Nasa has been a front for what is really going on with space exploration. Thanks to the web these people have been slowly exposed for what they really stand for, LIES. Its just a matter of time before wikileaks exposes these frauds for what they have done, for so many years. Leing, and disinformation. Thanks Nasa for all the airbrushing and basically holding back important information to the general public to what is really going on out there. Thanks to Garry Mckinnon, for keeping the truth!
@3:38 >"Obama administration cut and completely underfund the new constellation program."
He talks as if that's something new, the constellation program was always underfunded from the beginning, Bush never bothered to fund it properly. Obama just finally put it outof it's misery so NASA could concentrate on realistic projects.
The US gives to NASA 1 to 10% of what they give to the US Army. And their seriously thinking about Cutting the NASA funds? Really....i mean really? that fact was before they went to Iraq btw...so i dont know wath percentage it would be today, but it is low. yet, some fucking oil is more important then discovering wath the universe is about...im ashamed of humanity.
Obama's proposed budget... and also the senate bill that just made it out of committee that Obama has said he would approve.... both raise NASA's funding. The just cut constellation for a different plan because Constellation was far behind schedule, wasteful, and underfunded from the beginning.
Im extremely excited for the next decade in space with these new budget proposals. ( Except obviously for the house one..... it sucks ass.)
The US will be remembered far longer for NASA than any other thing we've done. Millennia from now we will be remembered for the moon landing, but no one will remember the Iraq war for anything except the big fat mistake it was. With all the money we throw away on the military-industrial complex we could be terraforming Venus and Mars. We could have bases on the moon. We could be sending seed civilization probes into interstellar space. But I guess we'd rather stay here and fight each other.
The secret space program already exists, its already on Mars and it already has contempt for you, me, and any "civilian" who thinks that your tax dollars are all going to fill in potholes. Biggest hoax that ever was. It IS the military industrial complex already doing this. Space Command is run by Navy Intel, look it up, I am not making this up-- and no, not all the tech comes from this planet. Just sayin'.
thank you mister barry soetoro for cutting into NASA but continuing to fund welfare . crack babies being born at a rate to rival litters of cats and chihuahuas!!!!
I can understand budget cuts during difficult economic times. I can appreciate budget cuts in general when health, education and retirement support can't be afforded. But it is going to be so sad to be outsourcing space launches to China and India... not to mention a major security issue.
Whatever, in a bad economy I imagine that the first thing you look at is how to reduce the the budget of the space programme. I think it makes sense. It's a shame but it's not exactly the most recession-proof line of work.
Why two thumbs down for posting NASA stands for Never A Straight Answer?
You have glorified a tin-can front designed to keep you distracted from the real secret space program that drains your tax dollars into space defense tech and was/is run by Nazis (see: Project Paperclip) Masons, and Satanists.
Type in "Richard C. Hoagland", "Dark Mission", "Project Paperclip" and "Gary McKinnon" in the Youtube search engine and see what pops up. You won't be so sentimental for NASA after that.
So immature, those videos didn't even have anything to do with NASA, you're just jealous because you're too fat and stupid to be an Astronaut LOL! Grow up
What is the hoax you are referring to? I can assure you what I was talking about is no hoax. It's easy to find factual government documentation/wide variety of legitimate source work very quickly about what I was referring to.
However, if you were referring to the less than civil replies from the twenty-something who called me "fat and stupid" as his reply, you know, the one who most likely still lives in his parent's basement, be my guest. :-)
The secret space program as been going to Mars for quite a while. You are being kept from all kinds of information that NASA wants you to think is quite pedestrian about space, but in reality, Naval Intel, the NSA, CIA, etc, are using your tax dollars for advanced tech thousands of years ahead of mainstream science to fund a secret space program for who knows what. And YES, it most certainly has to do with deep space travel, including time travel, wormholes/stargates/time portals etc.
No no, you have it all wrong. Mars is inhabited by aliens related to birds whom we are at war with, we would never go there (Hitler was actually a falcon but the EPA covered it up.) The money is actually being used as a food source (they feed on anything considered 'valuable') for hyper intelligent beings who time traveled here from the past (right before the eagle named Satan started the second Armageddon.)
not making it up, if you are too arrogant to simply do a 30 second Google search for *factual* information, then that's your problem, not mine. Apparently ignorance truly is bliss around these parts. Good luck with everything!
Don't make me laugh, Google was created by the EPA to generate money to bribe alien warlords on Pluto. Google would never allow the truth to be known!!! Organizations like the disclosure project are simply used by the hyper intelligent beings or (HIBs) as another way to hide and blur the truth.
Does it not bother you how that site tries to sell you all of this stuff?
the amount of money that nasa wants to spend to return to the moon, can send more then 50 rovers. Which can do more then any two humans can and for a much longer period.
i just think its sad that wed rather spend more money on the middle east and the war on drugs than actually go exploring for knowledge, whether it be in space or our own oceans, which we know hardly anything about...
That's silly. Just because he budget cuts NASA, doesn't mean he disregards them. Ofcourse there are much worse problems with budget cutting(loss of jobs, etc) than setting off a few years for Astronomic exploration if he does infact take enough money out of funding to actually suspend NASA and their affiliates/research. I don't think he would do it on purpose.
