Is Obama's NASA Policy Lost In Space?

The Looking Spoon ^ | 7-6-10 | Jared H. McAndersen

[The Looking Spoon]

When you think things couldn't possibly get dumberer (its a word...when playing Scrabble with Biden...) with the Obama Administration, check out NASA Administrator Charles Bolden's attempt to employ the comedy's classic rule of three with Al Jazeera...

(You can view the video embedded in the original post here or at YouTube)

The FOREMOST item on NASA's agenda is to "reach out to the Muslim world?!?" to help them "feel good..."

Either somebody needs to get our president a cigarette, because he MUST be suffering from nicotine withdrawal, or Obama is bored with being president and now wants to be an Asstronaut.

I thought that NASA's agenda was to explore outer space! Not come up with a political policy that belongs there.

Unless I didn't dig deep enough, I'm totally unaware of a single nation in the Muslim world that has any space program to speak of. Russia and Japan, mentioned by Boden, do have their own programs. So other than experimenting on the effects zero gravity has on sand, car bombs, and mercy killings, what scientific contributions can the Muslim world seriously offer to any space program?

In other news, college students writing their thesis for a Masters Degree will now be required to reach out to the Kindergarten world for contributions in an effort to make them feel good about learning their ABC's.

Is this yet another example of what change looks like?

Now
Allah
Stalks
Astronauts

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[Red Steel]

Lost in space would be a good place for Obama.

[Jemian]

Must we wait for someone to die before we send them into permanent orbit?

No names, just askin’.

[februus]

[FrankR]

[whence911]

Now that the purpose of the space program is to enhance muslim self-esteem, we won’t be needing all of those loud rackets.

[popdonnelly]

This makes me angry. The U.S. space program was something Americans could take pride in. It was a symbol of our ability, our competence, our accomplishments. Obama doesn’t care about that. I suspect that in his heart and in his mind, he doesn’t really care about the U.S. that much. He’s only interested in remaking it to suit his philosophy.

[unkus]

I suspect that in his heart and in his mind, he doesn’t really care about the U.S. that much. He’s only interested in remaking it to suit his philosophy.

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Welcome to the real world.

[kenth]

The closest I can come to figuring a way for NASA to interface with muslims is in the terms ballistics, trajectory, re-entry, etc.

[RightFighter]

Exactly - the only way to make Muslims feel better about their own space programs is to eliminate our own.

[whence911]

Just sent this to my personal e-mail list:

To those of you who voted for Obama: one day about 10 years from now when you look around and ask yourself what happened, you might remember this month, after the Chinese have surpassed us in space exploration. It is now NASA’s top priority according to the president to enhance muslim self-esteem, while the shuttle program is cancelled, as well as the moon station, and the mars trip.

http://habledash.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=762:nasas-next-frontier-improving-islamic-relations&catid=42:breaking-news

“ reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science...and math and engineering."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/01/iran.stoning/index.html

Death by stoning for adultery. How do we boost their self-esteem for that one?

[YankeeReb]

This pres__ent is beyond an AssHat, he's delusional and dangerous. What the cultural muslim community organizer fails to realize is that, yes there were muslim scientists working at NASA. They had a hand in creating the space program, but it had nothing to do with being muslim. In fact you could make the argument that they became scientists not because they were muslims, but IN SPITE OF THAT FACT.

These NASA people were working under conditions of scientific freedom which was fostered by the US and other western systems. Do you think the imams in Iran encourage people to be curious, to question assumptions and beliefs? Of course not!!! Sure they want you to develop weapons, but even the weapons are invented somewhere else, probably a non-muslim society. We're talking about societies who don't dare question anything in the koran no matter how ridiculous. Is that any basis for scientific inquiry?

[anymouse]

space ping

[spetznaz]

That man Obama is mad. Even the Onion, five years ago, wouldn’t have concocted a story like this since it would have been too silly. Now it is reality. Amazing!

[sjmjax]

Coming soon with the aid of NASA, Islam's next contribution to civilization.

Stoning of adulterous women from orbit.

[cruise_missile]

Now
Allah
Space
Administration

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Astronauts
Science or
Anything

[The Looking Spoon]

I know, we live in an upside-down world right now. I keep wondering whose side this SOB is on anyway. Everyday I get the answer repeated over and over...NOT OURS!

[The Looking Spoon]

Not only that, how do you determine which way is Mecca? Or what if you’re not in the right place while in and you can’t point there at all?

You have to think about these things :-(