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Originally Posted by spence
2) This might not be as crazy as it first sounds.
The International Space Station is about the only big ticket space item on display right now, and it's a great opportunity to push Islamic nations towards inclusion rather than letting fundamentalist voices shelter their people from the Western world and the global community.
It sends a great message to people in countries like Iran who have a very strong educational and scientific background, but today have no way to apply it other than building secret nuclear facilities.
Certainly, more inclusion in collaborative international efforts means less energy spent on terrorism, oppression or other destructive work.
-spence
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The ISS is our only big ticket display, remember, we can't do it on our own now (we're broke and getting more broke, remember? spending like drunken sailors - no offense to drunken sailors).
Meanwhile, China is planning appropriately for the moon while we can't even get back, let alone go beyond.
I'm all for Muslim OutReach and inclusion. Something squandered for some time now.
But NASA is the
NATIONAL Aeronautic and Space Administration. Not the Muslim Feel Good And Science Outreach.
By all means get them on board, but we seem to spend our declining budget making nice - nice.
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I'd say this is less about Muslim outreach and more a sneaky plot to subvert radicalized authorities and secure our long-term freedoms.
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