This is How Urban News Myths Start

Excellent catch!!!

The article also shows that the President also broke one of his campaign promises,

"The ad is the first by either presidential candidate to highlight the space program. Obama has pledged to increase NASA funding to save Florida jobs and maintain America's leadership in space"

He is increasing funding. Just not in a way that makes any sense for manned space exploration. I imagine any good politico from either side of the aisle could slip out of the 'save FL jobs' and 'maintain leadership in space' quotes.

Looks like the Wall Street Journal could use a fact checker!

And then the word is going to go around, "Obama lied when he said he witnessed NASA launches!"

That promise is NOT broken (yet).
* Obama has proposed increasing funding ($6B/5yr
* Obama's plan, he claims, will retain 2500 more Space-Coast jobs than the POR. That is, it "save[s] Florida jobs".
* There's a strong argument that it retains and expands American leadership in space.

The 2 claims stand until/unless convincingly debunked by data, analysis, and argument. I always resented that about Bush, too, but debunking was usually easier.

While we wait to see what transpires, nothing he promised is proven wrong yet. In fact, even if Congress doesn't go along, that still wouldn't make it a lie -- he tried, after all.

Re crating Apollo in order to re live past. Aldrin is the right path. Huge rockets might be sexy but the expense of buying a new mega rocket whenever you fly is not going to cut it.

Regrettably, Tang was created the year before NASA was established-another urban myth! Although the Gemini astronauts drank it, they had no role in inventing the stuff (which as a kid I drank everyday to be more like my astronaut heroes. Didn't help my Algebra scores, though.)

Well, I'm in my 40's and I do remember vaguely the last Apollo launch but not in detail. Living in Florida I have a unique perspective on HSF it being a part of my whole life affecting people I know and they way they make their living. I also understand politicians invoking Apollo to try and spur some sort of patriotism in American citizens.. After that speech by Obama last week he no longer has that right. To dismiss it as we been there done that is short changing the moon and what it has to offer and also short changes the future minds of NASA and What they could accomplish with a NASA type program.

A few people of note that never said that.

Columbus,Magellan,Marco Polo,Jacque Custo and every person to climb Mt.Everest after Sir Edmund Hillary,Vasco de Gama,Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Hernando Cortes, John Cabot and Samuel de Champlain.

Been there done that. HA! I guess since Buzz " M.Fantastic" Aldrin has been on the moon already whats the point of anyone else wanting to go back. Ridiculous I have 2 kids in their teens and I love them more than anything in this world but, would step onto a space craft headed for the moon at the drop of a hat.

On that if he wasn't briefed on the subject he wouldn't even know What or where LRO was. I'm not an OBAMA basher by any means. I defend most of his policies and I live in the south so that makes me very unpopular. After 8 years of bush I actually re registered as an independent from a republican after many years. But short sided comments like " We have been there before " makes no sense considering there were several other landings after 12. Makes you wonder if Buzz told the astronauts that followed him on that journey to our nearest celestial neighbor " We don't need to go man I went already , you should go somewhere else" I would put money down he didn't.

Damn the Gravity!