SpaceX: Solyndra in Space

Big Government - Breitbart ^ | August 24, 2012 | George Landrith

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Despite the news and pictures from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, America's once great space program is on life support because we no longer have a serious manned space exploration program....And the Obama Administration's unimaginative and amateurish vision for space exploration -- even if successful -- will not revive the dying program. It merely follows the disturbing pattern of the Solyndra scandal, funneling tax dollars to Obama donors and fundraisers.

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....SpaceX collects tax dollars so that it can learn how to build and develop something that other companies were doing a generation ago. It is curious that SpaceX is now receiving so much taxpayer cash given its stunningly thin record of success in space....even more troubling given that SpaceX's founder and CEO is a big-time Obama donor....

However, the problem with how the Obama Administration is pursuing its uninspiring and unimaginative space program goals goes well beyond picking donors to receive favorable contracts and guaranteed government cash with little accountability. Even if SpaceX accomplishes everything asked of it, it will not get us beyond low-Earth orbit. Simply stated, the Obama administration’s vision for space exploration is essentially to replace the hauling capability of the shuttle -- something that was developed more than 30 years ago. Beyond that, real space exploration is not a serious priority.

....NASA is transitioning from being a highly respected nonpartisan space exploration agency to just another arm of Obama’s political operation -- wasting tax dollars on friends, diminishing America's global leadership in space exploration, and ensuring that if we continue down this path, we will fall behind China, Russia, India, and others. This will have dire implications for our economy and national security. The Administration has been asked to correct course, but so far has refused to act.....

[Jack Hydrazine]

Delays are common in the space industry. Give it some time. Once SpaceX gets the Falcon 9 man-rated within the next couple of years things will change.

[Bob]

Rockets are easy - good nukes are harder... :)

Prob'ly true, but I'm sure building nooks is a blast...to er, um, make a pun...

It's only a blast if you've done everything right. :=)

[nascarnation]

It's only a blast if you've done everything right. :=)

That's why I think the folks in Eye-ran are probably the ones most at risk from their nuke program. Computer virus laden muzzies working with NORK technology.