Space Conference Called "Constructive," "Productive"

Moderators of the "Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century" hosted by NASA at the Kennedy Space Center on Apr. 15 agreed that their panel discussions proved productive and worthwhile. Each of the four concurrent sessions focused on a different aspect of President Obama's fiscal year 2011budget request for NASA. Serving as moderators were John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy ("Expanding our Reach into the Solar System"); NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver ("Harnessing Space to Expand Economic Opportunity"); Norm Augustine, chair, Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans
Committee ("Jumpstarting the New Technologies to Take Us Beyond"); and journalist and NASA Advisory Council member Miles OBrien ("Increasing Access to and Utilization of the International Space Station"). Their remarks came during a conference wrap-up hosted by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. (Details at: www.nasa.gov)

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[blakeredfield]

Wow! USS Enterprise Transporter Chief, Miles O'Brien 25:40 works on the ISS now. Thats great news everyone!

[jibbi4one]

Uh Yea !! Where does Lori get her hair done @12:47 need some highlighting done girl. Freeze frame & switch to large screen @ 14:35 is that two wedding bands-Oh my gadd ???

[Yellowwatts]

google Doe's Account, its mindblowing.

[nirbija]

@Cessna Ha ha!

At least you are alert enough to reasonably anticipate your 'bush bashing'; because even the certified idiot, bush, demonstrated how much your 'oversight committees' WILL bend to the will of a President, bend even to the will of an incompetent President!

'Obama is in trouble'?

Only in your dreams and wishful thinking.

Follow the man's amazing string of successes, and recognize that you are not on about the average incompetent American leader, of whom you have been so accustomed

[CessnaDriver2]

@nirbija

Go check out the story "Sense of the Senate" at the NASA Watch web page.

"...as "policy and oversight committees" have the power to direct NASA policies and programs, and can point NASA in directions different than those recommended by the President,"

Obama is in trouble on this. Sorry, that's the poltiical reality.

Now reply with Bush bashing I suppose.

[nirbija]

@Cessna See, you are overly obsessed with the so-called 'accomplishments' of your 'list'

What matters are the present national realities & constraints that WILL determine the most feasible path ahead

Your list of whining nerds ARE the 'myopic' ones.

They don't have to concern themselves with the the Big National Picture of national economics, policies, politics, etc etc.

Obama has to take all those things into account, & much much more, in coming to a decision

A cynical promise is your thing

[nirbija]

@CessnaDriver2 Well duh!

Tens of millions of Americans DO NOT have adequate health care.

Health care IS a priority, a matter of life, health and death! NASA IS NOT!

Now, if you had stated that the cynical & incompetent bush wasted VALUABLE American lives, health & resources that could have funded NASA his cynical Moon trip, then you could be thought of as a 'critical thinker'

But the blow hards who are waving their anti-Obama flag were silent to this day

Now they want to advise wiser Obama?

[CessnaDriver2]

@nirbija

Obama did not consult widely. He consulted myopically.

Your very glowing of Obama's advisors on this.

List them and we shall examine each's accomplishments carefully and compare to those of my list.

[CessnaDriver2]

@nirbija

Your so enthralled with Obama you have no more critical thinking left to examine reality. Just the increases in health and human services under Obama in one year dwarfs what NASA gets for four whole total years! Obama spending huge moneys elswhere in "tough times".. But

NASA still gets the shaft.

But hey, that's a fact, and you don't care about those.

[nirbija]

@Cessna

CYNICALLY Overstated & unrealistic expectations destined Constellation for failure. NASA would need an annual budget increase between 15% and 25% for Constellation to have any chance at success. In a time of RECORD DEFICITS, that does not make sound fiscal sense, explained Rohrabacher, REPUBLICAN!

Is a Repub (Party of No) 'waving the Obama flag' also? lol

You, stop waving anti-Obam flag!

I dismiss your 'heroes'; because they know damn well that Obama CONSULTED WIDELY, in HARD TIMES!