More Sour Notes On The Obama Space Policy

Recent speech from Homer Hickam

http://www.homerhickam.com/cgi-bin/blog.cgi?id=45

The Hill article is utter drivel. The authors obviously have no clue. The KnoxNews article was interesting but big on personal feelings and short on facts. I appreciate Taylor being realistic about the budget Jack Schmitt is just being silly. Getting Helium 3 off the moon is a little premature since the fusion technology to utilize it is still 30-50 years away from reality (or longer at current funding levels).

With regard to the Chinese planting their flag on the moon, who cares? There are six American flags there already so big whoop.

My friend Homer and these Congressional critics are wrong. I keep wishing people would actually read the details of this budget before they make their criticisms. For the first time in recent memory, this budget contains enough funding to develop truly advanced space tehnologies, systems that can be exploited in any number of future crewed or robotic missions. You wonder why going to Mars isn't plastered all over the front pages, or in a White House address by the President/ Just read the latest unemployment figures. Building a new space commercial capability, and the seeding of hundreds of small businesses and research facilities across the nation where these technologies will take shape will help us grow the economy. There is something in this budget that all can support.
It's time we came together and did just that.

Hickam,Cernan,Cunningham,Jones,Duke,Borman,Rominger,Carpenter,Schmitt...

Are NOT wrong.

They have damn serious logical concerns over this disastrous radical policy proposal and those serious concerns WILL be heard by congress.

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CessnaDriver - Maybe if you clap your hands, fairies will appear, and prove you are right
/snark