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2010-04-16 Science & Technology

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Posted by Fred 2010-04-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Fred,

The problem with NASA goes back to the late 60s and early 70s as they were winding down from Apollo. Their focus shifted from exploration and research to becoming a welfare program for the aerospace industry. They have to re-invent the wheel every time they want to do something, because otherwise nobody makes any money.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2010-04-16 06:17|| 2010-04-16 06:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Extortion funded Manned Space Programs are a HUMUNGOUS misallocation of taxpayers money.

The only thing that putting a man on the moon proved was that Capitalism can afford a parasitic state more comfortably than Marxism.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-04-16 07:42|| 2010-04-16 07:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Forget about the frigging moon and Mars. How about concentrating on 'Peoria' and private sector jobs for a while.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-04-16 08:15|| 2010-04-16 08:15|| Front Page Top

#4 The CIA's payroll is hidden in NASA's budget in addition to all the cross technology used by the military and NSA. Obama isn't ditching the space program but gutting defense and looking like he's making tough fiscal cuts.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-04-16 09:33|| 2010-04-16 09:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Obama has canceled a lot of dreams people had.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-04-16 09:36|| 2010-04-16 09:36|| Front Page Top

#6 The CIA's payroll is hidden in NASA's budget in addition to all the cross technology used by the military and NSA. Obama isn't ditching the space program but gutting defense and looking like he's making tough fiscal cuts.

You get the idea that was the intent; to gut defense.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-04-16 09:39|| 2010-04-16 09:39|| Front Page Top

#7 The OTHER Kennedy, the one the Cubans got the Chicago mob to shoot for them.

Teddy's dream of wrecking the US economy is right on track.

Posted by mojo 2010-04-16 16:36|| 2010-04-16 16:36|| Front Page Top

#8 You know if we could put a man on the moon, why can't we put a... uh....uh...oh yeah.

Posted by lord garth 2010-04-16 16:53|| 2010-04-16 16:53|| Front Page Top

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