The Future of Space Exploration
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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Ben Domenech is joined by Rand Simberg to discuss the end of NASA’s manned space program, Paul Krugman’s latest idiocy regarding space, and preview of what Rand thinks the future of space exploration looks like.
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NASA will be rejuvenated by a new more aggressive, pro-American administration, which will focus the agency on space not social-religious outreach.
Considering the fact that a Russian payload to the International Space station just recently crashed and burned, I don’t think the U.S. will be too far behind the rest of the nations who appreciate the value of space science and exploration.
After o-HOLE has given all our exclusive technology away through his Arab/Muslim outreach, NASA
will be drawn-quartered and gutted… There will be nothing to "save".
This is what happens when LEFTIST get too much power… remember Clinton/China, and Loral?
Before the Clinton Adm okayed Loral's request to build certain components in China, the Chinese
couldn't get a rocket out of the atmosphere.
Who went to prison for that bad decision? The Chinese are wonderful imitators, why do you think
they wanted to see that tail section of our chopper left behind in Pakistan during the recent bin-Laden
get, so badly. There is no telling what they paid the Pakistanis to gain access to inspect that thing.
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Obama has made NASA a laughing stock in the space industry. Recognize the Muslims for their contribution to Science?
Oh, you mean the complex mathematical theorem on how long it takes for a woman to be convicted of "getting" raped and then stoned to death?……….got it.
As long as they have people like Hanson on their payrole, they'll be a tool for the warmists….
At least with private sector space companies they can't use tax dollars to promote idiotic agenda based programs like the alarmist warmist agenda.
… or perhaps that complex mathematical theorem that made the Muslims aware they could prevent
"their" women from ever experiencing sexual pleasure by mutilating their genitals…while the men
hang out in the goat-pen late at night….. get that one too!
They ARE PIGS!!!
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If the government regulates the private space exploration industry that is in its infancy as they have the rest of industry, we will never get another manned space program off the launch pad.
The future of space exploration will have to wait until the Community-Organizer-in-Chief is out of the White House. He is opposed to any symbol of American greatness because it makes other countries inferior to the US. (the ultimate PC) When, hopefully, in 2013, when Obama leaves the US will have a replacement for the Shuttle and be able to deliver a man into orbit without the help of any country. The country that has the lead in space, could control or insure the peace of this planet. Instead of stimulus dollars being wasted on programs that show no results, the US could have jump started the space industry, opening up many high tech jobs. The country needs to set a goal of getting back to the Moon, establishing a colony there, getting prepared for a manned mission to Mars. Who knows what discoveries in terms of technology will be discovered along the way as was the case with NASA before Obama.
Under this administration, the future of space exploration is Russian and Chinese.
I don't want to see NASA rejuvenated, reorganized, or even re-oxygenated. The true "rocket scientists" will always find employment in any number of private space exploration companies. The useless admin-weenies will wither and die, or just become stall cleaners on ranches in Montana. (Sorry Montana, I had to send 'em somewhere…)
Space exploration should the province of private companies and denied to government.
If the government is afraid of private companies with big powerful rockets carrying lots of explosive material, then they should assume the belly-up position and remember to play nice.
Future? Fleet's been grounded and there's no plan in the works. The upside is that private entities will step in, provided the bureaucratic 'Death Star' doesn't blast their plans to smithereens with the 'regulation-to-death' ray..
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