Spaced Out

Common guys, how long you will run horse on the small pot.

It is a good example that countries with sound human power and knowledge capital can do great things.

Hopefully this moon mission uncovers more mysteries about moon.

Jake, your showing your true colors finally (as we suspected anyway). The McCain website has shown support for additional shuttle flights, the Constellation program, and other major science industries on an entire page since he began running.
Obama, however it seems had no use for science or the space program of any kind until he began to see the light that perhaps he would like to garner votes in Florida, California, and Texas, three of the largest states in the space industry.
In fact if you had gone on his campaign web you could find nothing of science or the space program there.
Naturally the liberal media and it's writers never noted this or preferred to disregard it because it never fit their version of "news".
Now all we read about is how Obama views things. He had no viewpoint until he realized what it took to win. A true Democratic politician, whichever way the wind blows. We've seen that before it seems.
With any luck this one will go away with the wind as his predecessor did in the previous election.

For the above comment, I meant to address it to Ned Potter, not Jake Tapper. Pardon the error.

Note from Ned Potter--

PNA, pardon cheerfully accepted. I'm not Jake. But I think you may have read something into my post that wasn't intended. Obama has shifted position, and while I would hardly pretend to read his mind, it may mostly be political opportunism.

A nice thing for a reporter about a blog format is that I can post a link to Sen. McCain's position paper on space. He has, indeed, said he supports an active human space program, and you can read his position by clicking through.

I don't think the Obama camp got a free pass today. They did, however, put out a comment about India's lunar mission.

I think it's great that India is doing this. But I think the anti-other-countries-space program is the dumbest, most arrogant thing I can think of. Who said that only the US can be the best at space? How about racing to be the best country, we join with all other space countries, and do it as a team?

Lawrence is right on. After all, humans form a community and since space travel benefits everyone in the long run, why not do it for humanity, instead of just one flag? We began it as a race between Russia and the U.S. Now, there are more players: a broader and deeper bench, if you will. Now, with so many players available, we can accomplish so much more. If we'd teamed up with Russia at the end of World War 2, we'd probably have a manned colony on Mars by now. There's still time, folks.

The launch of India's moon mission is a reflection of the growth of their scientific and mathematical education system. What does the US have? Since Regan and especially during the present administration, with the Religious Right support, a government that would rather destroy public education than make it better. We need to rededicate this country to public education, add 20-40 days to the school calendar, set a national core curriculum, and hold schools and teachers accountable for implementing those standards. If not, then we will have generations of students that can not compete with those in Europe, Japan, China, and India. Putting students in private religious schools at tax-payer expense will not make us competitive!

KyWalker; your accusation that public education is and or was being dismantled by "Regan", I assume that you mean President Reagan (?) with the help of the "religious right". Please supply case studies to support your accusation. I know of no studies completed or even started that would support your whimsical and baseless accusation. You state that placing students in private and/or religious schools does not make us competitive. Again, you have a misconception. In fact, just the opposite is true. It is proven that private and/or charter school not only compete but excel in most cases vs. public schools. Competition with the rest of the world would increase if all students went to those. But all cannot go due to the expenses. You are correct in only one point that I can see, that is we do need a national curriculum. The remainder of your post is pure whimsy and baseless. Obviously you are a liberal with a vendetta against Reagan, statistically (as proven in the public opinion polls) the most beloved president in our nations history with Lincoln running a close second. You really need to re-think your flawed theory. Find the true blame for the decline of the American school systems; parents without care.

"next-generation replacement includes $2 billion more for NASA"

Peanuts compared to what's being spent on the military. I rather see money being spent on science than a pointless war.