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25 Apr 2014, 8:33 pm

will be dependent on human beings getting along with each other. Doesn't seem promising if earth history is indicator of success.

http://www.space.com/25630-nasa-chief-h ... 6_22679004



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25 Apr 2014, 9:29 pm

khaoz wrote:
will be dependent on human beings getting along with each other. Doesn't seem promising if earth history is indicator of success.

http://www.space.com/25630-nasa-chief-h ... 6_22679004


Before we can do deep space we need a decent propulsion system. So far we have propulsion that is no different in principle from ancient Chinese solid fuel rockets.

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25 Apr 2014, 10:44 pm

Didn't Obama dismantle NASA? I could have sworn we did, because we are catching rides to the space station with the Russians while we are sanctioning them.



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25 Apr 2014, 10:51 pm

it seems mankind is way behind predictions.



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25 Apr 2014, 10:56 pm

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Didn't Obama dismantle NASA? I could have sworn we did, because we are catching rides to the space station with the Russians while we are sanctioning them.


They shut down the Space Shuttle program. Not NASA itsself.

Theyre still on the job, but they dont have a company car anymore. So we have to carpool with other countries into space.



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25 Apr 2014, 10:59 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
Rascal77s wrote:
Didn't Obama dismantle NASA? I could have sworn we did, because we are catching rides to the space station with the Russians while we are sanctioning them.


They shut down the Space Shuttle program. Not NASA itsself.

Theyre still on the job, but they dont have a company car anymore. So we have to carpool with other countries into space.

I wonder when they are going to fix that.



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25 Apr 2014, 11:00 pm

Rascal77s wrote:
Didn't Obama dismantle NASA? I could have sworn we did, because we are catching rides to the space station with the Russians while we are sanctioning them.


the phrase about Obama "dismantling NASA is Paul Ryan propaganda talk. Obama stopped funding for the space shuttle program because that technology is rapidly becoming obsolete. Instead Obama proposes that NASA use financial resources to develop radical new technologies which would keep pace with sophisticated technology being developed now and in the future. Obama merely stopped the shuttle program and the plans to put an astronaut on the moon, again. He wants to focus on what science is preparing to do next, not what we have done in the past. That is the reason the world is passing us by. It doesn't help that Conservatives have this crusade against teaching our children the fundamentals of science. We cannot keep up with the rest of the world with that game plan.



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25 Apr 2014, 11:06 pm

khaoz wrote:
Rascal77s wrote:
Didn't Obama dismantle NASA? I could have sworn we did, because we are catching rides to the space station with the Russians while we are sanctioning them.


the phrase about Obama "dismantling NASA is Paul Ryan propaganda talk. Obama stopped funding for the space shuttle program because that technology is rapidly becoming obsolete. Instead Obama proposes that NASA use financial resources to develop radical new technologies which would keep pace with sophisticated technology being developed now and in the future. Obama merely stopped the shuttle program and the plans to put an astronaut on the moon, again. He wants to focus on what science is preparing to do next, not what we have done in the past. That is the reason the world is passing us by. It doesn't help that Conservatives have this crusade against teaching our children the fundamentals of science. We cannot keep up with the rest of the world with that game plan.

unfortunately, it seems a working majority of Americans are just fine with that. :oops:



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25 Apr 2014, 11:07 pm

khaoz wrote:
Rascal77s wrote:
Didn't Obama dismantle NASA? I could have sworn we did, because we are catching rides to the space station with the Russians while we are sanctioning them.


the phrase about Obama "dismantling NASA is Paul Ryan propaganda talk. Obama stopped funding for the space shuttle program because that technology is rapidly becoming obsolete. Instead Obama proposes that NASA use financial resources to develop radical new technologies which would keep pace with sophisticated technology being developed now and in the future. Obama merely stopped the shuttle program and the plans to put an astronaut on the moon, again. He wants to focus on what science is preparing to do next, not what we have done in the past. That is the reason the world is passing us by. It doesn't help that Conservatives have this crusade against teaching our children the fundamentals of science. We cannot keep up with the rest of the world with that game plan.


Oh it's propaganda? Speaking of propaganda, aren't those Russian guys that were sanctioning giving us rides to the space station. Well I guess trips to the space station will be a thing of the past too, damn that Paul Ryan propaganda! Do you think the Russians still fix our space telescopes? I would hate to have to rename Hubble to Rubble just because is not getting any attention from us newly earthbound Americans.



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25 Apr 2014, 11:08 pm

auntblabby wrote:
khaoz wrote:
Rascal77s wrote:
Didn't Obama dismantle NASA? I could have sworn we did, because we are catching rides to the space station with the Russians while we are sanctioning them.


the phrase about Obama "dismantling NASA is Paul Ryan propaganda talk. Obama stopped funding for the space shuttle program because that technology is rapidly becoming obsolete. Instead Obama proposes that NASA use financial resources to develop radical new technologies which would keep pace with sophisticated technology being developed now and in the future. Obama merely stopped the shuttle program and the plans to put an astronaut on the moon, again. He wants to focus on what science is preparing to do next, not what we have done in the past. That is the reason the world is passing us by. It doesn't help that Conservatives have this crusade against teaching our children the fundamentals of science. We cannot keep up with the rest of the world with that game plan.

unfortunately, it seems a working majority of Americans are just fine with that. :oops:


Uninformed voters with a Conservative leadership that wants to keep them uninformed



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25 Apr 2014, 11:11 pm

god help us.



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25 Apr 2014, 11:33 pm

auntblabby wrote:
god help us.



from NASA. Going to space for the future...prepare for December. So much for Obama dismantling NASA


http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/april/hi ... 1qd2aWyWzC