cruzer Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Subject: Homer Hickam -- NASA Homer Hickam Homer Hickam made an interesting comment on TV this week. In case you don't know who he is, Homer was a poor West Va miner's son who worked his way up to being an employee/scientist for NASA. He wrote a book called "Rocket Boy" which was later made into a great movie called "October Sky". This morning he was interviewed and said this, about the "one-shot" shoot down of the crippled satellite recently: "If this country's head was on straight, they would be holding a ticker tape parade for the Crew of the Cruiser, USS Lake Erie... "This (one rocket firing) boosted our National defense 100 fold. N Korea, Iran, China, Russia, all know now that we have a safety net that can accurately stop their incoming missiles, even if they are out of the earth's atmosphere. "Of course, that was the plan all along, and it was a dandy plan. I just hope that the next person in the White House doesn't scrap the system and begin baking cookies for the enemy. "Hillary or Obama will do just that, and that makes me nervous. At any rate, Kudos to the Officers and Crew of the USS Lake Erie. WELL DONE, BLUE JACKETS!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maldev Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Big thumbs up and thanks to them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAL Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 on all the above comments... Obama has already said that NASA's budget is going to education. all one half of one percent.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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