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Obama May Cancel Space Shuttle Replacement
FoxNews.com ^ | Monday, December 01, 2008 | Brian Berger

Posted on 12/01/2008 2:22:01 PM PST by Joiseydude

WASHINGTON — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's NASA transition team is asking U.S. space agency officials to quantify how much money could be saved by canceling the Ares 1 rocket and scaling back the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle next year.

Obama pledged during his campaign to inject an additional $2 billion into NASA aimed in part at narrowing the gap between the space shuttle's retirement and the introduction of a successor system.

While NASA Administrator Mike Griffin and his senior managers are adamant that Ares and Orion are the right vehicles to fill that role, Obama did not endorse either system by name during his campaign.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agenda; ares; ares1; bho2008; bhonasa; constellation; federalspending; nasa; orion
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To: KevinDavis

Ug. Good point.


101 posted on 12/02/2008 12:03:42 PM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: KevinDavis

Well, all the gazillions on the space program and it’s a giveaway to Russia and China. Doesn’t he know how many things were invented in space? Anyway, he’s an appeaser and this is our first indicator. What about all those JOBS in Cali, Fl and Texas?


102 posted on 12/02/2008 12:11:33 PM PST by floriduh voter (At least Dancing with the Stars had a fair election.)
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To: Red_Devil 232; kc8ukw
Libs are afraid we will use our love for space and the exploration of it and finally leave this planet.

The frontier was always the place where people would go who wanted to escape the reach of the State, and see what their own abilities could do far away from any regulator's influence.

This is why conservatives love the idea of the Frontier, and Socialists hate it.

103 posted on 12/02/2008 12:23:59 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (Question O-thority)
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To: KevinDavis; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...

Apparently the transition team sent a questionnaire with some scenarios, including dumping Ares I, continuing Ares V or not, and wondering about other possible options for man-rating existing Delta or Atlas boosters. Bottom line, he’s pulling the plug. The head of NASA sent an email calling Congress’ recent hostility a “jihad” against the Constellation / Orion launch system, and it got leaked. Before that, I think he had a chance to continue as director, now, nada.


104 posted on 12/02/2008 3:00:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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To: kc8ukw

Yeah. don’t worry. The Chinese are going to pick up the slack for us. Space is the “high ground” of this era, and someone will occupy it.....


105 posted on 12/02/2008 3:03:19 PM PST by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Requiescat In Pace)
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To: timestax

bttt


106 posted on 12/04/2008 6:36:37 AM PST by timestax ( CNNLIES)
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To: Nonstatist
I had a similar "debate" with my Mom and her friend a few years ago. They were complaining about "all that money" that was spent on space exploration, the 25 billion that was spent on Apollo over a 10 year period, and how "terrible" that was. So I told them that the budget for just one year of the ADC program (welfare) was 30 billion, why didn't they complain as strongly about that?

It was a classic moment in liberal-conservative "debate". There was utter silence for about four or five seconds, accompanied by complete deer-in-the-headlights looks. Then they erupted in protests, saying things like "Don't say that!", and "You can't compare the two!" So I asked, why not? I mean, on the one hand, we're spending taxpayer money on something that actually produces something, paying people who at least show up for work every day. On the other hand, we're paying over ten times as much to people who sit on their butts all day, maybe the most work they do is popping out another kid every year. The response? Crickets.

107 posted on 12/04/2008 6:48:03 AM PST by chimera
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To: timestax

bttt


108 posted on 12/04/2008 5:37:55 PM PST by timestax ( CNNLIES)
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To: timestax

bttt


109 posted on 12/05/2008 5:29:31 PM PST by timestax ( CNNLIES)
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