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FBN's Lou Dobbs weighs in on the government’s lack of support for space exploration and future programs.
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Mysteries thanks falcon nine rocket successfully took off into the -- -- sky B unmanned ship is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station on Friday.
Our first for a private company can private enterprise pick up where that now retired shuttle program left off and -- other government agencies.
Take note like the post office let's bring in -- I can't.
President of post office of my pets -- absolutely well it's it's not unreasonable to do so but I've got to say personable.
Congratulations -- all of the folks that.
Space Exploration Technologies.
Just -- amazing feat that they pulled off here.
It is exciting at a time when government is going exactly the wrong way.
NASA's budgets are being cut and Washington is consumed with bureaucracy and wealth redistribution.
Entrepreneurship and private private enterprise is doing at a fraction the price what massive government bureaucracy could not do.
We'll fraction of the price but it still costs if you I -- this is unmanned but I'm doing some research and reading that it costs something like sixty million dollars per astronaut.
To put us what you think that's what's being charged right now.
Can why can't -- -- space programs bring our which it is the only.
The only taxi to the international -- station think about where this country's been in the space rates.
And you'll see what a colossal series of blunders have been made by administration after administration.
This administration's cut back masses but this president talks about competitiveness.
-- and meanwhile has got -- NASA.
It is an absolute a dismal my they performance on the Florida -- president just turned totally upside out an economic.
A -- is the inspiration -- in the world this has been the focal point of our research and development efforts over the course of for just about 45 years -- the achievements are meant so they they heroes of the Apollo program.
The accomplishments are -- to the moon.
Extraordinary stuff pathfinder.
I mean -- of the Hubble telescope and we have an administration that wants to just wrenched the life.
Out of the entire space exploration community the scientific community -- we're talking about theoretical physics were applied physics.
He is this administration.
In cutting that budget from its peak of nineteen billion dollars a year.
Has decimated.
Future programs yeah I mean.
You about your original point you know we hope this is more efficient and they paid one point six billion -- guarantee your -- -- -- efficient by factors of at least ten.
We -- talking about real I mean what they have done with the falcon nine rocket.
And the dragon payload which is a thousand pounds it's going to the International Space Station.
It's sitting in orbit at 240 miles.
This is a private business and this is phasing of an extraordinary achievement and everyone should be just cheering on this company and all who were making this possible what needs to -- including -- by the way we've given him a contract.
So what needs to happen to gin up private space travel to really just take over for NASA or -- I co wrote the book.
Twelve years ago space the next business rancher talking about mining -- restaurants talking about doing exactly what we're doing now.
What we need to do is to awaken to the possibilities.
And have real leadership.
That has a vision for this country's future and the contributions.
At the scientific community make to our daily lives our quality of life.
This is a president who is consumed with being a community organizer.
He talked about hope and change but he is inspired.
Nothing big you -- -- against deficit reduction the bigger picture.
Does that deficit reduction debt reduction measures we haven't we have four consecutive deficits of over a trillion dollars.
We're talking at the peak -- nineteen billion dollars a year for space exploration and now it's important perspective absolutely it's absolutely.
Critical.
That we create growth that we in spy here.
Development.
Bring ideas to the marketplace and build well.
That's how it's done.
Not by small minded people pretending.
That -- somehow going to engage in the smallest of ideas.
For the longest periods of time I don't know why we would tolerate anymore of this we've had enough -- -- believe Lou Dobbs for space master general.
Any new faster know you can -- -- you can never used again I'm all about free enterprise I didn't you're not because and bureaucratic.
This is titles and and I I don't -- the title.
I just need folks to dig in to support those who have these great ideas in -- give this country the opportunity.
To to achieve our best and innovation -- -- economy back to of inspiration would be that it Lou Dobbs I -- Let's -- you include every day here at this time and of course at 10 PM eastern tonight -- senator John Barrasso.
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