Progress on NASA's Constellation


	Progress on NASA's Constellation
ratcatcher2
2-18-2009 9:35 PM
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2-19-2009 9:59 PM
Yassin_M
After the current economic situation, and Obama insistence to fight in Afghanistan, say by by to NASA. no more money for that type of research.
2-19-2009 10:42 PM
ratcatcher2
He is no student of history. All have fled Afghanistan. Why waste lives in a no win war?
2-19-2009 11:44 PM
Yassin_M
ratcatcher2
Why waste lives in a no win war
Pleas Ask Him ... He has already sent additional 17000 Americans to Afghanistan ... It is a wast of Money an Lives
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