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"As for me, I always liked the manned space program, but it has definitely been deteriorating for quite a while, long before Obama got into office. And even with previous administrations many here on Free Republic who have long complained about the money spent at NASA, as a "boondoggle" and entirely wasteful."

I've seen the debates here, back and forth, about manned space flight. And it's undeniable, NASA has wasted tons of money - name a gov't program that hasn't. Still, Obama wants to kill it because it's a symbol of American exceptionalism. Period.

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Still, Obama wants to kill it because it's a symbol of American exceptionalism. Period.

Whatever Obama's reason would be for eliminating the manned space program and chopping back on NASA, you'll have a whole group of FReepers right there agreeing with the bottom line results of doing that.

And, I guess my point for bringing that up, at all ... is ... it's mighty hard to support a program like NASA and the manned space program, when a good chunk of conservatives themselves don't even support it -- and then you've got a Democrat President ready and willing to "chop it to pieces" too ...