I like ROCKETBOOM very much but I feel its too American. Just it would be nice to hear about how China wanting to go to the moon and outer country space programs.
ahh stop crying these guys wont have a problem getting jobs for christ sake they work at nasa. i think they should create new jobs for "Joe the plumber" and then worry about these guys.
My sister had a 60 degree scoleosis angle in her back. That's severe. She underwent surgery and her back is almost straight now. It would've costed an average ensured american 10,000 dollars. It costed us 800, thanks to our 'socialist' health care system. <3
That's great that the health-care system helped you, really, but someone like me who rarely ever needs to go to a doctor doesn't need that kind of financial burden.
Budget cuts? Don't you mean cancellation of manned spaceflight?
Everyone seems to want to defend this move as something great for Amercia - We are ending manned spaceflight in this country. I want people to understand that.
On your note about inventions coming out of space programs, my response is-
Why not put the money straight into those technologies, istead of hoping that advances will be made by NASA? It seems a very inefficient way of advancing technology if most of the money spent on unportable technology.
On the other hand, we're here now, so there's no point in looking back. Is this decision being made because the Administration sees it as inevitable that NASA must be cut back?
President Kennedy said "Im not that interested in space ... were talking about these fantastic expenditures which wreck our budget and all these other domestic programs and the only justification for it, in my opinion, to do it in this time or fashion, is because we hope to beat them... [soviets]." If so much money wasn't spent on going to the moon, then we could be much more clear-headed about the ethics of this. Had we not gone to the moon, then these poor workers wouldn't have this problem.
@flobber238 Had you not gone to the moon, we wouldn't have numerous of inventions available to the public now. Besides, you want to be ready for it once we need to leave this planet.
No, let's talk about the rediculous amounts of money America is pumping into the wars they've been searching out ever since the existence of the nation. All of America could be living in wealth if it weren't for those spendings.
I wish I knew that was that last one, I would have went. Space travel was a big part of American culture and history it's a shame that Obama can't see that. Oh well just another reason for me to say I DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM!
@mrmaciejm: Non-productive? There are many practical benefits to the space program, some of which were mentioned in this video, even if you don't care about the exploration at all. In the video, it was mentioned that every dollar invested in the space program generates SEVEN dollars in private industry. Also, many technologies that we use every day were originally developed for the space program. There is a lot more than these thousands of jobs at stake.
By non-productive i mean... that they will not take us to the moon or mars efficiently. Didn't produce any results and if you listen to associated press meeting and any one that knows anything, constellation program was a failure. NON PRODUCTIVE. of course if you put money in something you will get jobs and some technology, but let me remind you that NASA will use Soyuz space craft to get astronauts to space...
Last of all, if you look at ALL the media things that make space look appealing, such as sci-fi and the dream of being in space, it all requires that NASA were to fade slowly.... NOW on all this, i personally have nothing againsnt NASA, and love what there doing, however, im one who beleaves that things happen for a reason. Lastly, if you all wanna help NASA, we could do a world wide partition and donation... wouldn't that be something
I think it is a community Luxury, however whoever is really responsible for cutting the budget, is probably NOT doing it to be an ass.... So i trust that it is in the countries best interest.... finally, maybe its a good thing that NASA is being cut down, I mean, its GREAT that NASA is doing well in America, however here in Australia, we don't have a space program.... Space exploration started with little clubs, and soon, it will be lots of small business, which is good in the name of progress
...aren't these nothing more then a cultural luxury? inst the money spent on observing stars and making rockets supposed to go to medical reform or job creation programs or even police force or fire fighting forces? you know, stuff that help people live decent lives instead of just throwing metal into sky?
@WiseZed Space travel does have flow on effects that make our lives better and cheaper.....which is helpful for people with low incomes. I agree that it gets too high a priority at the moment, but it does have it's place and shouldn't just be shut down.
It won't be a cultural luxury once overpopulation or natural resource depletion begin to occur in earnest. And by then it'd be too late to get on it. Not only that, but many things learned through the space program have huge potential uses here on earth.
Personally, I think it's important for the dream... The dream of more out there beyond ourselves. Is it a cultural luxury? Sure. But it's one we CAN afford. And in reality, slashing the NASA budget isn't going to fix any of those problems.
Really insightful video Rocketboom. Thanks. Those images of the rocket taking off at night were amazing.
Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defence each year, and instead spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, for ever, in peace.
It's sad to say that the Mars Rovers have done more to give the average person a window on Mars than the manned space program which is still stuck in Earth orbit.
The army of people that has to be kept employed, whether the shuttle is busy or not, is WHY the shuttle is so expensive. The space program needs to be more cost efficient to move forward- we've been stalled at the space shuttle for 30 years, because it's so expensive we can't do anything else.
I was at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on March 11, 2008 and is saw Space Shuttle Endeavor STS-123 launch. It was breathtaking. I'm so glad I saw one go up before they discontinue it.
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All union... no wonder it's so expensive. A auto union member averages $70 / hour which includes all benefits... These guys likely average way more than that. Dump the whole NASA program.
No way we should dump nasa! Humanities future and survival relies on our space programs. So many technological advancements have come from space exploration!
The advantage of Nasa leading development is that the technology that they produce end up becomming open source. Things like GPS COULD NOT BE DONE via the private sector, not without having to pay pricy subscription or licensing fees to access the service. By funneling money away from Nasa, the government is threatening our technological dominance, not supporting it, especially considering that space isn't nearly as exclusive as it was 50 years ago.
