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Gaffetastic:
Vice President Joe Biden had his “oops” moment Wednesday speaking in a 49er-crazed SF when he told a crowd at a city political fundraiser that “the Giants are on their way to the Super Bowl.” - SF Chronicle, 1-18-12
Since when did it become NASA’s “mission” to “improve relations with the Muslim world”?
Since Barack Obama was elected President, apparently:
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a recent interview that his “foremost” mission as the head of America’s space exploration agency is to improve relations with the Muslim world.
Though international diplomacy would seem well outside NASA’s orbit, Bolden said in an interview with Al Jazeera that strengthening those ties was among the top tasks President Obama assigned him. He said better interaction with the Muslim world would ultimately advance space travel.
“When I became the NASA administrator — or before I became the NASA administrator — he charged me with three things. One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math, he wanted me to expand our international relationships, and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science … and math and engineering,” Bolden said in the interview.
Byron York has more:
In the same interview, Bolden also said the United States, which first sent men to the moon in 1969, is no longer capable of reaching beyond low earth orbit without help from other nations.
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Bolden’s trip included a June 15 speech at the American University in Cairo. In that speech, he said in the past NASA worked mostly with countries that are capable of space exploration. But that, too, has changed in light of Obama’s Cairo initiative. “He asked NASA to change…by reaching out to ‘non-traditional’ partners and strengthening our cooperation in the Middle East, North Africa, Southeast Asia and in particular in Muslim-majority nations,” Bolden said. “NASA has embraced this charge.”
“NASA is not only a space exploration agency,” Bolden concluded, “but also an earth improvement agency.”
“Earth improvement …” what? Ed Morrissey responds:
The problem Byron uncovers goes farther than just the Muslim outreach, though. NASA has always inspired children and even bolstered international relations, but not because that was its mission. It did those things by pursuing solid goals of exploration of space, which is why Congress funds the agency. Those esteem-boosters came as a secondary result of actual achievement, not as an end in itself. The Obama administration wants to turn this over onto its head by making NASA a bureaucracy dedicated to self-esteem which might at some point have a goal that has to do with exploration of space.
This is a recipe for failure on an expensive scale. Congress needs to either get the White House to redefine its mission for NASA or cut off its funds until the self-esteem party is canceled.
Would be very interesting to find out just how much this self-esteem “outreach” effort is costing the American people. Anywhere in the stratsosphere of as much as Project Constellation cost before it was effectively axed by this administration, costing along with it thousands of jobs?
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Excuse me, but could someone wake me when the “muslim world” gets somewhere close to the eighteenth century in terms of social progress? After all the false crap we’ve been told the muslims did at the end of the first millennium and at the beginning of the second (I’m surprised they didn’t invent electricity, the wireless and automobiles, we’ve been told they were so advanced), their global society didn’t take a respite, they took a nosedive into prehistoric animal behavior from which they have yet to recover.
With Duh-1′s sights set so high (as to make us look good in the space program compared to countries who barely understand basic rocketry), maybe this is one area he can trumpet in his reelection bid in two years.
Lord knows, the way things are going for most Americans (black, white and most shades of brown) he’ll need every muslim vote he can muster, even with the progeny of ACORN counting the ballots.
Need I remind everyone that NASA was a major co-conspirator in that other fatuous fraud global warming? Since Bolden has now declared NASA incapable of accomplishing anything more than being the highest flying American airplane, maybe we should just shut it down.
NASA was one of the most successful government programs ever when it was about science and engineering. Now that it is about politics, it is just an expensive political failure.
In answer to your question ST, it became NASA’s mission to improve relations with the Muslim world since BHO became president. America is being overrun by Islam and our president is encouraging it.
Honestly, it’s like I went to sleep and woke up in Bizarro World…
I’m speechless. Just when I thought stupidity has reached it’s climax, these bozo’s have attained a new summit.
Gosh, its great that we finally have a “science” president, eh??
