tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812390657632204667.post1511387268556326091..comments2023-10-28T00:27:09.657-07:00Comments on The Rumbler Report: The Audacity of MediocrityMarty Heflinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04500477449088246980noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812390657632204667.post-67431180022453976322011-07-11T12:14:05.224-07:002011-07-11T12:14:05.224-07:00Interesting take - of course the current Administr...Interesting take - of course the current Administration believes NASA's core mission is to improve Muslim self-esteem. Nevertheless, people of faith can also believe in science. There is an old adage about the scientists climbing the mountain of knowledge...as they approach the summit and part the clouds, a crowd of theologians greets them and asks them what took so long.<br /><br />I am a passionate backyard astronomer who carefully catalogues my observations, but no amount of scientific inquiry can take away my wonderment of the divine when I stare into space. Bottom line - I think NASA would do better with someone of faith and vision in the Oval Office versus an occupant like the current one who believes our best days are gone.Marty Heflinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04500477449088246980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812390657632204667.post-58152409174004957662011-07-11T09:34:12.873-07:002011-07-11T09:34:12.873-07:00One must point out that one of the current frontru...One must point out that one of the current frontrunners for the GOP nomination, Bachmann, is a young-earth creationist. NASA's core mission (to increase our understanding of the universe, more or less) is anathema to people who think the world was sneezed into existence by Magic Sky Father a few thousand years ago. If you believe, as I do, in American eceptionalism, and want to see real investment in the future of... well, humanity's future... who are you going to vote for? If it comes right down to it, are you on the side of applied research, or the side of fundamentalist dogma? Will you vote against the GOP candidate if it is a religious lunatic who doesnt believe in science? <br /><br />Scary times, when the choice is shaping up to be between Obama, with all that entails, and the Bachmann/Palin/etc archetypes who if anything are even scarier... ugh. NASA is hosed either way. Hooray for the future...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com