"Paul" wrote in message
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In the past, I’ve read that because of the Vietnam War, the US lost
its direction for space exploration after Apollo 11 landed on the
moon. Today, I’ve read that because of the war in Iraq and terror, man
will not be going to Mars anytime soon, and perhaps only limited
manned exploration of the moon (depending on the presidents in the
next 10-15 years). Then I hear that the idiot Obama wants to
“postpone” Project Constellation for 5 years so he can fund his
education programs if he becomes president (hopefully, he will not;
too liberal in my opinion, and too stupid). If I believe correctly,
isn’t the Constellation program all being done within the confines of
NASA’s current annual budget? Does that mean, Obama intend to slash
NASA’s budget to fund his so-called education programs? Then, I
checked out the following link, and it makes me even more angrier.

http://www.cfiflistmanager.org/globalpovertyact3he.html

Obama is a complete idiot. He is just as bad as Walter Mondial was
back in 1984 when he vowed to curtail, or even scrapped, manned
exploration of outer space and put the money “saved” into social
programs. That’s probably why he lost big time. Perhaps the moron
should re-read his history. Obama is a person who is stuck in the past
and is not interested in looking towards the future. And in the end,
everybody pays the price for such stupidity.

Heinlein had from Santayana, "Those who ignore the past are
condemned to repeat it." The piece of the past that America
seems locked into ignoring, is when in the early 1420's, the
Chinese burned their great exploration fleet. However, it's
not an easy nor simple topic; I'm troubled by comments such
as "...is a complete idiot" etc etc. Whoever wants to act
against such wrong-headed directions, will have no impact at
all if he won't stop and think about who is a party to what
for what reasons ... ideology and money are two core matters
such topics turn around. I don't think 'Paul' has read
Robert Winter-Berger, 'The Washington Payoff' nor any of the
several books lately illuminating some of the Bush Republican
policies implemented in Washington.

And nothing in Washington is simple. "If you want a friend
in Washington, get a dog." Anyone with a little attention to
details and some imagination can construct a whole different
story about Scott Bloch and the two thumb drives on his keys
chain: that those drives carry Names and Details; thus, when
all the hot air cools, Bloch will get his papers not to the
clink but (very quietly) to a very rich golden parachute. It
is in the structure of the place; thus, who starts with all
that strong language, hasn't a chance to arrive anywhere
useful nor do anything useful. In other words, that's no way
to get anywhere in sci.space.policy.

Titeotwawki -- mha [sci.space.policy 2008 May 14]