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Posted on 02/23/2015 7:43:29 AM PST by SoConPubbie
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness, will hold his first hearings on "U.S. Human Exploration Goals and Commercial Space Competitiveness” next week, according to a Thursday story In Space Policy Online. Among the eclectic group of former astronauts, business leaders, and academics that will constitute the witness list will be Apollo moonwalker Buzz Aldrin. The hearings will also serve as an opportunity for Cruz to flesh out his views on the future of the American space program.
Cruz has previously stated his desire to return NASA to its core function of space exploration. He has also expressed support for both commercial space enterprises and the Orion/SLS space system under development at the space agency that will serve as the main components for exploration beyond low Earth orbit for the first few decades of the 21st Century.
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CRUZ or LOSE!
Good on Sen. Cruz; Buzz Aldrin is a true American patriot, his testimony will have a tremendous impact.
From what I’ve heard, Cruz has the right goal in mind.
Stop the earth sciences from space and get back to space exploration or lose more funding.
We could be on the moon in a decade, again, and this time to stay - if someone just tried.
Er, which program is that? Right now we have an Expensive Hitch Hiker Program Except For The Odd Satellite
Massive respect for Aldrin and NASA in the 60s but pig-sick of lefties banging on about 'The moon landings prove that government can and should do good things.'
NASA have nobody to blame but themselves with their embarrassing and expensive make-work shuttle missions that became a cul-de-sac financially and scientifically.
'Muslim outreach' and the rest of the PC barnacles attached to NASA are too bizarre for rational discussion but they must be scraped away regardless.
Why not Neil Armstrong?
Neil isn’t saying much of anything these days.
The hearings need a new name.
He’s dead, Jim
Astronaut
Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Wikipedia
Born: August 5, 1930, Auglaize County, OH
Died: August 25, 2012, Cincinnati, OH
My theory (FWIW) is that the Suns magnetic field declines because of a failed attempt to magnetize Obama's moral compass.
NASA will never have any credibility with me until they do two things: 1)Fire James Hansen for his AGW activities, and 2) disavow the need to make “Muslims feel better about their contributions to science and technology.”
Actually, we have three different manned launch systems in development right now. NASA’s Orion, which is supposed to be for long-range missions, and the two commercial ventures for getting into LEO (Boeing and SpaceX).
It further wouldn’t surprise me if there was a black world fourth minishuttle capability based on something along the lines of the DreamCatcher (or upgrade of the proposed 1960’s Dynasoar vehicle).
Then how about Charles Lindburgh or Eddie Rickenbacker or better yet, how can you have a hearing without having Jimmie Doolittle there? I mean come on, Man?!!!
Maybe this was a sick joke, but I was curious to see if any body knew he was deceased, and only a few people did apparently.
I forget which astronaut said, when asked how he felt about the trajectory of NASA’s mission, that he had hoped we’d be on Mars by now but instead we have facebook.
I know Charlie Lindburgh landed on the moon, but I heard Doolittle was holding out for Shelia Jackson Lee’s Mars landing.
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