The Insane Obama Space Policy, Part 27

Obama's NASA is lost in space.

by Rod D. Martin
December 7, 2013

As several Apollo astronauts pointed out in 2010, Obama's NASA is lost in space.  This week brought several more compelling proofs of their point.

First, China announced its plans to turn the Moon into a "Death Star." (Link to Taiwan media here.)  Which only stands to reason:  as every viewer of The Right Stuff knows, Lyndon Johnson's grave concern regarding Sputnik was that the Russians would be able to turn the high ground of space into an insuperable military advantage.  They didn't, but that doesn't mean the Chinese haven't read Robert Heinlein.

Second, the Chinese aren't just going there to blow us up or hold us hostage:  they understand there's a new gold rush afoot.  So does Moon Express, which this week announced its plans to conduct America's first controlled Moon landing in 40 years.  Why would it be so stupid as to "shoot money into space" (as generations of liberal politicians have termed it)?  After all, there's nothing there but a bunch of s…