What do you think about the crushing blow that Obama has done to NASA?

I think it is another example of our short sighted president's goal to "reduce the deficit." I guess nobody told him that the NASA program is so minuscule in its budget footprint compared to programs like his new health care entitlement that he insists on ramming down peoples' throats.

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Many good things have come from The Space Race and the later Space Program. But at SUCH a price, including at least 10 people dead in explosions or fire. Billions upon billions of dollars. We have learned a lot, but face it: in these tough times, I agree with Obama. Republicans should be ecstatic, no? Capitalism shining, and all that.

But the jobs: who do you think the private companies will hire?

People with NASA experience?

People with NASA know-how?

Turn-key NASA facilities are a-waitin for their new owners. It wouldn't make economic sense for the new owner/s to duplicate what NASA built over many years and because of massive billions thrown at NASA to provide state-of-the-art EVERYTHING; why build anew what's already built? This could be a bargain AND a good thing.

As one wise answer included: "monitor and verify their Americanness.".

I wouldn't look for NASA shutting down having a too-big effect on Houston. Or NASA-Goddard, NASA-Ames, etc.

But there's always U-Haul...

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I think so.

Has my brother very upset. He's an engineer on the Ares-1 project. His company is letting people go and this may cost him his job.

But, this does open NASA to go into robotics and other exploration fields, while giving private companies the chance to pick up the slack in the manned space programs.

obviously it is sign of the times -- it ain't going to first or last program people like that we are going to lose -- we have been borrowing for along time and not just in bad economies but in good ones(which is really bad). Were also going to have to pay more but eventually if we tighten our belts we can get our selves back on track

if we sell that -- there better be a lot clauses that those companies are monitored and American

dude even as a republican i can see the plan behind that. he is decreasing the amount of money that NASA itself is getting from the government and instead diverting that money to private companies so that they can attempt to improve upon space travel. all he is doing is taking NASA away and making it private and then the government will pay for seats on the ships the private companies take up. at least thats what the plan is now. there will be shortfalls and money wasted obviously but at least its letting capitalism run its course. and yes it will affect houston but being from texas myself im willing to go ahead and let houston go to waste. its turned into a pretty bad blemish on the face of tx.

I think Obama is corrupt because he knows fully that global warming is a hoax. How could a president with all his resources not know this, especially in light of the wild claims that the IPCC has put out there. They ranted about the rainforest and how you can see swathes of it rapidly disappearing by savanna grasslands. Their claim was based not on rainfall at all; It was based on a study done in Nature and man’s effects on the rainforest by bulldozing and cutting down trees. LOLJ I don’t see a connection with global warming there, but I do see a gross misrepresentation of facts.

Its that same sort of reporting that also made a it sound like the Himalayan Glaciers were melting. Obama must be pushing this not to advance science, but to push his trade and cap at the real expense of advancing space exploration.

Put him on the next shuttle to the space station and then kick him out and let him float around in space forever.

So much for having kids wanting a higher education.

apparently it's going to cost more to shut it down than what Obama thinks he's going to save but that fits in to his type of economic planning

I think we should put NASA up on eBay and sell it to the highest bidder. Let private companies run it.