To Bolden go where no human has gone before!.
Sorry about that bad pun about the NASA administrator, Charles Bolden. Couldn’t resist it. But the main reason for this post is this “new” mission for NASA to “Improve” relations with the Muslim World…
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Whisky Tango Foxtrot! For the sorry ass details, you can read the actual foxnews. com report yourself.
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“When I became the NASA administrator — or before I became the NASA administrator — he (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 … and math and engineering,” Bolden said in the interview. (End Quote).
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The first objective is a no brainer. Inspire the youth for the sciences. The second one also a no brainer: improve international relations. The ISS (International Space Station) is that example. The third part, I will quote this part specifically, (Quote)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 … and math and engineering(End Quote).
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I question the use of the word “dominantly” in this statement. Alarm bells are going off in the back of my brain over this statement and I cannot put my finger on it specifically. Call a hunch, or the Force is tingling; alerting me to something is wrong here.
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The other link is the rebuttal. Michael Griffin, former NASA administrator under the Budh administration.
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(Quote) Griffin said Tuesday that collaboration with other countries, including Muslim nations, is welcome and should be encouraged — but that it would be a mistake to prioritize that over NASA’s “fundamental mission” of space exploration.
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“If by doing great things, people are inspired, well then that’s wonderful,” Griffin said. “If you get it in the wrong order … it becomes an empty shell.”
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Griffin added: “That is exactly what is in danger of happening.”
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He also said that while welcome, Muslim-nation cooperation is not vital for U.S. advancements in space exploration.
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“There is no technology they have that we need,” Griffin said. (End Quote).
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Griffin is right. No middle eastern muslim nation has the technology that we need to improve space flight over what we already have. So again, what gives with the Obama administration telling Bolden to go out and make these statements other than protecting his paycheck?
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Ref. foxnews.com. “NASA Chief: Next Frontier Better Relations With Muslim World” July 7, 2010 (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/05/nasa-chief-frontier-better-relations-muslims/).
