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Nasa administrator Charles Bolden says Obama told him to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world to help them feel good about their historic contr

Recent comments made by the NASA administrator have become fodder for conservative bloggers and left some space buffs wondering just what really is NASA's mission.

"When I became the NASA administrator, [President Obama] charged me with three things," Bolden said in an interview with Al-Jazeera. "One, he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math; he wanted me to expand our international relationships; and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math and engineering."

The website NASA Watch reported Bolden's interview comments a few days ago, but they seem to have hit the fan in a larger-scale Monday.

Bryan York of The San Francisco Examiner wrote in response: "From moon landings to promoting self-esteem: It would be difficult to imagine a more dramatic shift in focus for an agency famous for reaching the heavens."


Added: Jul-6-2010 Occurred On: Jul-6-2010
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  • Since when did Muslims ever do anything good in the world?

    Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
    boredin2008 (912.10)  

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  • Someone once mentioned to write "Fuck mohammad" on the Moon in giant neon letters. This will ensure that they work their butts off to get up there and wipe it off.

    Knowing how fanatical Muslims are though about their cult, they'll probably just blow it up.

    Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
    LoonieToonie (385.60)

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  • Im sure Islamic teachers already teach their pupils about the medieval islamic astronomers, who were among the first to actually apply a scientific method to at least the procession of objects in the night sky.

    It was mainly used to figure out the exact date of feast days, such as Easter etc. This was at a time of course that Islam was the progressive religion of learning and understanding.

    Islam failed to evolve much from around this time, which is a shame because they may have been a worthwh More..

    Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
    gnark1ll (540.66)  

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  • "and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math and engineering."

    Wow, from a space administrator to a councilor. Sounds like a pretty dynamic job with really f*cked up priorities.

    Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
    Master123 (79.80)

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  • LOL for an educated man Obama is a moron. Their contributions were that from the Persian empire prior to the Islamification of that region.

    Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
    Zardoz003 (1572.42)  

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    • Oh I forget Jesus road a Dinosaur and Mohammad road a Unicorn/Pegasus hybrid and nothing came before them.

      Posted Jul-7-2010 By 
      Zardoz003 (1572.42)  

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  • When Islam took over science was thrown out, now they come here to learn our science and how to use it against us and their own people. Obama again is a god damn fuck wad bleeding heart liberal waste of space.

    Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
    Zardoz003 (1572.42)  

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    • ok maybe talking about our president in that manner is a bit too far but if this is true, what else do you call his perception of reality here?

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      Zardoz003 (1572.42)  

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  • Dang they will just want to stone him to death

    Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
    zindo (790.22)

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  • Every day more and more stuff pops up like something from an Ayn Rand novel.

    Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
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  • getting tired of saying told you so...

    Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
    unclesmitty (82.82)

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  • So, I guess we're gonna teach them how to shoot a rocket? marvil idea!

    Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
    toddr64 (67.56)

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  • Teach them how to build missles that can enter space - - - they put nukes on them - - - ICBM's will be the beginning of thier space program ! ! !

    Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
    kevinmm16 (45.76)

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  • one small step for nasa one huge leap for
    Muslim math.

    Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
    riddler11 (124.72)  

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  • Holy crap. Muslim outreach? That is perhaps the NASA administrators number one objective?
    Seriously?

    White, Chaffee and Grissom gotta be rolling over in their graves.

    Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
    wharris (2246.72)  

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  • This is what we get for electing the turd-world alien.

    Posted Jul-7-2010 By 
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    • Please list all the achievements the muslim world could contribute to our Space program. We sent a man to the moon...and he played Golf.

      Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
      Fire37Rescue (12187.80)  

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    • We already have a Secretary of State for reaching out...But maybe Bolton can make friends with Monkeyboy in Iran and help him with his nuke problems?

      Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
      rich901 (101.64)

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    • The idea of zero as a mathematical concept came to Europe from the then Ottoman empire. Quite important. Maybe you should boycott the number zero from your life. Many mathematical formulae originate from this area, regardless of faith.

      If you read any mathematical history at all you would realise the folly of your statement. Interesting subject and important to space exploration at the most fundamental level.

      Like all faiths and creeds, it contains 5 percent dickheads, but as in any organisat More..

      Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
      shashi2005 (1165.02)

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    • sometimes i wish ppl were worth debating on here, but most likely they are ignorant and under-educated, so i just look at their comments and move on it's a losing battle...

      Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
      siouxdog420 (53.78)  

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    • This stuff came up the other day. I looked into it and that is simply not accurate. The Indians had a concept of Zero so did the Mayans. It did come to Europe from various countries and different times. The more I looked into it just about every claim of inventions from the Muslim world was blurred and not conclusive. From Algebra to Optics to Medical discoveries all seemed to be improvements or combinations from other countries and cultures. previous work. Their is a lot of religious and cultur More..

      Posted Jul-6-2010 By 
      flashj2 (729.30)  

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