Let me first say that I am a huge supporter of the space program and am an aspiring astrophysicist myself. However, many seem to misinterpret the budget and think that it will cut funding for NASA in all areas. This is not true, as the proposed budget will actually increase funding for NASA by about $6 billion overall. The controversy is over the decision to cut the Constellation program in favor of funding the more cutting edge research. That said, I don't know where to stand...(cont)
(cont)...on the issue. On one hand, Buzz Aldrin has come out in support of the budgetary decision, but at the same time, I have heard many good arguments that the decision to drop the moon program could be a big loss. I guess what is most important is to move forward with what we have and work to increase funding for the space program and science in general in the future.
Another reason we're probably halting the space program is because we don't have now, nor did we ever have, the technology required to send humans through the Van Allen radiation belts. The reason we haven't sent astronauts back to the moon, is because we never sent them there in the first place. We simply don't have the technology for manned space exploration. We don't have rockets powerful enough to launch vehicles equipped with adequate radiation shielding (i.e. six feet of lead).
go to wikipedia and read first before talking about obama administration. an average of $15.818 billion dollars per year goes to NASA projects. dose any body listen ? how much money is that ? with this money thousands of jobs can be created. only GOD knows how much any one of these VPs make a year while thousands of people are left without jobs. these people can find jobs somewhere else in the mean time they give opportunity to others to find jobs too.
NASA is useless. None of the experiments they perform are repeatable, transparent, or peer reviewed. As a result, any data resulting from said experiments is of little value to the scientific community (which is not faith-based, but entirely dependent on testability, repeatability, and transparency). NASA is not a legitimate scientific organization. What we need is independent corroboration from private sector space programs which openly participate in the scientific method.
Space exploration does not happen via job programs. Every launch of the space shuttle costs roughly 1.5 BILLION dollars. Space will never open to humanity as long as there is no competition to drive costs down. I hope they all get fired, and then hired by competitive space industry like SpaceX or Bigelow or Bowing or any number of other firms. The government has had the last 40 years, it's time for NASA to concentrate on exploration and let the private firms handle heavy lift to LEO.
@Keylimedelight you know i was watching something on the science channel and also saw in popsci that they are making it able to launch satelites into space for only about 16 grand..... i do realize that those are unmanned however with that and with the virgin 1 only being like 200k for a trip to space i think that we are coming to a place where the masses will eventually traveling into space.
now you're walking in my backyard. 1.) the Constellation program was going to cut jobs at the end of the shuttle era. 2.) the constellation program did not guarentee anything but spending money. 3.) the commercial sector has 3 rocket systems ready to go with modification, Atlas, Delta, Space X. 4.) while the layoff may be temporary, the majority of people workikng at the cape will be returned in one way or another. do let people lay their fear on you.
it's amazing what nasa and the other space agencies have accomplished so far, no doubt!
of course space exploration doesn't generate a lot of profit by itself, but all the technology that comes from it will benefit all mankind. this is where money should be secondary.
it's a kind of long term investment which will pay off in one way or another.
i hope this budget cut won't happen!
i'm sure there is a lot to optimize at nasa tho, as is at all government agencies =)
As a huge supporter of the space program it breaks my heart to say this with record deficits as far as the eye can see I can't say I blame the government for wanting to essentially scale back funding to NASA.
But it is also certain that a big part of the technological innovation of the late 20th century came directly from the space program. I'm certain that NASA currently gets a very small fraction of what defense spending costs. Maybe buy one less bomber eh?
The space program generates new technology, communication, and medicine advances, just as the video said. Americas "Huge Issues" are not their own. Americans have been trying to police an unruly word by sticking their noses in foreign matters such as Civil wars in other countries, political power struggles, and pursuit of "terrorists" that in reality pose little danger to it's hundreds of Millions of citizens.
The private sector is infinitely more capable of advancing technology than the government is. If the government refrained from expropriating private sector money, we would be MORE advanced (technologically), not less. It's easy to see what the government does with money. What you don't see is what would have been done with the money had it not been forcibly reallocated. It's the market that drives innovation. The only thing central planners do is misallocate resources.
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Nasa has been a front for what is really going on with space exploration. Thanks to the web these people have been slowly exposed for what they really stand for, LIES. Its just a matter of time before wikileaks exposes these frauds for what they have done, for so many years. Leing, and disinformation. Thanks Nasa for all the airbrushing and basically holding back important information to the general public to what is really going on out there. Thanks to Garry Mckinnon, for keeping the truth!
frontview1 1 year ago
nooooooo not space ;_; I like space it's so nice; I've always dreamed of being a janitor at nasa lol
healingv1sion 1 year ago
dude you too right. ima be one of those terraformers. true story. adam miller is my name remember it cause its gonna outlast the pyrimids!
sashrill 1 year ago
What about this moon base josh bush talked about ? Fox news told me that Obama stopped that program
dedder15 2 years ago
Click click boom.
ConNSpence 2 years ago
@3:38 >"Obama administration cut and completely underfund the new constellation program."
