Friday, July 09, 2010
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Rush's comments on NASA Chief Bolden's remarks
from Rush Limbaugh here:
BOLDEN: Before I became the NASA administrator he charged me with three things. One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math. He wanted me to expand our international relationships, and third and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering.
RUSH: Now, a lot of people are saying, "Rush, the guy really didn't mean it, he's just out there, this is just a bunch of pap for the al-Jazeera audience, didn't really mean it." Of course he meant it, and of course Obama said it. There's no question. Why would he say it if he didn't mean it? He certainly meant it for the Muslim audience and al-Jazeera. And, by the way, would somebody show me any Nobel prizes for math or science from the Muslim world? I'm going to get in a lot of trouble for this, but that's what we do here, we make the complex understandable, we deal with the truth. Most of these claims about Muslim contributions to science and math are myths. Even, folks, the so-called Arabic numbers were actually invented by the Hindus in 500 AD. I looked this up this weekend. It was even before there was such a thing as Islam. The Hindus created the so-called Arabic numerals and you can find this in Wikipedia if you want to believe it. Charles Bolden, NASA administrator, he was asked, "Why are you here in the region?" "Well, I'm here to spread the Muslim outreach." He said it, he meant it. "He couldn't possibly have meant this." He did mean it.
Lack of Space Technology Is Not the Muslim World’s Problem
NRO The Corner
Lack of Space Technology is not the Muslim World's Problem by M. Zuhdi Jasser at the Corner (NRO).
Lack of Space Technology is not the Muslim World's Problem by M. Zuhdi Jasser at the Corner (NRO).
White House Defends Bolden
The White House clams that NASA Chief Bolden misspoke when he gave the three main objectives that Obama wanted Charlie to initiate in NASA's Mission. What? From HotAir Here:
Ed Morrissey is saying that NASA under Charles Bolden and Obama Presidency is giving up on:
1. Going Back to the MOON
2. Scraping Aries
3. Replacing the Shuttle (i.e. go to ISS on Russian launch vehicles.)
Again the three objects that Charlie is saying is none of them cover "Space Exploration!" Bolden's words here:
After NASA Administrator Charles Bolden got blasted for revealing the three objectives tasked for him by Barack Obama, the White House has decided to fight back — by basically claiming that Bolden misspoke. Jake Tapper reports from the White House that the Obama administration now claims that the mission will still be to “push the boundaries of exploration”:
Ed Morrissey is saying that NASA under Charles Bolden and Obama Presidency is giving up on:
1. Going Back to the MOON
2. Scraping Aries
3. Replacing the Shuttle (i.e. go to ISS on Russian launch vehicles.)
Again the three objects that Charlie is saying is none of them cover "Space Exploration!" Bolden's words here:
When I became the NASA Administrator — before I became the NASA Administrator — [Obama] charged me with three things: One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math, he wanted me to expand our international relationships, and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering.
Morrissey is right in the mission of NASA is going off "the rails." We need new direction and a new NASA Chief!
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
The end of US Manned space program?
Is the Manned space program going to die? From Bob Zimmerman here:
Though it has appeared that many if not most members of Congress have been unhappy with the Obama administration’s efforts to shut down the Constellation program, I have always believed that in the end, Congress wouldn’t have the fortitude to force its desires on the President. The action yesterday by the House appropriations subcommittee that funds NASA to take a neutral position on Obama’s proposals demonstrates this. They are willing to give NASA the extra money that Obama propopses, but they also have said that a compromise between Congress and the President on the future of the manned program must be agreed to before the money can be spent.
Obama’s new mission for NASA: Reach out to Muslim world | Washington Examiner
Obama’s new mission for NASA: Reach out to Muslim world | Washington Examiner
“NASA is not only a space exploration agency,” Bolden concluded, “but also an earth improvement agency.”
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/obamas-new-mission-for-nasa-reach-out-to-muslim-world-97785979.html#ixzz0suLtDXif
Monday, July 05, 2010
NASA Muslim Outreach program
HT from Gateway Pundit. NASA's goal was to get us to the Moon and keep the USA in Outer Space. Our mission is to explore space not to build up Muslim self-esteem!
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Satellite to Monitor space debris
From WSJ here.
DENVER—A new U.S. Air Force satellite will provide the first full-time, space-based surveillance of hundreds of satellites and thousands of pieces of debris that could crash into American and allied assets circling the Earth.
[spacecam0703] Associated Press
Satellite made by Ball Aerospace and Technologies; the Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite in Boulder, Colo.
If all goes as planned, the Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite, scheduled for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Thursday, will have an unobstructed, around-the-clock view of the heavy traffic in Earth orbit—something the Air Force doesn't have now.
Saturday, July 03, 2010
July snow falls on Mt. Washington - Local News Updates - MetroDesk - The Boston Globe
July snow falls on Mt. Washington - Local News Updates - MetroDesk - The Boston GlobeHere comes Global Cooling!
When I was in High School I went hiking on the John Muir Trail we were about 6,000 to 7,000 Feet and it is common for a snowfall to occur up in the Sierra's even in July.
When I was in High School I went hiking on the John Muir Trail we were about 6,000 to 7,000 Feet and it is common for a snowfall to occur up in the Sierra's even in July.
Friday, July 02, 2010
Pleistocene Global Warming
Grazing animals produce methane through natural fermentation of feed in their guts. Today, cattle produce about 20% of annual global methane emissions. "This influence may have been greater in the Pleistocene epoch, when atmospheric methane concentrations were considerably lower," says the study.
What are they higher today because of Man?
HT Watts Up
Thursday, July 01, 2010
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