Neil Armstrong Attacks Obama Space Plan "The first man to walk on the moon blasted President Barack Obama’s decision to cancel NASA’s back-to-the-moon program on Tuesday, saying that the move is “devastating” to America’s space effort.
"Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong’s open letter was also signed by Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon; and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, who is marking the 40th anniversary of his famous lunar non-landing this week.
....It appears that we will have wasted our current $10-plus billion investment in Constellation and, equally importantly, we will have lost the many years required to recreate the equivalent of what we will have discarded. ....
"This is the actual tribute to Neil Armstrong as it appears on President Obama’s Tumblr page that is operated by Organizing for America.
"The touching remembrance of the first human being ever to set foot on the moon of course features a photo of… Obama:"
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"Considering the level of humility that Armstrong demonstrated in his life, this speaks hilarious volumes.
"Obama does have a way of inserting himself into history though."
Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs writes: "One tiny narcissistic step for Obama, another giant step backward for American exceptionalism."
Hopenchange "Just last year, Neil Armstrong looked at what Barack Obama has done to our space program and declared it to be "embarrassing and unacceptable." But he also said "I am hopeful that, in the near future, we will be doing the right thing."
"He did not live to see that future. But this November, your one small step into the voting booth can be a giant leap in the right direction."