He talks as if that's something new, the constellation program was always underfunded from the beginning, Bush never bothered to fund it properly. Obama just finally put it outof it's misery so NASA could concentrate on realistic projects.
roidroid 2 years ago
The US gives to NASA 1 to 10% of what they give to the US Army. And their seriously thinking about Cutting the NASA funds? Really....i mean really? that fact was before they went to Iraq btw...so i dont know wath percentage it would be today, but it is low. yet, some fucking oil is more important then discovering wath the universe is about...im ashamed of humanity.
ProjectXeyu 2 years ago
@ProjectXeyu
Obama's proposed budget... and also the senate bill that just made it out of committee that Obama has said he would approve.... both raise NASA's funding. The just cut constellation for a different plan because Constellation was far behind schedule, wasteful, and underfunded from the beginning.
Im extremely excited for the next decade in space with these new budget proposals. ( Except obviously for the house one..... it sucks ass.)
pacificguitarist 1 year ago
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LulzGun 2 years ago
The US will be remembered far longer for NASA than any other thing we've done. Millennia from now we will be remembered for the moon landing, but no one will remember the Iraq war for anything except the big fat mistake it was. With all the money we throw away on the military-industrial complex we could be terraforming Venus and Mars. We could have bases on the moon. We could be sending seed civilization probes into interstellar space. But I guess we'd rather stay here and fight each other.
mapmanic 2 years ago 18
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The secret space program already exists, its already on Mars and it already has contempt for you, me, and any "civilian" who thinks that your tax dollars are all going to fill in potholes. Biggest hoax that ever was. It IS the military industrial complex already doing this. Space Command is run by Navy Intel, look it up, I am not making this up-- and no, not all the tech comes from this planet. Just sayin'.
liketanyanot 2 years ago
@mapmanic
Those who make evolution impossible,
make revolution inevitable. John F. Kennedy
That's why we get old. Every next generation have to face
reality. It is inevitable. And it ain't matter how rich or powerful they are. Evolution is inevitable.
sapemi08 2 years ago
NASA Employees get paid in crack.
W I N
MichaelSaintRay 2 years ago
SHOW US THE ALIENS DAMNIT! WE KNOW YOU HAVE THEM!
But seriously I appreciate videos like this. ROCKETBOOM does stuff no one else touches.
Onikukki 2 years ago
Hi Molly, any chance you could do the next rocketboom in a bikini? Thanks.
tarbuck77 2 years ago 8
lol
ranirani1976 2 years ago
@tarbuck77
A L L the next rocketbooms please!
sapemi08 2 years ago
thank you mister barry soetoro for cutting into NASA but continuing to fund welfare . crack babies being born at a rate to rival litters of cats and chihuahuas!!!!
jasong19711 2 years ago
I can understand budget cuts during difficult economic times. I can appreciate budget cuts in general when health, education and retirement support can't be afforded. But it is going to be so sad to be outsourcing space launches to China and India... not to mention a major security issue.
PlutoTourist 2 years ago
The USA never goes to the moon... never it's was a biggest fake liar
zerocoll16 2 years ago
Whatever, in a bad economy I imagine that the first thing you look at is how to reduce the the budget of the space programme. I think it makes sense. It's a shame but it's not exactly the most recession-proof line of work.
fretewe 2 years ago
obama wants to cut their funding?, what a TOOL!!!, there goes my dream of having my own planet "in the future"!!!
terryjs74 2 years ago
Hahaha
fretewe 2 years ago
arseholes.
Raskolnikov32 2 years ago
Sorry space people! You're too expensive!
I didn't want to do this, but.....YOU'RE FIRED!!!!
johnnytastetest 2 years ago
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WiseZed 2 years ago
Man, I fucking love space and the universe... shit's interesting.
Shame on Obama for no more funding... :[
ZidaneFTW 2 years ago
They can't cut NASA's budget! Where else will nerds get UFO pics and footage from?
MAXBLAYLOCK 2 years ago
Why two thumbs down for posting NASA stands for Never A Straight Answer?
You have glorified a tin-can front designed to keep you distracted from the real secret space program that drains your tax dollars into space defense tech and was/is run by Nazis (see: Project Paperclip) Masons, and Satanists.
Type in "Richard C. Hoagland", "Dark Mission", "Project Paperclip" and "Gary McKinnon" in the Youtube search engine and see what pops up. You won't be so sentimental for NASA after that.
liketanyanot 2 years ago
So immature, those videos didn't even have anything to do with NASA, you're just jealous because you're too fat and stupid to be an Astronaut LOL! Grow up
LHughesy17 2 years ago
Wow i can't believe that Ron Paul fans are also Rocketboom viewers!
TwoThirdsMajority 2 years ago
@TwoThirdsMajority
woohoo go Ron Paul and Rocketboom
nmkdotcom 2 years ago
Heard of hoaxes? They tend to be (brace youself) not the truth. Odd, huh?
cidthecoatrack 2 years ago
What is the hoax you are referring to? I can assure you what I was talking about is no hoax. It's easy to find factual government documentation/wide variety of legitimate source work very quickly about what I was referring to.
However, if you were referring to the less than civil replies from the twenty-something who called me "fat and stupid" as his reply, you know, the one who most likely still lives in his parent's basement, be my guest. :-)
liketanyanot 2 years ago
Aw man, we have to go back to the moon ... there's something so sentimental and wholesome about space travel. Make it happen Obama (fat chance)
JoeDull 2 years ago
We've been to the Moon. We NEED TO GO MARS!
Mars is where we should be going. Why should we go back to the Moon when we could visit the one place that we haven't gone yet?
