In other words you don’t have an answer.
LOL
I gave a clear answer. Which part confused you?
The issue is whether NASA is doing what its supposed to be doing or whether it has other priorities, as its director stated.
If the head of Apple stated that their #1 priority was dance programs, and they stopped bulidng computers, would you be demanding proof of dancing.
It may be that NASA sucks at muslim outreach, but how does that make them excel at putting men in space? Did you forget the subject of the thread, that is hitching a ride to the ISS?
Obama stated that NASA’s highest priority is addressing AGW. Are you ignorant of NASA’s work on that too?
I see a lot more press releases on AGW than a new orbiter.
Here is the quote, which isn't vague:
Bolden said in the interview that Obama told him before he took the job that he wanted him to do three things: inspire children to learn math and science, expand international relationships and "perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering."
Bolden seems qualified to the job, and should know what NASA's mission is, shouldn't he? Surely the President sets the priorities of his appointments, doesn't he?
From NASA's website: http://climate.nasa.gov/solutions/resources/
NASA is an expert in climate and Earth science. While its role is not to set climate policy or prescribe particular responses or solutions to climate change, its purview does include providing the robust scientific data needed to understand climate change and evaluating the impact of efforts to combat it. NASA then makes this information available to the global community – the public, policy- and decision-makers and scientific and planning agencies around the world.
I highly recommend you check that site out. NASA certainly
Currently NASA get ~$17.5 billion per year.
On their current mission schedule (http://www.nasa.gov/missions/schedule/index.html) NASA lists an impressive 9 launches for 2015. Unfortunately, 7 of those are Russian Soyuz launches and 1 is Japanese.
Now I realize that NASA has continued monitoring that is done of ongoing missions, but for $17.5 billion, I would think that they could manage that AND put a man in orbit by themselves. Especially, as its something that we first did over 50 years ago. Or at least they could launch unmanned resupply missions to the ISS.
If NASA can only manage 1 unmanned launch on $17.5 billion, what would be required to conduct 9 launches, some manned?
I'm of the opinion that they are not focused to the task, and that is the problem. Do you see a problem, and if so, what do you think it is?