HowardStar Trek Take Two
February 7th 2010 02:06
Real Crash- Looking at Capitalism and its Laws:
Star Trek
If you like scientific progress and a Moon, Mars manned-landing project, you may have to stick to Startrek re-runs, at least until the Russians and the Chinese get there. Then, there is the other matter of Obama killing NASA behind the back of leading officials that are supposed to be babysitting the Obama administration. At a hearing on the Department of Defense budget before the House Armed Services Committee, Feb. 3, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was asked if anyone had consulted with the Defense Department about how cancelling NASA's next generation rockets for Constellation would affect defense programs. His answer was "no." The Utah Deseret News reported yesterday that, at the hearing, Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) asked that question, out of concern for the hundreds of jobs that could be lost at Utah-based solid rocket booster manufacturer, ATK.
ATK manufactures the twin boosters for the Space Shuttle, and was contracted to produce them for the Ares rockets NASA is developing for Constellation. ATK-produced solid rocket boosters are also used on rockets that launch Department of Defense payloads.
Rep. Bishop said at the meeting that the cancellation would hurt defense, which needs rocket scientists to keep military projects alive. "This really is rocket science," Bishop said, "and therefore we must make every effort to preserve and continue these cutting-edge scientific advancements for future generations." Bishop said that "thousands of people in Utah...are losing good-paying, high-tech jobs."
Rep. Gabriella Giffords (D-AZ), who chairs the House Science & Technology space subcommittee, and is an outspoken critic of the Obama plan, is also on the Armed Services Committee, and says she will raise the issue of the NASA cuts there, as well.
Do you want a future for your children? Do you want to keep the USA first in aerospace? Then impeach President Obama, and listen to the geezer.
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The Political Brief
Liberalism (progressivism) depends on class envy to succeed. They claim to want everyone to be "equal" (that means equally poor and dependent on the almighty nanny-state). Real progress of any sort is against their twisted philosophy.