TwoThirdsMajority 2 years ago
You know, there are those who say that the moon landing was fake. We can't say for 100% certainty that we have been there
HaistaPaska92 2 years ago
yes we can.
theres just idiots out there that don't think we have
mafleeted 2 years ago 3
You can see the remains of the lander from earth (with the proper telescope). Yes, there's proof.
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WiseZed 2 years ago
The secret space program as been going to Mars for quite a while. You are being kept from all kinds of information that NASA wants you to think is quite pedestrian about space, but in reality, Naval Intel, the NSA, CIA, etc, are using your tax dollars for advanced tech thousands of years ahead of mainstream science to fund a secret space program for who knows what. And YES, it most certainly has to do with deep space travel, including time travel, wormholes/stargates/time portals etc.
liketanyanot 2 years ago
@liketanyanot
No no, you have it all wrong. Mars is inhabited by aliens related to birds whom we are at war with, we would never go there (Hitler was actually a falcon but the EPA covered it up.) The money is actually being used as a food source (they feed on anything considered 'valuable') for hyper intelligent beings who time traveled here from the past (right before the eagle named Satan started the second Armageddon.)
Cool, I can make stuff up too!
soccermafia89 2 years ago
not making it up, if you are too arrogant to simply do a 30 second Google search for *factual* information, then that's your problem, not mine. Apparently ignorance truly is bliss around these parts. Good luck with everything!
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liketanyanot 2 years ago
@liketanyanot
Don't make me laugh, Google was created by the EPA to generate money to bribe alien warlords on Pluto. Google would never allow the truth to be known!!! Organizations like the disclosure project are simply used by the hyper intelligent beings or (HIBs) as another way to hide and blur the truth.
Does it not bother you how that site tries to sell you all of this stuff?
soccermafia89 2 years ago
not enough molly, one star
Talkingdvd 2 years ago
Nice vid Rocketboom team.
michaelmas10 2 years ago
I've been there :D
venomouskiss320 2 years ago
if obama gets his way, plans to go to the moon and eventually mars will be canned. how sad.
N3cr0n0mIV 2 years ago
@N3cr0n0mIV 3 YEARS HE WILL BE GONE
OBAMASTINIAN 2 years ago
the amount of money that nasa wants to spend to return to the moon, can send more then 50 rovers. Which can do more then any two humans can and for a much longer period.
hellfireyoutoob 2 years ago
i just think its sad that wed rather spend more money on the middle east and the war on drugs than actually go exploring for knowledge, whether it be in space or our own oceans, which we know hardly anything about...
N3cr0n0mIV 2 years ago 4
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That's silly. Just because he budget cuts NASA, doesn't mean he disregards them. Ofcourse there are much worse problems with budget cutting(loss of jobs, etc) than setting off a few years for Astronomic exploration if he does infact take enough money out of funding to actually suspend NASA and their affiliates/research. I don't think he would do it on purpose.
MayakuCreep 2 years ago
B************bs...
Smartboy7 2 years ago
@NASA Quit crying, babies.
MisterShrike 2 years ago
i like the candle in the sky metaphor. nice touch.
ruckenfigur 2 years ago
good point. if we meet aliens with advanced tech, they could heal us instead of trying to fix healthcare.
ruckenfigur 2 years ago
When will Nasa Stop using 40year old tech and develop something modern. it is possible just loook at the Spaceship one
torhagen 2 years ago
@torhagen they dont get the funding they need....thats what this video is about
Nickzed 2 years ago
I like ROCKETBOOM very much but I feel its too American. Just it would be nice to hear about how China wanting to go to the moon and outer country space programs.
All the best SnazzBot
SnazzBot 2 years ago 2
don't they know that were like at the hight if space expoloration why stop such great researche
lillesuper 2 years ago
ahh stop crying these guys wont have a problem getting jobs for christ sake they work at nasa. i think they should create new jobs for "Joe the plumber" and then worry about these guys.
G3r4pro 2 years ago
What is Obama's priority? A health-care system nobody wants, or scientific breakthroughs that could alter the course of history?
matthias720 2 years ago
So you rather have a galactic war against powers we don't know of than have health-care.. hm.. Nice prioritys :)
Tobsson 2 years ago
thats not up to nasa to decide
knarkis90 2 years ago
Did I talk about NASA? I spoke of matthias comment.. stoopid..
Tobsson 2 years ago
oops..i must have been pretty tired
knarkis90 2 years ago
@matthias720
My sister had a 60 degree scoleosis angle in her back. That's severe. She underwent surgery and her back is almost straight now. It would've costed an average ensured american 10,000 dollars. It costed us 800, thanks to our 'socialist' health care system. <3
BelgianGeneral 2 years ago
That's great that the health-care system helped you, really, but someone like me who rarely ever needs to go to a doctor doesn't need that kind of financial burden.
matthias720 2 years ago
yeah, why care about others?
people like you are the reason why there is so much misery on our planet.
00columbus149200 2 years ago
Budget cuts? Don't you mean cancellation of manned spaceflight?
Everyone seems to want to defend this move as something great for Amercia - We are ending manned spaceflight in this country. I want people to understand that.
SLagonia 2 years ago
@Bushdoctor68
On your note about inventions coming out of space programs, my response is-
Why not put the money straight into those technologies, istead of hoping that advances will be made by NASA? It seems a very inefficient way of advancing technology if most of the money spent on unportable technology.
