With Russia and China on the verge of launching national manned space programs to the Moon and Beyond it is important that the US preserves its manned spaceflight capability.  This includes development of the new constellation class vehicles which will replace the shuttle.  These same craft can also reach the Moon and Mars in varying configurations.

However, indeed the focus should for the near term be on ISS and robotic missions.  Keep manned spaceflight moving ahead but make the most out of what we can do with probes first.  Robotics are only getting better.  Soon enough we should be able to send very human like robotics like the Honda Asimo (? spelling), give it 2 - 3 decades.  

There is significant importance in eventually colonizing space (the seas will boil in less than 1 million years due to changes in the sun), but 1 million years in 1 million years.  We can worry about that 100 years from now.

It is too bad all the supporters cannot take all the things being said on both sides a little less personal.  Hillary is trying to find something that will get her more votes.  That is what she is supposed to do.  Barack is doing the same.  This is politics.  Some of you people act like you have just graduated from JR high and are discovering how our system works for the first time.  Grow up and stop with the demeaning remarks.  When the dems have a candidate we must all come together.  This should not be personal but you will learn this after you have been through more of these elections.

President Bill Clinton has made himself a footnote in recent history via his use of dirty, old politics or slash-and-burn. "The greatest living campaigner", as the media dutifully dubbed him, has become the greatest losing campaigner alive. How are the mighty fallen!

In the meantime, look for a landslide in November.

As a rocket scientist, I can honestly say Bill's international stamp on the program forced the US to work with a country that sells arms to our enemies... and we all know that a friend of my enemy IS my enemy !  Oh and by the way, nice try at attacking Obama's policy for NASA (at least he's more of a realist on the subject than Hillary is).  ...Just realize there are mega-space industry folks that support Obama.  So now you can go home Bill, but make sure you take Hillary and Chelsea with you, because no one buys nor appreciates the fear-mongering, except maybe for the intellectually challenged !

As a rocket scientist, I can honestly say Bill's international stamp on the program forced the US to work with a country that sells arms to our enemies... and we all know that a friend of my enemy IS my enemy !  Oh and by the way, nice try at attacking Obama's policy for NASA (at least he's more of a realist on the subject than Hillary is).  ...Just realize there are mega-space industry folks that support Obama.  So now you can go home Bill, but make sure you take Hillary and Chelsea with you, because no one buys nor appreciates the fear-mongering, except maybe for the intellectually challenged !

As a rocket scientist, I can honestly say Bill's international stamp on the program forced the US to work with a country that sells arms to our enemies... and we all know that a friend of my enemy IS my enemy !  Oh and by the way, nice try at attacking Obama's policy for NASA (at least he's more of a realist on the subject than Hillary is).  ...Just realize there are mega-space industry folks that support Obama.  So now you can go home Bill, but make sure you take Hillary and Chelsea with you, because no one buys nor appreciates the fear-mongering, except maybe for the intellectually challenged !

Bill sure did add an element of class to the Oval Office.  And he sure took care of that Osama bin Laden problem.  And he sure saw the writing on the wall about the tech bubble.  Oh wait, it's great to have a good time in the 90s and let later presidents pay the price.  And Bill put Bush in office by getting blown.  He should ride a fat cow off in the sunset.

Bill:
"Hillary has always supported the manned space program just as I did when I was president," he told a crowd of over 250 who gathered in a picturesque neighborhood park in a Houston suburb today. "Her opponent says we should downgrade man space travel and upgrade robotic travel."

Me:
Bill, if you want to spin things.. please don't be too technical, you bust yourself.
Manned space program is very limited space coverage, life threatening and also very very expensive, which lead to launch number limitation and less job.

While robotic space program is very interesting, it creates new mechatronic jobs, opens new space frontiers, and encourages new rocket energy alternatives.

Bill.. remember my advise.. you can't spin everything!

LESS is MORE and BILL needs to shut his beak. He is not helping the cause and hasn't and has continued to not only hurt Hillary but the Democratic Party.

It's time to pack it up and fade away into their future, with some dignity still left.

Now the real fight begins.

Sounds like Bill Clinton is trying to define what 'is' is again.

I believe people who support the other guy will have a rude wake up call when they realize this guy has NO real knowledge of world politics. I want to know what his name stands for. When will people wake up? What really happened on 911? The people of America was sound to sleep. What if we understood that perhaps muslims might be serious about world domination? What if they were slowly putting together a plot? What if they had sleeper cells? What if they allowed us to train them to be pilots? What if we allowed them to own gas stations all across America? Hey lets also train them to be tractor trailer drivers hauling tankers filled with gas. Lets see... why we are at it lets go ahead and allow one of them to become President. I think americans have been lulled into a coma. How many times have you heard the phrase dum americans? We have opened all doors. There is know way out of this one folks. Americans smile and say, "He is so cute and he speaks well, it will not matter if he has NO knowledge of how things work.... and he keeps on moving his hands as if he really understands and he has.....well look at him he IS SOOO popular it's like high school all over again yeah....oohhh whats his name uuhh osama yeah vote him in. Why would we want the help of 2 Presidents who have a wonderful background  when we can have a muslim for a president?" I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HIS NAME MEANS. Just think what if?????

Well, folks,.. can't beat a dead horse.  The most important thing for our United States of America, is that we stay united as a whole nation, no matter what our race, or who becomes president.  Looking at the whole picture, we need to be prepared, as a country, and a people, to withstand further attack from those who seek to destroy our country from without and perhaps those who have crossed over the borders and are within. Our military is stretched thin, and we need to stick together in this country, fast and pray before it is too late. Pray that our new president is strong and faithful to all of us in this country. Remember.. "for the people and by the people".

"How many times have you heard the phrase dum americans?"

Never. I've heard "Dumb Americans", but that would be different. Unless you're a dumb American. Honestly, if you're going to try to work Dumb American into some pretentious racist ant-Muslim rant, then at least learn how to spell DUMB. Who cares what his name means? I'm not electing a name. I'm electing a person, and could care less what my President's name means, or what his religion is. Your post is beyond idiotic. What if Christians are plotting to take over the world? What if Catholics have sleeper cells? What if we allow dumb racists to own gas stations or drive tanker trucks? What if cults of old white guys are slowly putting together a plot?

Oh, and it's "While we're at it." not "why we are at it". Wake up, you're late for your 3rd grade spelling class.

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