Neil Armstrong: Obama is hurting the space effort

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Even if it was just velcro and Tang, which is a ridiculous statement, it would be a better investment than paying billions to let people stay home instead of working, also known as welfare, SSI, or any other equivalent.

Ironically, you would not be able to even post a message to this board without the space program that you are criticizing. The computers we all use simply would not exist, at least not yet.

except i'm not criticizing the space program. i'm criticizing the manned space program.

and i remain confused by your and sorehoof's comment that having human payload somehow increased the pace of discovery in fields having nothing to do with manned exploration.

instead of changing the subject again, can you explain how these assertions are true?

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

except i'm not criticizing the space program. i'm criticizing the manned space program.

and i remain confused by your and sorehoof's comment that having human payload somehow increased the pace of discovery in fields having nothing to do with manned exploration.

instead of changing the subject again, can you explain how these assertions are true?

The manned space program is more versatile than building specialized probes for every mission. The observations of guys like Alan Shepherd and John Glenn were critical in getting subjective as well as objective feedback for vehicle design.

A man on the moon can observe, "This place is clearly not made up of green cheese." It clearly would be harder and would take longer to build unmanned craft for the same purpose, though unmanned craft would cost less per mission and would be expendable.

Also, much of the advancement that flourished out of the space program came from the drive to miniturize the systems to acceptable weights. The part that drove that weight requirement was the distance to the moon, and the fact that the living and breathing astronauts needed all the systems to sustain them, and the space, maneuverability and redundancy to make sure that they had the highest chance of performing their mission and surviving.

[Nascar1966]

O'Dumbass sure is treating Johnson Space Center in Houston very nicely with his new Space Program. Possibly 7,000 jobs lost at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Maybe it was because Texans didn't want his worthless @ss as president. Are any of these other Space Centers going to be losing jobs or is Johnson Space Center going to be taking the brunt of the layoffs? Im sure he also feels that 7,000 lost jobs will help out the economy and unemployment.
Do us Texans a favor O'Dumbass stay the f out of our state we dont want you here. According to Yahoo.com the O'Dumbass' made 5.5 million last year. Talk about waste and abuse of our taxpaying money. Im sure this 5.5 million doesnt include the money that the First Lady spent on her stuff she doesnt need. Only in America does this stuff happen. Lots of morons buying his worthless books the way it looks.

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