On the other hand, we're here now, so there's no point in looking back. Is this decision being made because the Administration sees it as inevitable that NASA must be cut back?
flobber238 2 years ago
yes
LHughesy17 2 years ago
President Kennedy said "Im not that interested in space ... were talking about these fantastic expenditures which wreck our budget and all these other domestic programs and the only justification for it, in my opinion, to do it in this time or fashion, is because we hope to beat them... [soviets]." If so much money wasn't spent on going to the moon, then we could be much more clear-headed about the ethics of this. Had we not gone to the moon, then these poor workers wouldn't have this problem.
flobber238 2 years ago
@flobber238 Had you not gone to the moon, we wouldn't have numerous of inventions available to the public now. Besides, you want to be ready for it once we need to leave this planet.
No, let's talk about the rediculous amounts of money America is pumping into the wars they've been searching out ever since the existence of the nation. All of America could be living in wealth if it weren't for those spendings.
Bushdoctor68 2 years ago
I wish I knew that was that last one, I would have went. Space travel was a big part of American culture and history it's a shame that Obama can't see that. Oh well just another reason for me to say I DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM!
edgeidore84 2 years ago
So NASA should go the same expensive and non productive way to the moon and mars, so these guys can have jobs?
mrmaciejm 2 years ago
@mrmaciejm: Non-productive? There are many practical benefits to the space program, some of which were mentioned in this video, even if you don't care about the exploration at all. In the video, it was mentioned that every dollar invested in the space program generates SEVEN dollars in private industry. Also, many technologies that we use every day were originally developed for the space program. There is a lot more than these thousands of jobs at stake.
therealEmpyre 2 years ago 2
By non-productive i mean... that they will not take us to the moon or mars efficiently. Didn't produce any results and if you listen to associated press meeting and any one that knows anything, constellation program was a failure. NON PRODUCTIVE. of course if you put money in something you will get jobs and some technology, but let me remind you that NASA will use Soyuz space craft to get astronauts to space...
mrmaciejm 2 years ago
I just can't understand the priorities of this administration. This is the worst bait-and-switch ever.
Dr. Sagan knew, the ultimate destiny of humankind rests on our commitment to space travel.
FluffyBunniesOnFire 2 years ago
@FluffyBunniesOnFire Yeah, GTFO Afg and Irq and put all of those billions into space travel.
WEKS87 2 years ago
This one was very well made.
AdamSusskind 2 years ago
Such a shame, the new frontier forsaken. I want to cry.
logosfabula 2 years ago
hey, sun look alike at 6:02. man, it brings back the memory i had. sorry for the losses of many jobs at NASA.
Love*Lights to you all
joe8630 2 years ago
thank you rocketboom!... I'm a biologist in FLA USA and got the bad news yesterday that I'm out of work in April... wake up America!
docrobphotostop 2 years ago
i dont wanna sound rude but they seem dispensible
kikiluthra 2 years ago 3
Last of all, if you look at ALL the media things that make space look appealing, such as sci-fi and the dream of being in space, it all requires that NASA were to fade slowly.... NOW on all this, i personally have nothing againsnt NASA, and love what there doing, however, im one who beleaves that things happen for a reason. Lastly, if you all wanna help NASA, we could do a world wide partition and donation... wouldn't that be something
RivelDog1 2 years ago
I think it is a community Luxury, however whoever is really responsible for cutting the budget, is probably NOT doing it to be an ass.... So i trust that it is in the countries best interest.... finally, maybe its a good thing that NASA is being cut down, I mean, its GREAT that NASA is doing well in America, however here in Australia, we don't have a space program.... Space exploration started with little clubs, and soon, it will be lots of small business, which is good in the name of progress
RivelDog1 2 years ago
Well the budget cut would be an extremely bad idea if the funds taken away were given to support euthenasia, abortion and birth control.
LindemanProductions 2 years ago
Obama is a total ass hole, its amazing he cut funding for NASA, Will never vote for him again.
EpicSlug 2 years ago
A vote for anyone other than Obama (Including the Independents) is a direct vote for the Republicunts.
Sorry, but that's just how a 2 party system works.....
SirPwn4lot 2 years ago
The picture in 1:38, is it me or did I see a skull face thing at the bottom left of the smoke?
gartini 2 years ago
It's his master the devil my friend, and you've found him out. Now u r doomed. :P
logosfabula 2 years ago
...aren't these nothing more then a cultural luxury? inst the money spent on observing stars and making rockets supposed to go to medical reform or job creation programs or even police force or fire fighting forces? you know, stuff that help people live decent lives instead of just throwing metal into sky?
WiseZed 2 years ago
@WiseZed Space travel does have flow on effects that make our lives better and cheaper.....which is helpful for people with low incomes. I agree that it gets too high a priority at the moment, but it does have it's place and shouldn't just be shut down.
mattblack77nz 2 years ago
It won't be a cultural luxury once overpopulation or natural resource depletion begin to occur in earnest. And by then it'd be too late to get on it. Not only that, but many things learned through the space program have huge potential uses here on earth.
Personally, I think it's important for the dream... The dream of more out there beyond ourselves. Is it a cultural luxury? Sure. But it's one we CAN afford. And in reality, slashing the NASA budget isn't going to fix any of those problems.
