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Don't scuttle space program
Desert News ^ | 02/04/10

Posted on 02/05/2010 5:47:16 PM PST by KevinDavis

President Barack Obama's budget proposal regarding the space program is complicated, at best.

On its face, it sounds like a classic Republican plan. If the president gets his way, manned space flight will be primarily a private enterprise, with the government offering contracts to companies that can efficiently and safely take astronauts to and from low orbit, and with NASA supposedly figuring out the rest from there.

(Excerpt) Read more at deseretnews.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: space

1 posted on 02/05/2010 5:47:16 PM PST by KevinDavis
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To: Mr Fuji; ThomasSawyer; kronos77; DesScorp; Tuketu; BattleHymn; Squawk 8888; Dimez_Recon; ...


For other space news go to: http://www.spacetoday.net
For a list of Private Space Companies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_private_spaceflight_companies


2 posted on 02/05/2010 5:47:59 PM PST by KevinDavis (Ad Astra Per Aspera!!!)
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To: KevinDavis
oh come on."Don't scuttle the shuttle" was right there.

Talk about low-hanging fruit.

3 posted on 02/05/2010 5:48:41 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (governance is not sovereignty [paraphrasing Bishop Fulton Sheen].)
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To: KevinDavis

The program must be shut down because Obama needs the money to create important “green jobs” for people, like digging holes and then filling them in.


4 posted on 02/05/2010 5:50:13 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: KevinDavis

The amount cut from NASA is almost exactly equal to the amount ACORN becomes eligible for under the new budget!
Who’d a thunk it....

What does the continued advancement of mankind matter when compared to getting Democrats re-elected.
I mean, IT’S ABOUT PRIORITIES, DUDE!!


5 posted on 02/05/2010 5:59:31 PM PST by tcrlaf (Obama White House=Tammany Hall on the National Mall)
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To: KevinDavis

Where are all of the people on the left who said Bush was anti-science? What say you on obama?


6 posted on 02/05/2010 7:32:03 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: KevinDavis

Thanks for the ping.


7 posted on 02/05/2010 9:13:18 PM PST by GOPJ (Prius - - unsafe at any speed.)
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To: Brilliant

“The program must be shut down because Obama needs the money to create important “green jobs” for people, like digging holes and then filling them in” ... slowly.


8 posted on 02/06/2010 5:46:32 AM PST by PIF
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To: Red in Blue PA; All

Well they like science, but only certain type of “Science” that is approved by the left.


9 posted on 02/06/2010 6:28:18 AM PST by KevinDavis (Ad Astra Per Aspera!!!)
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