02/18/2010 3:45:36 PM PST by Daffynition
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – With their construction work finished, the 11 astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex accepted congratulations Wednesday from President Barack Obama, who assured them of his "unwavering" commitment to NASA.
The VIP call came just hours after the two crews threw open the shutters on the International Space Station's big new bay window. They were still reveling in "this new grand view that we have of the world below us," as the station's skipper, Jeffrey Williams put it.
The seven-windowed lookout is part of a space station addition named Tranquility that was put on last week.
"I just wanted to let you guys know how proud we are of all of you," Obama said. "Everybody here back home is excited about this bay on the world that you guys are opening up. And Stephen Colbert at least is excited about his treadmill."
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Um, what? I don't get it. Also, did he inform the crew of their new responsibilities that include drilling ice core samples in Antarctica?
So, He’s soooo proud of them he’s not going cancel NASA until they get back to Earth.
P.S. NASA had a compettition to name the treadmill on the space station and Steven Colbert had his fans spam the contest, so it is now named after him.
In other words, NASA IS DOOMED!
Did he call collect?
Certainly he told them to enjoy one of the last trips into space this nation would be sponsoring because they're going to be global warming compliant with NASA's blessings.
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Snips: Boeing is yet to take a decision about its 7,000 IDS employees in the Puget Sound region - chiefly in Kent, Seattle and Renton.
NASA will lay-off 400 space shuttle employees in October.
After NASA retires the shuttles, America will probably be ‘voted off the island’. . . and what will we be able we do about it?
Sheesh! You can’t even escape the SOB-in-chief in outer space!
Maybe we should start calling him SOCK.
Son Of the Communist Kenyan.
See post #5 for your question about treadmill
I can’t listen to him; it grates to hear him say “ta” for “to.” GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Ah, so NASA allowed itself to become a complete joke, and a faux news ‘journalist’ won the prize.
Fitting considering our Clown-in-Chief. At least now NASA will have the legitimacy of manipulating data to ‘prove’ global warming to buff up its credibility.
LOL ;)
Actually Obama has a lot in common with...the borg.
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