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'Almost Breathtaking In Its Stupidity' (Homer Hickam on Obama moon plan cancellation)
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Posted on 02/09/2010 8:41:08 AM PST by Names Ash Housewares
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Homer Hickam wrote October Sky that became the film "Rocket Boys".
His entire life, is an example of what is so great about America. And why America must plan to do great things and inspire our young!
Is it surprising that Obama would tear down NASA like he is tearing down the rest of the nation?????
Breathtaking in it's stupidity indeed!
To: Names Ash Housewares
Correction became the film October Sky.
To: Names Ash Housewares
Every day presents us with another new book title for a history if the Obama administration.
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posted on
02/09/2010 8:44:41 AM PST
by
denydenydeny
(The Left sees taxpayers the way Dr Frankenstein saw the local cemetery; raw material for experiments)
To: Names Ash Housewares
This is what happens when you have children running the White House.
I’ve heard we’re going to have to hitch a ride with Russia in order to get to the space station.
USA - World Super Power - I think not!
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posted on
02/09/2010 8:45:11 AM PST
by
jakota
(®)
To: Names Ash Housewares
Barack Hussein Obamah is no JFK !! bump
To: Names Ash Housewares
Oh, let’s quit beating around the BUSH, this was all
about doing away with any chance of GWB being put down
in the history books as a visionary, some one who
advanced mankind by moving off planet.
Obama will make his mark in history right along side
Carter and Clinton as the trio that were most destructive
of American Ideals, and way of life, the world is
a worse place for their doing it.
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posted on
02/09/2010 8:48:08 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Names Ash Housewares
"You can't be a great country without doing great things and a great thing would be to return to the Moon and build a laboratory there and open it up to the world,"The writer is naive if he believes Obama sees America as a 'great country'. Nor does he want it to accomplish great things.
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posted on
02/09/2010 8:49:37 AM PST
by
bcsco
(Obama is the navel of his own universe.)
To: tet68
It is a big factor I am sure.
They are mad with Bush hatred and wish to destroy anything he even breathed on.
To: Names Ash Housewares
Breathtaking in it's stupidity indeed! Equal, only, to the number of them.
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posted on
02/09/2010 8:54:02 AM PST
by
depressed in 06
(Tea parties today, Lexington tomorrow.)
The United States Government in its current condition will NEVER return to the Moon. The private sector will have to do the heavy lifting, and guess who is going to get in the way of that?
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posted on
02/09/2010 8:55:40 AM PST
by
Michael Barnes
(Call me when the bullets start flying.)
To: bcsco
"You can't be a great country without doing great things and a great thing would be to return to the Moon and build a laboratory there and open it up to the world,"
I agree with everything there, even opening up global labs but I would go further. I would also want to see labs that belong strictly to America and her closest allies. If it weren't for that stinking outer space treaty I would invite private companies to stake their claims as well.
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posted on
02/09/2010 8:59:14 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: Michael Barnes
>> The United States Government in its current condition will NEVER return to the Moon. The private sector will have to do the heavy lifting, and guess who is going to get in the way of that? <<
Well said the liberal argument that they want to privatize space exploration is nothing more than double speak for,
“We will privatize space exploration, but once someone even dreams about making a profit off of it we will swoop in and tax and regulate space exploration to death.”
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posted on
02/09/2010 9:02:20 AM PST
by
GraceG
To: Michael Barnes
The private sector will have to do the heavy lifting, and guess who is going to get in the way of that?
The international outer space treaty already does. Space is off limits to military and profit just like Antarctica. Private industry can never aspire to a higher goal than playing space taxi or freight hauler. (to government owned facilities)
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posted on
02/09/2010 9:02:40 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: Names Ash Housewares
You want a moon base, just pass a simple law, “No Taxes to be paid by any company who can establish a permanent and sustained residence on the moon”
Lockhead and Boeing would be there tomorrow....
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posted on
02/09/2010 9:03:41 AM PST
by
GraceG
To: Names Ash Housewares
It was actually smart, if Obama’s goal is to make sure Americans have little reason to be proud of their country (just like Mrs. Obama).
The moon shot was a great moment for America.
Of course Obama despises that.
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posted on
02/09/2010 9:04:52 AM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: Names Ash Housewares
Part of the reason Obama won Florida was because of his promises to Senator Nelson and the folks over at NASA and in Brevard and Volusia county.
YOU LIE B.O.
To: cripplecreek
>> I agree with everything there, even opening up global labs but I would go further. I would also want to see labs that belong strictly to America and her closest allies. If it weren’t for that stinking outer space treaty I would invite private companies to stake their claims as well. <<
UN out of US, UN out of space!
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posted on
02/09/2010 9:07:21 AM PST
by
GraceG
To: Names Ash Housewares
"
Is it surprising that Obama would tear down NASA like he is tearing down the rest of the nation????? "
![obama's crotch salute](http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad158/FrankRob/obamacrotchsalute.jpg)
"This photo should tell every American all they need to know about barack hussein obama."
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posted on
02/09/2010 9:10:14 AM PST
by
FrankR
(Those of us who love AMERICA far outnumber those who love obama - your choice.)
To: Michael Barnes
The private sector will have to do the heavy lifting, and guess who is going to get in the way of that? I've read that Lockheed Martin on their own initiative is still working on VentureStar, a single stage to orbit rocket plane. We need to innovate to replace the Shuttle with what it promised to be 40 years ago but never was, safe, efficient, and with a quick turnaround time. A suborbital rocket plane would also be a tremendous asset to our military, and possibly a market booster for passenger and cargo transportation (remember Reagan's Orient Express?).
W's Moon program was a grandstanding political move by a Luddite president, which probably would have done more to kill off NASA than save it.
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posted on
02/09/2010 9:12:23 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: tet68
Oh, lets quit beating around the BUSH, this was all about doing away with any chance of GWB being put down in the history books as a visionary, some one who advanced mankind by moving off planet. How can repeating what we did over 40 years ago be visionary?
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posted on
02/09/2010 9:13:49 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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