This, written not by me, but by a fellow Texan. Couldn't have said it better. So, I will post it unedited, in its entirety. This has been a HUGE travesty. And, most people have no idea.
Space Shuttle homes - no wonder we lost when they change the rules
Followup on the fact that Houston, home to the Space Shuttle program for the last 30 years did not get a space shuttle to display.Cover-up report saying they did nothing wrong, revealed that originally Houston was supposed to get one of the shuttles as early as 2008 BUT the the director of NASA then changed the rules at the last minute in April and made the top priority be the number of international visitors and population in the area.
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden used to live in Houston but sold us out. As well as selling out the Texans who lived, worked and died for the space program who were from Houston.
The historic aspect no longer mattered, just tourist bucks. So that's why one of the shuttles went to NYC a place that had nothing to do with the space program and even through a shuttle is going to be down the road a few hundred miles from it in DC.
When you have a group investigate itself, pretty easy for them to come up with a report saying they did nothing wrong.
Houston was good enough to be home to Mission Control and to also be used as a refueling stop during the Shuttle Program, but Charles Bolden and NASA took away the shuttle and to add further insult is scattering artifacts from the training missions here across the county and in effect destroying the history. Thanks NASA.
So how about we move the Grand Canyon, not enough people live in AZ and it's hard to travel to.
Or how about we move some of the historic battlefields, because after all they may not be in high population centers to get the most international visitors.
NASA fails to calm Houston anger over lost shuttle
http://abclocal.
Report: Nothing improper in NASA's picks for retired shuttles
http://www.khou.
No comments:
Post a Comment
One Voice Speaking welcomes your comments. It is in speaking and listening that we learn more. Please feel free to be honest, but be respectful.