[decimon]

There are very recent media stories of NASA people complaining about the space program being defunded by this administration.

I know.

[skeeter]

IMO this article appears to provide a justification, and equates Obama with the mythical JFK at the same time.

[Fred Hayek]

The funding has been going toward outreaches to “Amish”, and evangelization of the global warming/climate change/whatzitcalledtoday religion.
You bet China is looking to take the lead. With militarization as well - they have already done a satellite intercept. Chinese space station - will have PLA written all over it, much like the Soviet Salyuts, which were really the USSR’s version of the Manned Orbiting Laboritory - which in turn was part of the Keyhole series of reconnaisance satellites.