[Spktyr]

“The space agency’s leaders say everything’s on track, that the private sector will soon launch astronauts into orbit and let NASA focus on the hard work of deep-space exploration.”

The same private sector that NASA oh-so-carefully spent the last twenty years poisoning the well of and killing promising projects off with FUD? That private sector?

[MasterGunner01]

NASA has done nothing but defend its turf — fight the private sector tooth and nail for supposed “poaching” on its exclusive domain — space exploration. Now it has NO plans for the future, the Shuttle is going out, and there's no backup. Besides, El Commandante-in-Chief says NASA must now do “outreach” to the world's Muslims! WTF is THAT? Outreach? How do you “outreach” to a 7th century barbarian culture?