Thursday, June 02, 2011

LEADERSHIP: NASA’S top three priorities.

One is safely fly out the shuttle. After the Columbia accident, the nation decided to phase out the space shuttle program and move on to something else, so we're trying to get back to the spirit of exploration. We also want to maintain safety and support for astronauts operating on the international space station. Finally, we have to make hard choices and deliver on our commitments.
A top priority is “to make hard choices.” Lord help us....
HEH: Shuttle Endeavour thwarts burglary.
WHAT A SURPRISE: ObamaCare is still really unpopular.
I DIDN’T KNOW THAT: the Earth doesn’t need a moon. Might cut down on summer romances, though.
BE A VICTIM, get special privileges.
WHY ARE WE ALLOWING OUR KIDS to be taught by people who took two decades to grasp the obvious?
THE LAMESTREAM MAINSTREAM MEDIA are going to go beserk: The Washington Examiner and Fox News are sponsoring the GOP presidential debate in Iowa on August 11.
DARPA WANTS your ideas for a 100-year starship.


Will humanity one day boldly go ... somewhere?
IT’S TIME FOR A BORDER FENCE ... around California.
PENTAGON looks to double its unmanned air fleet in the next 9 years while keeping its manned fleet constant.

And it was only 15 years or so ago when UAVs were not permitted in controlled airspace. My sense is that any youngster who aspires to a career as a stick-and-throttle pilot had better be prepared to have his/her hopes dashed.
FIRST THEY CAME for the Chicken McNuggets, then they came for my son's ....
ANN COULTER: Weiner photo dispute to be settled in “small” claims court.