[denydenydeny]

"to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with predominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering."

Where the hell is NASA's charter for that?

[Red in Blue PA]

Feelings trump any Charters.

Now back to the Reeducation camp for you!

[ThunderSleeps]

It's not. No-where in NASA's mission statement nor in it's vision statement does it say anything about reaching out to one particular group or another. See http://naccenter.arc.nasa.gov/NASAMission.html

Funny, I thought NASA was about air and space exploration, not international relations with a group that seems bent on destroying the very Country NASA purports to work for. But then, I'm one of those old-school guys that thinks the Military is about fighting and killing (and their ROE ought to reflect that), not about Nation building, not a social jobs program.

[bitterohiogunclinger]

“their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering.”

Their historic contributions have been to conquer civilizations that have invented things and then kill them.
Unless you count the suicide bomb belt as a “historic achievement”.