Comments on: US Senator: NASA Job Losses Could Generate Jobs for Russian Space Program

By: Jobs Here

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By: alphonso richardson

alphonso richardson — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:14:37 +0000

Hey, that's just the way the world is.
Just as manufacturing & the money markets are run by INTERNATIONAL concerns,, NASA's fortunes are just the same as any business or goverment department.
lay-off & outsourcing are rthe way of the world.

in a country that uses the Free-market model to run their economy, this not only makes sense,. but is inevitable.

i'm not saying it's right or wrong (that;s a whole other set of arguments I wouldn't get into), but this 'Cold War' thinking seems to bypass a basic business or economic ideal, fundamental to business in NASA's home country.

By: Decadentroman

Decadentroman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:20:09 +0000

Having been reincarnated from the last Roman Empire its just De Je Vu for me.
I luved those orgies and glutonony while watching the Lions vs Gladiators to see who gets to play the Chosen Few or the Barbarians who got a bye into the finals.
All paths led to Rome and I thought it would never end .
We were a superpower for a long long time and we didn't have any jobs to export back then …no one did anything but cater to their hidden desires and it was so wonderful.
In this new life I have to work three jobs and I wish they would export all of them so I can draw unemployment.

By: Vanamonde

Vanamonde — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:22:27 +0000

Oh, gawd – even NASA is having jobs exported overseas. I hate this.

By: Dr Bob

Dr Bob — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:16:59 +0000

Chuck Lam :

I agree with you 100 %

All technology will pass to other nations , just look at Sony and electronics manufacturers in general and so we lose jobs in the USA ….nothing new …

And , our secondary educational system is not providing us with many students capable or interested in pursuing careers in Science , so our graduate schools are being filled with foreign students…

The flip side is we have more and more couch potatoes watching the boob tube than in other nation and , above all , we need to spend more money on the poor and their problems …

So let all these NERDS and GEEKS move to Russia and China and Japan and India and Europe if they like and want to work in the Space program and have careers in Science and Mathematics.

A Vote for Obama will help insure the above trend and the state of affairs will happen even faster…

Nothing lasts forever , and it may be just our turn to become a second rate power and fall by the wayside.

So, just let the Exploration of Space and the Quest for chasing New Frontiers up to the rest of the world ..
We don't need this , just as long as we can purchase our HD Tvs and other Hi Tech stuff from the other nations so all our mental midget couch potatoes can watch Real Role Models like Paris Hilton and Michael Vick perform whats really important …. namely Sports and Modeling .Basketball and Football and above all ….Video Games and Text Messaging in School to avoid thinkin about what the Science and Physics and Math teacher sare boring the kids with…

An even more watered down educational system is what Obama will deliver and so he can provide us with a future generation of even more couch potatoes and mental midgets…that way we can insure that more and more scientific jobs will be turned over to Japan and Russia and India and China and Germany so our kids can just sit back and CHILL…..

By: dennis cottle

dennis cottle — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:42:42 +0000

I remember the loss of top people that carried slide rules in there top pockets at the end of the apollo project ! Dont let it happen again. Keep these people in the loop even if the are farmed out to private projects.

By: sundukan

sundukan — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:44:15 +0000

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By: sundukan

sundukan — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:38:01 +0000

damn ! you people just have to complain about eveything
learn some russian and shut up
i think its a great idea , finally!

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:16:41 +0000

not exactly a comment on the matter in hand here,but just looking at the shuttle pic i noticed it has just passed the sound barrier, looking at thewave at the front,or am i wrong???

By: John Ahrens

John Ahrens — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:04:30 +0000

Certainly bad news for the people involved, but if we're ever going to develop a sustainable space program, besides getting the government out of the trucking business, we need to get rid of the standing armies required to launch a few government employees into space a few times a year.

SpaceX and others are on the right track, with using about a dozen at the launch site, and maybe 30 total in launch operations. Not to mention the ability to turn around from launch abort to launch in about an hour.

By: cornflower

cornflower — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:13:41 +0000

Seems the Russians successfully exported their war in Afghanistan to us, allowing us to expand on it. Now we plan to export out space program to them, which they will no doubt also expand upon.

By: Topcat

Topcat — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:26:03 +0000

Its always sad to hear people loosing their jobs. However, this could be good in such a way that the Scientists and Engineers that lost their jobs could open up a new set of jobs which could be could good for our own planet.

By: Chuck Lam

Chuck Lam — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:44:40 +0000

Here is an opportunity for the United States to redirect it's NASA engineering and technician talent to work on our countries troubled infrastructures. Just about everything the citizenry is dependent on requires some form of serious overhaul. Hopefully congress will get it's act together and start thinking what's best for mainstreet America.

By: Maugrim

Maugrim — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:48:23 +0000

I will be interested to see how many of those who worked on the Shuttle program will be moving to SpaceX, Bigelow and others. Their experience would undoubtedly be welcome there. On the other hand, I would imagine the 3000 personnel NASA hope to retain would be the most experienced and talented ones..

By: Sili

Sili — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:47:57 +0000

I suppose the people fired could do worse than starting to learn some Russian.

By: Silver Thread

Silver Thread — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:35:07 +0000

I imagine that *any* engineer with NASA on his or her resume is not going to find it difficult to get another Job. Could there really be a more notable reference in that line of work?

As far as Russia getting more jobs, well that's the way the ball bounces. We're all working toward the same objective regardless of who is punching keys and outsourcing work has been a staple in our economy for a few decades now.

By: Tech Roach

Tech Roach — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:39:19 +0000

I don't think there's anything wrong with using Russian help for certain stuff.

Isn't it about time science became international cooperation ?