Bush Cancels Space Shuttle Program

[PaulaFarrell]

Bush Cancels Space Shuttle Program


Washington DC (SPX) Apr 01, 2005
US President George W Bush declared today that he had signed a rare presidential decree canceling any further expenditure of Federal funds on the US Space Shuttle program.
"We cannot find any justification to continue deficit funding of a program that has no application other that proving that with enough money America can do anything," said Bush.

"The whole world knows that already, so why keep spending money on it," he added.

The announcement was made during an even rarer press conference with Whitehouse press corps, at which the President started proceedings by handing out Easter Eggs, quipping, "it might be politically incorrect to hand these out, but don't worry we got them at a discount at a Walmart sale yesterday so they aren't really a religious item anymore."

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During a brief two-minute period provided for questions from the press, the first reporter asked if this meant the Space Station was also being shut down. To which the President answered, "we plan to either hold an auction on Ebay or give it away to "our international partners."

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/rocketscience-05o.html


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[saracat]

1. I am speechless. The SOB. Whatever happened to Mars???

[LiberallyInclined]

5. april fool's...

nt

[johncoby2]

2. This is more true than funny

Word has it at NASA that the civil service work force will dwindle and the tax dollars will be sent directly to contractors with little oversight.

Much like the Osprey in Dallas.

[reality based]

3. Check the date

[thereismore]

4. April fools, right? Auction ISC on ebay? n/t

[rfkrfk]

6. I agree with shrub

the International Space Station is worthless, btw.
How much do you learn, doing the spiders / cornseeds
experiment for the 67th time.?

[Selteri]

7. Guess we're not going to Luna or Mars

Not like that's a surprise.