Source: The Morning Journal, Northern Ohio
The dismantling of America’s ability to send astronauts into space makes no sense.
Last week, President Obama announced at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida that the privatization of the nation’s space program has become a major priority of his administration. The last space shuttle flight to the International Space Station is scheduled for September.
Scrapping the call by former President George W. Bush to return Americans to the moon and make that the 21st century launching pad to explore our solar system, Obama instead wants to land on asteroids. Talk about riding moonbeams to the stars.
With the 50th anniversary approaching of President John F. Kennedy issuing the challenge to America to put men on the moon by the end of the 1960s, Obama wants to buy rides into space from the Russians, Chinese, Europeans and private businesses.
In the meantime, thousands of highly trained NASA employees in Florida, Texas, and most likely at NASA Glenn in Cleveland, stand to lose their jobs. A lucky few may be able to find work overseas with nations that put value on space travel.
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