"To Understand And Protect Our Home Planet" Revised Out Of NASA's Mission Statement

[filkertom]

Okay, seriously: Why is it that everything this psychotic Administration does seems politically motivated, contrary to basic common sense, or just downright harmful or even evil?

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[wcg.livejournal.com]

I can guarantee this move is not popular with the folks at EOS (Earth Observing Systems) at Goddard Spaceflight Center.

There's some argument to be made that weather and climate fall under the aegis of NOAA, and that EOS has been poaching in NOAA territory. But the current administration has cut NOAA's funding for satellite programs too. Besides, there's always been a NASA/NOAA partnership with the GOES and POES programs where NASA sees to their construction and test, and then hands them over to NOAA 90 days after launch.

I suspect this is setting things up for a huge cutback in the NASA Earth science budget, probably putting a lot of NASA scientists out of work. They won't be able to find jobs at NOAA either, since things are already tight there.

[jrittenhouse.livejournal.com]

I would imagine from my contacts as well that the savaging of science at NASA is at the 'we're setting fire to Atlanta' stage, what with Shuttle and CEV overruns.

BTW: you were right, and I was an idiot to put that up, and I apologize. You, sir, are a gentleman.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Thank you Jim. As for the unfortunate incident, I thought you and I had a civil disagreement going there. It was the host of third parties who felt free to share their opinions with me in a manner where if I'd replied in kind I'd have felt that I was having a fist-fight in your living room. So I left instead.

Getting back to science at NASA, it's probably worth noting that as a very rough gauge, the engineers tend to tilt right while the scientists tend to tilt left. This administration is the most drastic of Republican administrations in stripping away science funding while moving money toward the engineering side of the house, but it's a trend you can trace back to Richard Nixon.

Oh, for the love of...

[eibii.livejournal.com]

Because getting obliterated by Apophis is kind of like The Rapture, right? Right? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight? Bueller?

[avt-tor.livejournal.com]

They've already written off the Earth and they plan on starting somewhere else?

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

Seriously?

I think that they believe that they have made a pact with the Devil. Whether it's true or not, the effect is the same.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Worst thing is, they're like everyone else who ever made a pact with the Devil -- they think they've got it figured so it won't bounce back and bite them in the crotch.

[wayward-va.livejournal.com]

No. They believe they have made a pact with God which is much, much worse.

[randwolf.livejournal.com]

They want to shut down NASA's global climate research.

Then again, there is some doubt that these people believe that the earth is round.

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

I wonder how many thousands of taxpayer dollars the "conservative" government put into that wording change...

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

When you run a faith based government, science just gets in the way and makes you doubt your faith, which is a sin. Much better they eliminate all of that "fact" and "research" stuff and spend the money on people who will reaffirm your faith.

Which would explain that while they're cutting more funding for research projects, they're hiring more managers/supervisors/directors, who coincidently also happen to be big donors/fundraisers/GOP loyalists. Whenever I hear about of that going on, I keep hoping that Michael Moore lost weight, shaved, put a fake resume up on the Heritage Foundation's website, and is now a senior department head filming all of the Dilbert moments going on at NASA.

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

PSHAW. Why would anyone care about Earth? Dubya certainly doesn't, ergo, it's not worth caring about. *vomits*

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

Must be the heat, but meant to put this link in the previous comment. Sums up this faith-based administration pretty well.

http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2141

[ericthemage.livejournal.com]

I have a different take. I think they removed the wording to justify eliminating some of NASA's budget, and I think that wording will end up in at least one of the armed forces' mission statements, to justify a larger expansion of the military.

[glitchphil.livejournal.com]

It'll take decades to undo the damage this administration is doing.

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

Optimist.

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

Erm -- because this Administration is psychotic, politicaly motivated, contrary to common sense, harmful and evil?

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

And that's their mission statement.

[min0taur.livejournal.com]

Love the shot of the Martian Cylinder at Woking in the avatar pic. I think it's embelmatic of the space policy the administration would rather pursue.

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

Excellent! In three years, you're the second person to recognize it -- and the first lives in Woking.

And I can so see Dick Cheney at the controls of a Tripod.

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

Since when has this administration done anything to offer compromise and furtherment to the scientific community?

[don-tzu.livejournal.com]

I want to be shocked. But I suppose I'm jaded. This administration is a worst case scenario taken to the absurd extreme at times.

[wormquartet.livejournal.com]

Perhaps my brain is a tad overdramatic, but the first image I got when I read this was of Snowball altering the commandments of Animalism...

-=ShoEboX=-

[wormquartet.livejournal.com]

Errr...Squealer, not Snowball.

-=ShoEboX=-

"SNOWBAAAAAAALL!"

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

'Salright. I'm a Pinky and the Brain fan myself. :)

Re: "SNOWBAAAAAAALL!"

[wormquartet.livejournal.com]

"And the winner of the Pegasus award for Fastest Segue from Orwellian Analogies to Animaniacs Spinoff References Is..."

Re: "SNOWBAAAAAAALL!"

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

All animals are created equal, but some are created -- Narf!

(Poit)