Posted on 11/23/2016 9:06:27 PM PST by Innovative
Donald Trump is poised to eliminate all climate change research conducted by Nasa as part of a crackdown on politicized science, his senior adviser on issues relating to the space agency has said.
Nasas Earth science division is set to be stripped of funding in favor of exploration of deep space, with the president-elect having set a goal during the campaign to explore the entire solar system by the end of the century.
Related: 2016 locked into being hottest year on record, Nasa says
This would mean the elimination of Nasas world-renowned research into temperature, ice, clouds and other climate phenomena. Nasas network of satellites provide a wealth of information on climate change, with the Earth science divisions budget set to grow to $2bn next year. By comparison, space exploration has been scaled back somewhat, with a proposed budget of $2.8bn in 2017.
Bob Walker, a senior Trump campaign adviser, said there was no need for Nasa to do what he has previously described as politically correct environmental monitoring.
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Do you have proof that we are? Of the millions of planets, you mean we are the only one with life? (I’d say intelligent life, but you and Washington, DC and liberals are proof that some aren’t intelligent.)
Yes, the NASA of our youth has been gone for a long time now; even the NASA which kept the space shuttle program going was gutted by the Obama Administration and left bleeding out by the side of the road. The name NASA was stolen to give the current batch of eco-loons credibility that they do not deserve. There is no real relationship. This is not to mention the money being wasted on “Muslim Outreach” PR Campaign which was meant to prop up a bunch of 8th century BS and make it appear that the Muslim culture has some relationship to present day technology. Another theft of the name NASA to give a nonrelated organization credibility... sickening.
How do you know? Of the countless stars out there with planets I’d say 3% have life...
Ursula leguin’s “The Left Hand of Darkness” was where I first saw an Ansible device... That was 65-67 if I remember correctly.
I am convinced that entangled particle matrices can be developed for instant state transfers of data in the near future.
I am also convinced that the breakthroughs we need will not come from science students. They only parrot their professors a priori assumptions about the nature of reality.
I believe exploration and conquest of the emerging g frontier is our God given manifest destiny.
Well God’s never wrong. But on occasion he’s misunderstood and misinterpreted by people with other agendas. Sometimes people just outright lie about what he says.
Pinch Me! Am i DREAMING? LOL!
Yes! It is a shame we’ve ceded our position here and got sidetracked into BS PC research. Do something that counts! Put AMERICANS on the Moon, on Mars, and simply in space. Establish, claim, and use them for Americans. If we don’t China and others will.
Of course, they could just keep the earth and climate science program and have it concern actual earth and climate science, rather than ignoring satellite temperature records, because they show less warming.
Global Warming on Free Republic here, here and here
My husband loved Orson Scott Card (and Battlestar Galactica) until he discovered how much of their theology (Mormon) is the basis of their work.
Him (about 24 years ago) “I love this show - where do they come up with such stuff?”
Me (just coming out of Mormonism) - “Its easy. Its based on Mormon theology”
Him -..........
Archeology for one (literally TONS of proof). However Editors interpretation of this matter is not inline with Scripture.
That could be a circular argument. However science and archeology prove the superiority of Judeo-Christian scripture.
I agree - a realistic one who gets things done and doesn’t just grandstand. I am loving him already and he hasn’t even been sworn in.
Happy Thanksgiving, Wind. America has a lot to be Thankful for this year.
Not sure about having life, but definitely habitable
Your religion or how you interpret it says there is life beyond earth. But the other guys says life outside earth does not exist anywhere in the universe because the bible told him so.
I find this glaring conflict quite odd.
Well, most of his positions are light years ahead of what all the other so-called "conservative" candidates would even dare say...never mind enact.
Other than Ivanka's "daycare" how much is in there that would ruffle conservative feathers?
My Astronomy professor used to say...are the other habitable planets? Definitely
Is their life on them? Probably not
If there is, do they look like Mr Spock? No
ES is taking scripture out of context in the one verse he provided to someone else. He ignored my request for Bible verses. His view is not inline with the Bible or most Christians.
And 3% of "billions and billions" is still:
Billions and billions.
“Well, most of his positions are light years ahead of what all the other so-called “conservative” candidates would even dare say...never mind enact.”
Exactly my point.
In my view, Trump’s agenda is closer to the American ideals we wish to ‘conserve’, than any politician I’ve seen in this life.
In the Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis describes Asland’s Country as somewhere that you couldn’t get to no matter how far you traveled. He said and I think he was correct that the stars are actually part of our world and that if we could travel far enough then we could get to them. The planets and other suns are separated from us by great distances but the whole universe is “Our World”
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