does seem like you have really drunk Becktaid or Rushpills. I took you for less stupid than that.

When The MSNBC Wonks quit using Terms of Derision for The Repugs/TeaPots, then I might decide not to use them for The DEM/Libs and Potus.

Beck and Rush. The only time I hear anything they say is when The News plays a clip of Their Antics.

tools of death and destruction, how can you rationally expect a willingness to fund exploration.

What do you expect? There are still people alive who lived through WWI and WWII and its after effects. Since DEM/Libs are constantly saying what Psychos GOP/Ters are, then maybe, just maybe there are Psychos still out there who can be The Next...World Destroyer. And only a Strong Defense can Stop Them.

When support for research for less polluting ways to power all our toys is decried as socialism

Can't change Socio-Economics overnight. Green and Clean will one day be here. Until then, Breathe Deep The Gathering Gloom.

Political Moves by The DEM/Libs and Oblahblahblah to Scare Up Support/Votes for their Socialist/Union Liberal Agendas.

Stating a Political Fact. Both Parties do it.

Dull

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Amen.

Seconded.

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I( tried to find other articles about massive cuts to the current NASA budget. Sadly, there only seems to be articles from at least 8 months ago and the current on on display. The articles I've read all point to the agency being given no additional dollars but still maintaining a fairly large budget.

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Amen.

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I would expect to see an outcry here. But really when the dominant party in Congress is about making government inconsequential along with singing the praises of private enterprise, how can you expect to see any other result.

If the only technological investment considered worthy of additional government funding is that which makes for more efficient (or at least more expensive) tools of death and destruction, how can you rationally expect a willingness to fund exploration.

When education is a four letter word to elected representatives, how can you expect science to get funding?

When support for research for less polluting ways to power all our toys is decried as socialism, how can you expect space toys to get money.

Get a grip folks, if the government is chastised for helping poor folks get health care, surely it should be lambasted for helping far wealthier people shoot rockets into space.

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You know Dull, your absolute misrepresentation of Obama as having Socialist Agenda does seem like you have really drunk Becktaid or Rushpills. I took you for less stupid than that.

Political Moves by The DEM/Libs and Oblahblahblah to Scare Up Support/Votes for their Socialist/Union Liberal Agendas.

Once The Scare gets them a few of their Vote Getting Programs, The Scare will End and NASA will Survive, albeit without some of its Pork.

Have a Cuppa Tea

Dull

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But Bob, the concept of 'government investment' is clearly lost on the TeaPublicans, so why should the Democrats waste efforts here. Perhaps if the TeaPublicans agreed to fund space exploration with new tax revenues (perhaps on those corporations which have gained so much in the past), then the argument might be different.

With all the cry about deficits and balancing the budget by elimination of Medicaid, reducing Medicare, reducing Social Security, eliminating Education support and the like, does it cause much surprise that space exploration would take a zero line hit?

I've been saying since the day Obama announced the "plan" to visit an asteroid that it was just a smoke screen to mask his intention to scrap US participation in manned space flight. So it's no surprise to me, if true, that NASA is heading for the chopping block. Funding NASA does not buy many votes whereas a new fat welfare program will. It is so short sighted to claim that the money spent on the space program is a waste. Like I have said before, the money does not get shot into space and lost. The vast majority of the money goes to pay highly intelligent and talented people to do jobs and they in turn spend that money to buy houses, cars, clothes, food and all the other things that keep the economy going. Too much welfare money goes into the pockets of the people providing services to those at the recieving end.

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I've been saying since the day Obama announced the "plan" to visit an asteroid that it was just a smoke screen to mask his intention to scrap US participation in manned space flight. So it's no surprise to me, if true, that NASA is heading for the chopping block. Funding NASA does not buy many votes whereas a new fat welfare program will. It is so short sighted to claim that the money spent on the space program is a waste. Like I have said before, the money does not get shot into space and lost. The vast majority of the money goes to pay highly intelligent and talented people to do jobs and they in turn spend that money to buy houses, cars, clothes, food and all the other things that keep the economy going. Too much welfare money goes into the pockets of the people providing services to those at the receiving end.

Welfare is a broad term, Thankfully I just get SSI, otherwise I'd be out in the cold and most likely, quite dead. But I digress, It's too bad NASA may be having a funding problem, but then I like NASA, stupidly Rep McKeon(R-CA formerly of the 25th District) wants to increase Defense Funding to $716 Billion.

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I've been saying since the day Obama announced the "plan" to visit an asteroid that it was just a smoke screen to mask his intention to scrap US participation in manned space flight. So it's no surprise to me, if true, that NASA is heading for the chopping block. Funding NASA does not buy many votes whereas a new fat welfare program will. It is so short sighted to claim that the money spent on the space program is a waste. Like I have said before, the money does not get shot into space and lost. The vast majority of the money goes to pay highly intelligent and talented people to do jobs and they in turn spend that money to buy houses, cars, clothes, food and all the other things that keep the economy going. Too much welfare money goes into the pockets of the people providing services to those at the recieving end.

I thought there was nothing government could do that private industry couldn't do better. GO, AnSARI! WOO!!!

Probes are easier and require much less space than sending people to planets. I'd rather see near time use of NASA's budget spent on probes to planets/asteroids than trying to get someone there.

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I've been saying since the day Obama announced the "plan" to visit an asteroid that it was just a smoke screen to mask his intention to scrap US participation in manned space flight. So it's no surprise to me, if true, that NASA is heading for the chopping block. Funding NASA does not buy many votes whereas a new fat welfare program will. It is so short sighted to claim that the money spent on the space program is a waste. Like I have said before, the money does not get shot into space and lost. The vast majority of the money goes to pay highly intelligent and talented people to do jobs and they in turn spend that money to buy houses, cars, clothes, food and all the other things that keep the economy going. Too much welfare money goes into the pockets of the people providing services to those at the recieving end.

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My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

Political Moves by The DEM/Libs and Oblahblahblah to Scare Up Support/Votes for their Socialist/Union Liberal Agendas.

Once The Scare gets them a few of their Vote Getting Programs, The Scare will End and NASA will Survive, albeit without some of its Pork.

Have a Cuppa Tea

Dull

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Word has leaked out that in its new budget, the Obama administration intends to terminate NASA’s planetary exploration program. The Mars Science Lab Curiosity, being readied on the pad, will be launched, as will the nearly completed small MAVEN orbiter scheduled for 2013, but that will be it. No further missions to anywhere are planned.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/26/obama-readies-to-blast-nasa/

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