Goodbye NASA

[Dogstile]

Yeah, NASA isn't shutting down Just the shuttles, calm people

 

[ActionDan]

NASA are going to be hiring a private company in between the gap of the last shuttle and the new one.

 

[MortisLegio]

Wait. Wait wait wait. They're shutting down NASA?

Fucking NASA?

I'm sorry, but that's just stupid. NASA is the only thing keeping America ahead of the curve technology wise. If they cut out all of NASA, then Japan takes over completely as the world's strongest technological innovator.

Unless they're only shutting down the space program side of NASA, which (if this is the case) apparently a good amount of people need to understand is not all of NASA.

No. their only stopping the space shuttle and are having some budget cuts but NASA isnt going anywhere

 

[Dense_Electric]

Calm down guys, NASA isn't going anywhere. It's getting screwed over budget-wise, but I promise you they do much more than fly shuttles.

Personally, I'm not pissed about the shuttle program shutting down. What I'm pissed about is that the shuttle program is shutting down and there's nothing lined up to replace it. Not another vehicle, not a capsule, not even any sort of real goal anymore. Conventional wisdom used to be that we were going back to the moon to build a permanent base after the shuttle program ended and the ISS was finished, then once we could do that we were going to Mars, then beyond. Now, thanks to the current idiot in the White House (among other equally idiotic idiots), that's not happening for a while. No, never mind the fact that our planet is overcrowded, never mind the fact that we live on one planet in one star system in one galaxy in one supercluster in one universe of possibly many universes, let's just stay fucking here forever.

 

[wrightguy0]

yeah, NASA isn't going anywhere, space flight is only half of the puzzle. the rest involves research and development of new technologies for space exploration and experimentation, habitat design and construction, astronaut training, launches, despite the shuttle being the "Face" of NASA for the past three decades the agency has still been using conventional rockets as well, fear not, this is not the end of space exploration, there's still lots to do.

 

[thethingthatlurks]

"SPACE IS A USELESS VENTURE"

I hate people so much, if we kept funding the shit out of NASA after we hit the moon, we could be terraforming Mars now.

And instead we have a stupidly bloated defense budget that is in no way necessary, and the budget cuts are coming from "entitlement programs" and education. Somehow this country has its priorities backwards...

 

[dnnydllr]

For some reason I feel this is appropriate:

Dem glasses. O__O
OT: Yeah, Obama has said something or other about focusing on Mars or some Bolshevik like that...so no, it's not the end of NASA, but their space program will most assuredly be phased out by private companies within the next couple of decades.

 

[Pinkamena]

It's sad, but look at the bright side: Now more of their funding will go into exploring space. rovers, telescopes ,etc.

 

[StBishop]

From what I have heard, they are simply retire the current shuttle they are using which is about 30 years old, and are going to develop a new one

I heard this too. From Australian news programs. 3 of them in fact.

 

[johnstamos]

by all means shut it down. were fucked here on earth why do we need billions of dollars spent on space, were not gaining anything from it.

 

[Valate_v1legacy]

Okay. Anyone else want to see the new line of space faring craft yet? I mean we only have so many "regular" rockets to launch satellites and whatnot.

OT: I thought they said they were done those shuttles years ago. I guess not eh? I wonder how long it will be till our next reusable spacecraft is past its prototype/top secret status.

 

[MikeOfThunder]

It's been a long road
Getting from there to here
It's been a long time
But my time is finally near

And I will see my dream come alive at last
And I will touch the sky--WAIT!! Guys, Budgets cut. Sorry, we're done here! Your not going anywhere...

Hope it resumes soon enough!

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

NASA ain't dead. The shuttles were to be used to build the space station and that task is over. Now, if the economy stops being stupid, maybe we'll tentatively return to long range human exploration.

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

If only them Ruskies hadn't given up on Humanities most expensive dick-measuring contest...


[sub]...I feel the need to clarify that that was a joke. Contrary to popular belief there are stupid people here.[/sub]

 

[Beryl77]

Wait, Goodbye NASA? Did I miss something? I thought that only the current shuttles will be retired and that it's the last flight of a shuttle but the space program will continue with different spacecrafts and NASA will continue as well.

 

[Zeetchmen]

Its space or bust for humanity in the future, why would they cut funding by so much?

Sadface

 

[duchaked]

I'm gonig to take this opportunity to troll

well at least you still got all that money for your army

lol admittedly that was my first thought

 

[boyvirgo666]

NASA are going to be hiring a private company in between the gap of the last shuttle and the new one.

which could be a very bad or very good thing depending on who they hire