How do you feel about Obama ending the Space Shuttle Program?

Harrison Schmitt's credentials as a space policy analyst include several days of walking on the moon. The Apollo 17 astronaut, who is also a former U.S. senator, is aghast at what President Obama is doing to the space program.

"It's bad for the country," Schmitt said. "This administration really does not believe in American exceptionalism."

Schmitt's harsh words are part of a furious blowback to the administration's new strategy for NASA. The administration has decided to kill NASA's Constellation program, crafted during the Bush administration with an ambitious goal of putting astronauts back on the moon by 2020. Obama's 2011 budget request would nix Constellation's rocket and crew capsule, funnel billions of dollars to new spaceflight technologies, and outsource to commercial firms the task of ferrying astronauts to low-Earth orbit.

Ending NASA's shuttle program will cause layoffs of over 3,000-4,000 NASA employees and 5,000-10,000 layoffs from different companies who are working on the shuttle program and other manned space craft programs.

OVERGROW THE GOVERMENT

Last time i checked RIU's political section, the government can't do anything right! In fact i believe the words were "everything the government touches turns to shit". I figure they should be cheering this. Privatize the space program!!!!

Penn & Teller did an episode of Bullshit on what a waste Nasa is. It was pretty interesting. I will see if i can dig it up.

*Grown To Be Wild* said:

Obama's 2011 budget request would nix Constellation's rocket and crew capsule, funnel billions of dollars to new spaceflight technologies

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Would you rather have this.....




or this......