Oh dear oh dear. So the future of American space exploration is to be enmeshed with nations and cultures that cannot and do not manufacture anything as technologically complex as a toaster? We’re to partner with people who not only refuse to educate women, but beat, torture, mutilate and kill them for real or imagined slights to honor? We’re to work out complex scientific matters with people whose only education occurs in madrassas where the sole curriculum is how to more effectively hate and kill Jews and all other infidels? We’re to do rocket science with nations whose only interest in that technology is in using it to produce delivery vehicles for weapons of mass destruction against folks like us? And we’re supposed to make these people, millions upon millions of whom would gladly saw our heads off with dull, rusty knives, feel good about the basic scientific accomplishments of a few of their ancestors of centuries and millennia past? And NASA(?!) is the logical governmental agency to take the lead in this errand?
No doubt the complete emasculation of NASA is primarily–but not solely–motivated by greed. There are many billions in the NASA budget that Obama and his legions covet for their pet socialistic projects. And no doubt, some of this is a result of Obama’s reflexive hatred for American exceptionalism. In NASA that leadership, that exceptional vision and ability, that failure is not an option culture and magnificent record of accomplishment are surely on display. Can’t have that now, can we? No we can’t!
Once again, we have an obvious example of the consequences of elections. Was Mr. Bolden appointed because of his experience, education and demonstrated management ability? Is he a rocket scientist? Or is he merely possessed of the correct skin tone, and most importantly, of the correct political mindset? The currently available evidence seems to indicate that a rocket scientist he is not. Hope and change indeed.
