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The budget, according to one administration official quoted, will tell Congress that NASA won't be able to design programs just to create jobs in their districts. "That's the view of the president," the official said.
Try telling this to Defense Contractors, god damn.
Interestingly, I just came from an Air and Space Law forum here in DC where one of the speakers was a head-honcho from NASA. She was very gung ho about the current lineup of space programs. Makes me wonder if she knew yet that one of NASA's biggest programs was set for the chopping block.
Apollo did more for the American people than any welfare program ever has, by actually doing something constructive rather than handing out checks for people to sit on their porch and sell crack.
Sad to see this go but we are bloated with debt and we have to cut everything. Maybe a few years down the line but not now.
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It's a shame if Obama cuts the program
