The TEA Party in Space Mission Statement

And so it begins. As leaks of the FY 2013 NASA budget begin to trickle out the special intrests groups are beginning to worry. Here is a piece of analysis that actually frames the argument pretty well. While old space continues to chug along consuming a larger peice of the NASA pie, new space will get by with what it has. It is interesting to see how the author here thinks that the government is trying to slow down "new space".  Here is the pull quote:

Maggie Fox over at the National Journal came out with a piece entitled Report Scolds NASA's Dependence on Old Technology. It takes aim at the technologies that are being used in current projects and also talks about the future roadmap for technology demonstrations.  But didn't Frank Wolf slash the OCT budget?  And wasn't OTC ordered to take on 300 extra employees practically killing SIBRs?

Many people do not know it yet, but Houston has yet another problem: Quality Control or QC. The problem is not in Rocket City, the Space Coast, or even the shining city on the hill. No, the problem is Russia. Russia has had three failures of its venerable Soyuz launch system. One may have ended in a loss of crew (LOC) event. This time, the Russians found the error on the ground instead of in flight.

TEA PARTY IN SPACE ENDORSES
NEWT GINGRICH
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

January 30, 2011 —– For Immediate Release
Contact: Andrew Gasser
TEA Party in Space President and National Coordinator, TEA Party in Space
850-866-0155
andrew@teapartyinspace.org

(Titusville FL) — Tea Party in Space (TPIS) is excited to endorse Newt Gingrich for President of the United States. Mr. Gingrich is the only candidate who consistently articulates a bright vision for future American space exploration and settlement. Mr. Gingrich’s unique approach of utilizing the government and private sector is exactly what NASA needs.

Willard Mitt Romney is ignorant when it comes to space policy and it was on display for all to see at Thursday night's debate.  There is no possible explanation we can offer as to why Mr. Romney commented and used the rhetoric he did, it just was incoherent.  Mr. Romney was all over the place on the space issue showing he really has no cogent thoughts about space exploration, settlement, and policy.  Watch this video of Mr. Romney addressing the space issue and then compare it to Mr. Gingrich.  I wish I had more from Mitt Romney on space but this is all that could be found.

There has been a lot of talk about the recent sun storm and the solar flares.  What you need to understand about solar flares are the following:

1. God controls the solar flares - not humanity
2. The media will always "hype" the story making it worse than it ever was
3. This was solar flare activity was billed as "huge" and "massive" - no outtages reported

I have embedded the NASA video and pasted in the NASA report.  NASA does amazing things everyday, this is just one of those examples.