ShammyKalii 2 years ago 2
@WiseZed
people like you are the reason we still aren't on mars
Duirward 2 years ago
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WiseZed 2 years ago
maybe you're right we have to get rid of religion and world hunger and such first
Duirward 2 years ago
Really insightful video Rocketboom. Thanks. Those images of the rocket taking off at night were amazing.
Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defence each year, and instead spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, for ever, in peace.
Bill Hicks
toocoolcat 2 years ago
very inspirational i hope we don't cut funding
mrtall222 2 years ago
Molly your HOT!!! I love you!!!
gusoropeza 2 years ago
Privatize NASA.
freesk8 2 years ago
Molly TIG ol BITTIES!
MrMrKakish 2 years ago
It's sad to say that the Mars Rovers have done more to give the average person a window on Mars than the manned space program which is still stuck in Earth orbit.
httprover 2 years ago
VIVA LA NASA
Let's go back to the MOON baby!
NASAMAN2007 2 years ago
"Forget about that space stuff let get down to earth"
dark2200 2 years ago
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It makes me glad I didn't vote for Obama. Fuck that guy. I don't care if it isn't his fault, I need a scapegoat.
technicallyabsurd 2 years ago
great watch. The unsung heroes.
mohsink91 2 years ago
When i was little, i wanted to be an astronaut.
eSilva90 2 years ago 2
Who didn't? I know I did
HaistaPaska92 2 years ago
The army of people that has to be kept employed, whether the shuttle is busy or not, is WHY the shuttle is so expensive. The space program needs to be more cost efficient to move forward- we've been stalled at the space shuttle for 30 years, because it's so expensive we can't do anything else.
blurglide 2 years ago 2
yea i bet those firefighters get a lot of work...
thebober10 2 years ago
That was so beautiful. I wish I could have seen that in person. Poor NASA........ :(
egg9man 2 years ago
really?nasa is the cause of all the tech in my home?and here i thought it was china.
ASlewOfTheBallTether 2 years ago
i think it's in term of invention, not production
Toleh 2 years ago
@ASlewOfTheBallTether designed by nasa, made in china.
Joshlama 2 years ago
that was simply amazing you did a great job with this one :)
killerdoug1 2 years ago
Awesome! I have never seen a space shuttle launch video in HD before. Awesome video!
UVStudio 2 years ago
The "loss of talents and skills" ( 3:56 ) aren't lost at all, they're shifted for use in the private sector, where they can be used more efficiently.
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liketanyanot 2 years ago
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xx5115xx 2 years ago
my uncle works at NASA he helps build the space ships, in Florida though
remarkableeyes 2 years ago
I was at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on March 11, 2008 and is saw Space Shuttle Endeavor STS-123 launch. It was breathtaking. I'm so glad I saw one go up before they discontinue it.
Jinclops 2 years ago 3
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All union... no wonder it's so expensive. A auto union member averages $70 / hour which includes all benefits... These guys likely average way more than that. Dump the whole NASA program.
olecodjur 2 years ago
Boo
KillerPikmin 2 years ago
No way we should dump nasa! Humanities future and survival relies on our space programs. So many technological advancements have come from space exploration!
IdontlikeusingLOL 2 years ago
That was well done. I almost forgot I was on youtube. Kinda thought this was something from the Discovery Channel or TLC
fdelacruz88 2 years ago
The advantage of Nasa leading development is that the technology that they produce end up becomming open source. Things like GPS COULD NOT BE DONE via the private sector, not without having to pay pricy subscription or licensing fees to access the service. By funneling money away from Nasa, the government is threatening our technological dominance, not supporting it, especially considering that space isn't nearly as exclusive as it was 50 years ago.
ddhboy2 2 years ago 5
GPS was developed by the Air Force. ALL NASA launch vehicles except for the Saturn and the Shuttle are borrowed Air Force technology.
blurglide 2 years ago 2
Let me first say that I am a huge supporter of the space program and am an aspiring astrophysicist myself. However, many seem to misinterpret the budget and think that it will cut funding for NASA in all areas. This is not true, as the proposed budget will actually increase funding for NASA by about $6 billion overall. The controversy is over the decision to cut the Constellation program in favor of funding the more cutting edge research. That said, I don't know where to stand...(cont)
njb444 2 years ago
(cont)...on the issue. On one hand, Buzz Aldrin has come out in support of the budgetary decision, but at the same time, I have heard many good arguments that the decision to drop the moon program could be a big loss. I guess what is most important is to move forward with what we have and work to increase funding for the space program and science in general in the future.
njb444 2 years ago 2
Another reason we're probably halting the space program is because we don't have now, nor did we ever have, the technology required to send humans through the Van Allen radiation belts. The reason we haven't sent astronauts back to the moon, is because we never sent them there in the first place. We simply don't have the technology for manned space exploration. We don't have rockets powerful enough to launch vehicles equipped with adequate radiation shielding (i.e. six feet of lead).
D4Shawn 2 years ago
At some point, private sector space programs will reveal this simple fact which NASA has covered up.
D4Shawn 2 years ago
D4Shawn said - "The reason we haven't sent astronauts back to the moon, is because we never sent them there in the first place."
