Posted on 08/21/2019 6:26:03 AM PDT by Kaslin
America recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. That event served to establish Americas preeminence in the space frontier and to declare to the world that, according to President John F. Kennedy, This new ocean will be a sea of peace instead of a terrifying theater of war. As we look back on this event with pride, we should also confront the fact that today our preeminence in space is quickly becoming science fiction.
Having ceded the edge in rocket development years ago, the U.S. is now on track to compromise its preeminence in space even further with partisan battles and special interests. The latest example is the Houses party-line passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on July 12, which includes costly and wasteful provisions despite warnings from the United States Air Force.
President Trump has threatened to veto the NDAA if it comes across his desk in its current form. While the president has expressed dismay at the extent of the defense spending cuts, at the heart of the White Houses objections lies the substantial changes to Americas space program.
A critical aspect of the countrys national security, the Air Forces National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program was established in 1994 as our nations strategy to acquire cost-effective, superior space launch capabilities. It is currently the primary method for placing U.S. military satellites into orbit.
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I hate the demonratscumbagterrorists that have run Our Military into the ground and left the U.S. this way !!!
They All need a trip to the Gallows on live TV.
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