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Bolden on al-Jazeera: "In his message in Cairo, [Obama] talked about expanding our international outreach, expanding our international involvement. We’re not
by siculars 16y ago
Bolden on al-Jazeera:
"In his message in Cairo, [Obama] talked about expanding our international outreach, expanding our international involvement. We’re not going to go anywhere beyond low earth orbit as a single entity. The United States can’t do it, China can’t do it — no single nation is going to go to a place like Mars alone."
I dunno about you all, but reading this one day after July 4th (or any day for that matter) makes me sick to my stomach. According to this article, and excerpts from a Bolden interview on al-Jazeera, we are to believe that Obama has tasked NASA with reaching out to the Muslim world and make the Muslim world "feel good" about their contributions to science and math. Perhaps historically... but recently? I counter with: what have you done for me lately.
Is it April fools? Seriously?
To abdicate and simply say that NASA can not get to the moon or mars by itself is just the height of insanity. If you believe we landed on the moon why would you agree with that statement. The only thing that means to me is that the current white house administration and by extension NASA administration do not view it as a priority.
- amichail 16y agoMaybe they are thinking of training people from Muslim countries to be astronauts on NASA missions.
- relme 16y agoSpace exploration is a human endeavor. Why not reach out and try to accomplish something big, together with other countries.
- dandrews 16y agoHaving competition got us into space to begin with.
- anigbrowl 16y agoPromoting science (and not incidentally, the USA) in Middle Eastern societies is a good long-term diplomatic strategy. Islamic countries have some of the lowest ratios of patents to population and wealth; a good many scholars of international relations theorize that abundant oil wealth has benefited religious leaders to the detriment of science, and so the latter could do with a shot in the arm. I'm down with it. People complained about Eisenhower inviting Kruschev to the USA and Nixon going to China as well - both turned out to be extremely shrewd decisions which paid off for the US over the long term.
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