About the “7 times” thing. You’re absolutely correct. The error stems from an early draft of the piece that went along the lines of “we’ve launched 7 missions to the moon.” Can’t quite remember what it was. Anyway, when it was changed the error was created. My fault and, yes, I feel foolish.

As for the Rice University speech….it was given on September 12, 1962.

Read it here:

http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Speeches/JFK/003POF03SpaceEffort09121962.htm

Watch it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouRbkBAOGEw

I also am not sure what speech you are referring to at Rice Stadium in 1962. JFK’s speech launching Apollo was to a joint session of Congress in 1961. At the time, the only American that had ever traveled to space was Alan Shepard, and that was suborbital.

I suspect it is true that Obama is channeling Mondale, but I would have placed greater emphasis on Mondale’s role in destroying the original Apollo project. It is sad that destroying NASA is tantamount these days to destroying the US role in manned space programs. Oh well, the rest of the world can carry on, for now at least — there’s more to humanity than just those living in North America.

What about a massive space elevator system, anchored in Arizona and linked to space in a platform orbiting there. This is not theory but absolutely capable of being built. It would easily transport cargo and people using simple air pressure for a fast ride to low earth orbit.
Once there a manufacturing platform would employ space transports to the Moon and Mars.
What is worth going to the Moon and Mars? Commerce of course in mining for minerals, metals and fuels which the Moon has quantities of.

The Moon is the most perfect floating carrier to expand the American economy into quandrillions of dollars in revenue with America leading the way.

Imagine instead of Chicoms eating resources that a new Martian colony would be developed for a free people developing Mars, instead of wars cropping billios of people off as what Obama is leading the world to.

Imagine the moons of Jupiter and Saturn in the vast resources there. One moon has coal (yes coal is made without plant matter) as wide as a continent.

America gave a world hope as did Australasian in what to do with it’s discontented and surplus populations. Space as the frontier to be conquered will provide the world population a venue to expand to, in hopes and dreams of prosperity and a better life.

Space travel will not take the form of Star Trek, as it is much more efficient to use “thought” to explore the galaxy, but space in our solar system is the solution to this Rockefeller Rothschild world order inflationary nonsense which is turning most folks into slaves and paupers.

Space is the frontier for profit and liberty. The Shuttle is a worthless program and is past it’s time. It is time to progress to real programs which are cost effective and safe.

Mr. Obama has taken one big step backwards as usual and taken one giant leap against mankind.

And I doubt NASA will be destroyed. Look at the Rover program that was wildly successful and over-delivered. NASA can do a lot with a smaller budget — I only wish every other gov’t program could do the same.

ut if you want to prop up insurance corps with tax dollars, go for it.

I’m all for private nterprise paying to explore space. But explain it to me. Why did Obama kill NASA only to give that money to companies that you think should be footing the bill themselves?

You’re right about students. The NEA has done a bang up jobs. Wonder if they’ll get any of that NASA cash.

Please, tell me how cutting a tiny 12 Billion from NASA and giving it to corporations helps.

:rolleyes:

“Congress must DO SOMETHING to stop Obama from turning the U.S. into 2nd class country.”

Seriously? To blame the slide of this country on one person, administration, or party is ignorant. Have you looked at U.S. student achievement lately? Maybe if we all keep telling ourselves we’re exceptional it will remain true.

NASA brought us the personal computer, cell phones, velcro, need I go on. The fact that most of NASA ‘creations’ actually belong the the people of the United States and have been used to improve the lives of not only Americans but of people everywhere has no value to this president.

Congress must DO SOMETHING to stop Obama from turning the U.S. into 2nd class country.

America’s saddled with dim president with no concept of what it is to achieve something. Destroying NASA is just the latest of his awful choices.