US still committed to space exploration: Obama

Brahmand.com ^ | 2/18/2010 | Brahmand.com

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

US President Barack Obama told astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) that he was deeply committed to space exploration, after scrapping plans to return Americans to the moon.

Obama on Wednesday told the US, Russian and Japanese ISS astronauts and comrades who travelled to the station on the shuttle Endeavour that he was proud of them and the work they were doing in space.

He also said he was "committed" to human space exploration in the future, in a television link-up to the astronauts, and a question-and-answer session with high school children at the White House.

"My commitment to NASA is unwavering," Obama said during the conversation from the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

Seeking to cut the massive US budget deficit, Obama's administration has proposed scrapping the costly and over budget Constellation rocket program designed to return Americans to the moon by 2020.

The plan, opposed by some prominent lawmakers, would see NASA concentrate on research and development that could over a longer time-frame eventually see astronauts travel outside low Earth orbit and even aim for Mars.

NASA would be encouraged to develop operations with commercial partners to fly astronauts to the ISS low Earth orbit.

[Names Ash Housewares]

“My commitment to NASA is unwavering,”

It’s Orwellian.

I guess he is committed to killing human spaceflight and exploration and replace it with muslim reachout and global warming propaganda.

[Future Snake Eater]

Talk is cheap, and Obama knows it.

[Irishguy]

no bucks...no buck rogers....a quote from nasa...

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I like that quote. One of my favorites

[Talisker]

Obama's NASA:

[skr]

He is against it while he is for it. Present!

[TigersEye]

0bama Zombie say; “ 0bama talk, you bee leave. 0bama save space pro gram. Bush de stroy “

[familyop]

[Truth29]

The phrase “You lie” comes to mind.

[screaminsunshine]

Politicizing Space too I see. What a disaster. We need to stamp out this Globaloney.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

You are right.

[Irenic]

Guess it’s similar to : I’m a ‘fierce advocate’ for the free market.

[Rome2000]

[Tolsti2]

Talk, while cutting.. And making Nasa into another EPA federal style useless no-results program.

The democrat way.

[Moonman62]

Von Braun and friends got their start that way.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Good Chart.

[Rome2000]

The incompetent morons at the RNC ought to have that chart on the GOP.com home page.

And get rid of the communist red background to boot.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I would not call them morons, but I agree with you.

[Quiller]

"My commitment to NASA is unwavering,"

Typical 0 doublespeak. Means nothing, which means whoever hears it can say it means what they want it to mean -- including different things at different times (just in case the truth changes).