The Space Shuttle Fight

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

NASA recently made a decision to distribute the retired shuttle fleet to various cities around the country. Discovery went to the Smithsonian (makes perfect sense), Atlantis went to Kennedy Space Center in Florida (again, makes perfect sense). The Endevour goes to Los Angeles and the Callifornia Science Center (uh...ok....) and Enterprise (which never went into space) goes to Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York.

Wait a miniute...no Houston? The site of NASA Mission Control doesn't warrant getting a shuttle for a museum piece?

Let me tell you, it's been a crapstorm in Houston since the decision was announced. The rednecks predictably are blaming Obama, of course.

I blame Obama, guess that makes me a redneck. This President has not been a friend to NASA, and I think you know how I feel about hitching a ride with the Russians. Our space program's demise is a national disgrace, and Obama sure had a hand in it. But, to be fair, it's pretty symbolic of the way this country is falling from greatness.

I'm less concerned with where they park the retired shuttles than I am with the pathetic shortsightedness evident in the current administration.