Waaaay back in February, the President of the United States submitted, through is newly appointed NASA Administrator, a new budget proposal for the fiscal year 2011. In this budget, the Administration proposed to kill the Constellation Program in its entirety and outsource our manned space flight programs to the private sector. That old stupidity that the market can do it better and more efficiently. Seems strange that the man who touted transparency in government would stick this idiotic budget proposal out there with no notice. But that seems to be the way of the Obama Administration strangely enough.
Now, the real culprits, our Congress!!! Since February’s release of the Obama/Bolden/Garver/Holdren stupidity regarding NASA, the Congress has set about gnashing their teets, beating their breasts and uttering all manner of sound bites about their objection to this budget proposal. They even passed legislation specifically directing the Administration to refrain totally from adversely affecting (as in stopping) the work in any component of the Constellation Program. The Administration promptly gave Congress the proverbial bird and set out to do exactly as they wished, totally ignoring Congress’s rantings.
Problem? Congress so far has done absolutley nothing, except hold hearings and give Bolden a “severe talking to”. In June, early, NASA did another END RUN around Congress, basically telling the Congress critters that they were no concern and NASA/the Administration would do whatever they wished. They pulled an old 140 year old piece of legislation and directed it’s bullets at the Constellation programs prime contractors. This caused the immediate start of orders to subcontractors to STOP WORK. Thus totally abrogating the Congress’ direction to do otherwise.
Congress continues to dither, make irate statements and issue strongly worded letters to the NASA Administration!!! Big Whoop.
In the Meantime, Obama, Lori Garver, John Holdren and Charles Bolden are sitting in their offices laughing their asses off at the Congress and the thousands of aerospace engineers, scientists and technicians who are losing their livelihoods.
Lori Garver is the reputed mastermind behind all this turmoil at NASA, is was her plan and her program from the start. Guess Lori has a targeted bigh cushy job with one of the aerospace companies who will benefit from her perfidy toward the NASA folks.
While the actions of Obama, Garver, Holdren and Bolden are sickening and to my mind borderline traitorous, the actions of Congress (or should I truly say, INACTION) is the real sick aspect of this entire sick activity. By sitting on their fat butts and doing nothing but flap their lips, the program at NASA will continue to fire highly qualified engineering, scientific and technical talent. These folks will, for all intent and purpose, be totally lost to the national space technology program. As a result, we will see this nation become an also ran with regard to the space race. Thanks to the Administration for their lack of integrity and insane proposal, and the Congress for doing absolutely nothing to protect the United States from this total idiocy.
Already China is moving forward with their plans to dominate Low Earth Orbit space and their intent is clearly stated, they will militarize the space above the earth.
Thanks again Congress for doing nothing to protect this nation and a special thanks to the Obama Administration for their actions to murder the national manned space program.