~facepalm~
njb444 2 years ago 3
>:(
TheReasonWhyGuy 2 years ago
Its amazing how many people don't view a video when its above 3 minutes long...
cavegoat24 2 years ago 3
That would be a sweet place to work!!!
MoMember88 2 years ago
go to wikipedia and read first before talking about obama administration. an average of $15.818 billion dollars per year goes to NASA projects. dose any body listen ? how much money is that ? with this money thousands of jobs can be created. only GOD knows how much any one of these VPs make a year while thousands of people are left without jobs. these people can find jobs somewhere else in the mean time they give opportunity to others to find jobs too.
amlife180 2 years ago
NASA is useless. None of the experiments they perform are repeatable, transparent, or peer reviewed. As a result, any data resulting from said experiments is of little value to the scientific community (which is not faith-based, but entirely dependent on testability, repeatability, and transparency). NASA is not a legitimate scientific organization. What we need is independent corroboration from private sector space programs which openly participate in the scientific method.
D4Shawn 2 years ago
Always Jolly that Molly
PA16803 2 years ago
Great videos guys, behind every NASA "hero" are these folks.
indusdolphin 2 years ago
wtf, moar mollyy!!
walker1054 2 years ago
I want a Molly!
BornInAsphodelMeadow 2 years ago
Easy big fella.
infectedpo 2 years ago
:D I saw that launch on NASA TV
Beautiful launch, a total success!!
nwzhg 2 years ago
I stopped watching when Molly was cut!
BigAndTall666 2 years ago
@BigAndTall666 Well then you missed a nice launch.
RAWryyy 2 years ago
i love molly
zengrz 2 years ago
Her eyes are beautiful, like emeralds.
PS: If her eyes aren't green, don't judge me; I'm colorblind.
falafel1995 2 years ago
@falafel1995 lol
vadetatimus 2 years ago
This is really sad. The last of my childhood dreams is evaporating before my eyes. . .
MrDylaneric 2 years ago
Space exploration does not happen via job programs. Every launch of the space shuttle costs roughly 1.5 BILLION dollars. Space will never open to humanity as long as there is no competition to drive costs down. I hope they all get fired, and then hired by competitive space industry like SpaceX or Bigelow or Bowing or any number of other firms. The government has had the last 40 years, it's time for NASA to concentrate on exploration and let the private firms handle heavy lift to LEO.
Keylimedelight 2 years ago
@Keylimedelight you know i was watching something on the science channel and also saw in popsci that they are making it able to launch satelites into space for only about 16 grand..... i do realize that those are unmanned however with that and with the virgin 1 only being like 200k for a trip to space i think that we are coming to a place where the masses will eventually traveling into space.
DDSproductions08 2 years ago
now you're walking in my backyard. 1.) the Constellation program was going to cut jobs at the end of the shuttle era. 2.) the constellation program did not guarentee anything but spending money. 3.) the commercial sector has 3 rocket systems ready to go with modification, Atlas, Delta, Space X. 4.) while the layoff may be temporary, the majority of people workikng at the cape will be returned in one way or another. do let people lay their fear on you.
themightythor1212 2 years ago
Shame its the talent and experience that can never be replaced..
TrueBlueAustralian 2 years ago
There was a cool pic of this on APOD
frondew 2 years ago
Very interesting. - Thank you! - I loved this one.
LoveThatSceneChannel 2 years ago
A new low blow to American economy.
albothor 2 years ago
Rocket boom in ROCKETBOOM
KKM121 2 years ago
Baw thread go!
heero854 2 years ago
it's amazing what nasa and the other space agencies have accomplished so far, no doubt!
of course space exploration doesn't generate a lot of profit by itself, but all the technology that comes from it will benefit all mankind. this is where money should be secondary.
it's a kind of long term investment which will pay off in one way or another.
i hope this budget cut won't happen!
i'm sure there is a lot to optimize at nasa tho, as is at all government agencies =)
RufftaMan 2 years ago 2
god this was boring
xXfrownyguyXx 2 years ago
As a huge supporter of the space program it breaks my heart to say this with record deficits as far as the eye can see I can't say I blame the government for wanting to essentially scale back funding to NASA.
But it is also certain that a big part of the technological innovation of the late 20th century came directly from the space program. I'm certain that NASA currently gets a very small fraction of what defense spending costs. Maybe buy one less bomber eh?
OrbisFerrum 2 years ago 3
why go to space when we still got huge issues here on this planet? the space programm just wastes money.
redFISTofEUROPE 2 years ago
because a lot of the technology that's developed as a result of the space program makes our lives better on this planet.
short term the cuts make sense but long term those cuts don't unless they are offset by some other kind of R&D
OrbisFerrum 2 years ago 3
The space program generates new technology, communication, and medicine advances, just as the video said. Americas "Huge Issues" are not their own. Americans have been trying to police an unruly word by sticking their noses in foreign matters such as Civil wars in other countries, political power struggles, and pursuit of "terrorists" that in reality pose little danger to it's hundreds of Millions of citizens.
Risk vs reward isn't being calculated properly.
btwbrand 2 years ago 2
The private sector is infinitely more capable of advancing technology than the government is. If the government refrained from expropriating private sector money, we would be MORE advanced (technologically), not less. It's easy to see what the government does with money. What you don't see is what would have been done with the money had it not been forcibly reallocated. It's the market that drives innovation. The only thing central planners do is misallocate resources.
D4Shawn 2 years ago