Obama - Hey, let’s land astronauts on an asteroid

[ericire12]

Who are these idiots, and why are they running our country




Return to the moon?: "I just have to say... we've been there before"

Video here:
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/15/obama-hey-lets-land-astronauts-on-an-asteroid/

*Poor JFK is rolling.

[PegLeg45]

Ooo, Ooo, I know....let's go to Saturn and race around and around on it's rings.........      

[TAB]

I have a better idea... lets cut out NASA all toegther...

[jnevis]

I have a better idea... lets cut out NASA all toegther...

I sure hope you're kidding. (but I'm sure you're not)

NASA is more than space exploration.  Actually extraterrestrial missions are a small percentage of NASA's annual budget, it is just the most visible.

The computer you type that post on-directly tied to the Apollo program.  
The cell phone you use to talk- communications equipment developed to control satelites and get data back from space.
Safer air travel- tested daily at the NASA facility in Cleveland and improved at NASA Ames in Sunnyvale CA.
Better synthetic materials, including nylon and other clothing textiles- again developed for use in the space program, among other uses.
Safer drinking water, produced cheaper and recyclable-you get the idea.

I'd rather see welfare go away before NASA.

I'm almost ashamed to admit, after reading the NASA page on the President's visit, that I actually agree with him on that point.  We have allowed ourselves to fall behind and let the one governmen agency that is CHARTERED to improve our quality of life by advancing the science and exploration of our planet and beyond to atrophe to a shell of it's former self.  We have lost sight of President Kennedy's vision of exploration "Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce." "We need men who can dream of things that never were."

[TAB]

I understand the tech that the space progarm has produce. I just think there are better ways to spend the money.  Other types of research could be funded with that money. 

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[ericire12]

I understand the tech that the space progarm has produce. I just think there are better ways to spend the money.  Other types of research could be funded with that money. 

Thats a valid point... If we went down another path we might not have all the electronic gizmos that we are all so used to, but there might be a cure for cancer.

[jnevis]

Thats a valid point... If we went down another path we might not have all the electronic gizmos that we are all so used to, but there might be a cure for cancer.

While I won't deniy that, but the space program is more than electronics.  There have been significant research done, on the ground and in space, on food production (higher yeild crops with less waste,) and simple waste handling (nothing like having to sleep next to your garbage for a week or more as incentive).  You'd actually be surprised at what NASA is funded to research.

[Solus]

NASA has probably done more to advance medical treatment than any other government agency and perhaps more than all combined.

The remote monitoring of patients and so much of the modern diagnostic equipment has it's roots in the space program monitoring the astronauts. 

I have no idea how many advances in the understanding of human physiology have come by way of understanding and monitoring  astronauts.

The electronic gadgets we have to play with are minor byproducts of the space programs equipment development.

If NASA received royalties for it's inventions, they wouldn't ever need to ask for a budget.

[CJS3]

Astronauts shouldn't worry about losing their jobs. They'll be able to contract out to the Chinese when they start setting up their moon colony.

A billion+ need room to grow.

[JC5123]

Astronauts shouldn't worry about losing their jobs. They'll be able to contract out to the Chinese when they start setting up their moon colony.

A billion+ need room to grow.

They aren't worried. They own most of the U.S. Hard to call them illegal aliens when they hold the deed to our country.