Destroying NASA kills the Space Program

Some people want to save the space program, still. As a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), who was one of the few Representatives who signed the letter of 27 Congressmen to NASA Administrator Bolden a week ago, who does not have a NASA center in his district, has emphasized the impact of the proposed cancellation of NASA's manned space program to the nation's
defense.

In a Feb. 16 discussion with the editorial board of the {Clipper} paper, in Bountiful, Utah, Representative Bishop stated: "Left in the wreckage of this decision will be the destruction of at least 20,000 private sector jobs." That
includes 2,000 in Utah. "The kinds of skills needed to build NASA rockets are the same skills needed to build missiles used in the defense of our nation, and they rely on the same rocket motor technology." (Solid rocket motors for military and civilian rockets are built by ATK in Promonotry, Freeport Center, and Salt Lake County).

But, Bishop emphasized, this is not only about jobs. "Most importantly, it is absolutely about our Constitutional responsibility to provide for the common defense," he said. "In each area, the Obama plan fails America.... Already a bi-partisan Congressional effort is challenging the Administration's proposal
that harms America's role in space, hurts our economy, and damages our missile defense and national security. We must and can do better." That is why Obama has to go.

Fight to Save the Manned US Space Program

The fight begins to save the US Manned Space Program. Indicative of the uproar the Obama Administration will face on Capitol Hill when hearings start on the NASA budget: On Feb. 13, the day when an angry letter signed by 27 Reps was sent to NASA head Charlie Bolden, Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.), whose district includes NASA's Kennedy Space Center, released his own statement to emphasize the impact on his constituents.

Posey references NASA's illegal cancellation on Feb. 13 of a ground launch control contract, which is needed to test Constellation's Ares-1 rocket. Kennedy is already facing up to 7,000 layoffs when the Shuttle stops flying later this year, because nothing is ready to take its place. This Constellation contract cancellation, Posey says, "could be as many as 1,500 additional jobs that will be lost at KSC." "It is truly disappointing that our space program lacks leadership and vision. If current trends are allowed to continue, we risk reverting to pre-1961 status, having no human space flight program." Back to the Moon and on to Mars.

The Crash is on

The crash is on. The problem has not gone away, and it will not go until we get the four powers agreement between Russia, China, and the USA and India. The U.S. Labor Department shows in its January employment report out today, that it has continued up through December to understate the loss of jobs in the U.S. economy by an average of 55,000 every month, and still continues to do so. With the revised employment-loss totals published today, the Labor Department is now reporting the economy lost 5.780 million jobs just during calendar 2009, Barack Obama's first year as President, and the job elimination continued at a rate of 150-200,000/month right up through December 2009. We need change, like to impeach Obama now. Build the tunnel under the bering strait, and that will be lots of jobs, even for harlem dudes.