Posted on 03/21/2017 4:48:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai
President Donald Trump signed legislation Tuesday adding human exploration of Mars to NASA’s mission. Could sending Congress into space be next?
Flanked at an Oval Office bill-signing ceremony by astronauts and lawmakers, Trump observed that being an astronaut is a “pretty tough job.” He said he wasn’t sure he’d want it and, among lawmakers he put the question to, Sen. Ted Cruz said he wouldn’t want to be a space traveler, either.
But Cruz, R-Texas, offered up a tantalizing suggestion. “You could send Congress to space,” he said to laughter, including from the president. […]
“What a great idea that could be,” Trump said, before turning back to the space exploration measure sponsored by Cruz and Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.
The new law authorizes $19.5 billion in spending for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the budget year that began Oct. 1. Cruz said the authorization bill is the first for the space agency in seven years, and he called it a “terrific” achievement. …
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Load them up now! And put the Obama appointee judges on there with them...
Most Congresscritters & Senators have plenty of “space” between their ears!
LOL, space would do.
No need to go to the effort to bring any of them back.
Nome is cheaper...
Imagine if they sent Shelia Jackson Lee to the moon and she sees the American flag there. She’ll be so proud of herself being the first woman to step on the surface of MARS!
The boy replies that he has two sisters. Bill's voice replies: "They'll both go!"
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Hey, I'll help our esteemed representatives pack for the trip.
Considering that most in Congress are spaced out and incapable of rational thought, yeah, send them in a ship towards the sun.
It’s not like they’d be any more out of touch.
Bammy cut space exploration and not a word from the media.
Send them on a fact finding mission to the sun.
What do you have against Nome?
I think space is an excellent idea. A Solar orbit would do. A close orbit. A very close orbit.
I have a better idea:
CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS ..!!!!!!!
It’s time. After watching the horribly disgraceful actions of the very senior members of the Senate for the last two days, I’m convinced none of them even knew what was written on their statement papers .. because they were written by someone else .. probably their staff members between the ages of 20-30.
Ms. Feinstein was especially grotesque .. she had no clue what she was talking about.
IT’S TIME FOR - CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS - NO MORE OF THIS LIFETIME IN THE SENATE OR THE HOUSE.
The only LIFETIME is for the SUPREME COURT.
Send them to the far side of the sun to the parallel Earth.
Fact finding mission to McMurdo.
Reminds me of congressman James Trafficant...
“Beam me up, Scotty. There’s no intelligent life here.”
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