NC, he couldn’t pass 5th grade science (even today), and he sure as heck was only “qualified” to attend anything more than a second-rate trade school because of the color of his skin. What makes anyone anywhere think he’s concerned in the least about advancing education? The only proclivity he’s shown about “advancing” education is making sure the little darlings are indoctrinated properly with the correct amount of “hate your country” and an overdose of fourteenth century alchemy when it comes to AGW.
Oh, and be sure to let the little darlings know they’ll never have to work a day of their lives if only we tax the rich enough.
I heard the Iranian government scientists are trying to figure out how to stone a woman to death in 1/6 atmosphere on the moon after of course they figure out how to nuke Israel off the face of the planet and kill all the infidels that work at NASA.
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Here’s a clue; they could start by launching that stupid Black Rock in Mecca BACK into space where it belongs!
About 120 years ago these Arab geniuses were still preferring camels to women!! Then oil was discovered and they became “sophisticated” by keeping their women uneducated, beat them for the slightest offense and stone them to death for trivial reasons. So…they actually treated their camels better! Go figure. These are Barry’s role models.
This is absolutely sickening! This president is destroying this country, and we are all sitting back and taking it.
“Space the final frontier” is no longer an American Dream.However, “…an earth improvement agency via.. outreach to the Koran is the fruiton of Nasa is insane.
If Republicans can not articulate America exceptionalism as an idea that has value while President 44 and his cabal destroy this American ethos ,we are at the final frontier for this Nation.
In space, no one can hear you scream Alah Akbar…
Was just reading the bio of Bolden. His son’s middle name is Che. Maybe he is one of this Mao-Che admirers that roam the WH these days.. That would explain the entry of NASA into the political world instead of space exploration.
LMAO @ NC Cop and Severian.
It’s been awhile since coffee has projectiled out of my nose.
No one can convince me that this President isn’t 1) a muslim 2) is a natural born citizen. His every move/decision shows more and more that he really does want to harm our nation. There are also some conspiracies out there that he was groomed by the Soviet’s for this postion to bring down the US. That Soviet intellegence officers had been drinking and said that a half black man who was raised in the Philipines was being groomed for this position. Which is where Bill Ayers comes in, who, even tho was just a “casual aquantance”, has visited the President and given access to the residence. Hmmmmmm
Just like these Russian spies that were recently caught had little access to our secrets, but great access to our academia. Was that to influence our great institutions, to move them to more communists ideals?? Looking at our present colleges, I have to conclude that the answer to that question is a huge resounding YES!!! – Lorica
Head of NASA is in Cairo..was he inteviewing with IRAN for a position on the rocketry program after NASA is defunded? If you ask me this is the quickest way to shut down NASA. Once done, they will divert the money spent for science into their indoctrination programs/social welfare/entitlement programs.
Bottom Line with BHO….America can no longer be great at anything. Check out his ability to handle the oil spill…how many “experts” did he consult with before he did anything?
My former workplace was destroyed by Muslims who were given flying lessons in our country. Does anyone think that if we teach jihadists rocketry that they will use it for peaceful purposes?
I wonder how hard The One’s administration has to search for someone dumb enough to say these things with a straight face and earnest enthusiasm? They found “roughest toughest country” Napolitano and now “make ‘em feel good” Bolton. There must be a Presidential Task Force to locate the Professional Stupid.
IMO Nasa required about a billion dollars from the contractors (all within one or two weeks), thereby requiring the contractors to immediately lay off thousands of American workers to fund that billion. Then the Nasa administrator immediately takes a trip to Cairo (?) for a muslim outreach (?). Anybody want to hazard a guess where that billion bucks ended up?
NASA as a Muslim outreach program?
Huh. I though The Department of Agriculture handled that.
Space technology is, of course, basically the same thing as missile technology.
In this administration, David, so is farming and community outreach. Anything to aid the muslims in feeling comfortable with their burquas and vest bombs.