NASA Going Toward Civilian Space Companies

Yesterday, a real rocket scientist called Rush and told him that the private sector could do the job of space exploration more easily and efficiently than the federal government.

Today, of course, Rush is once again harping on the fact that the Space shuttles are shutting down and that we, the USA, have nothing to replace them with.

Well, that's "yet." Soon, we will, as private companies get it going. (And no doubt with goverment money!)

RUSH: Well, I really don't know if it's on purpose. I really don't know if it's on purpose or we just elected the biggest accident in the history of mankind, but whatever, Barack Obama is having lots of success destroying things. How about the jobs numbers? How about this pathetic press conference today, this pathetic positioning that they're trying to convince everybody on this debt ceiling. I mean champagne corks must have been popping in the White House. You got the last shuttle mission, we shut that down. So the Russians now have the only human access to space. Can you believe that? Yeah. We have to believe it, folks, 'cause it's el truebo.

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RUSH: The Iranians are sending monkeys up, so soon we'll be able to hitch a ride with the Iranians. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe on one of their ICBMs