Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality

Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by arcanus on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @11:16AM (#12685148)

Did Obama sign an executive order? Or is this a motivational announcement?

As a contrast, in my field (computational science) Obama signed an executive order (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/29/execu...) to enable the rapid development of exascale (next generation) supercomputers.

Funding is arguably even more critical for space exploration, and without substantial action on this front I am skeptical this is going to have meaningful impact.

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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by nickff on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @11:36AM (#12685354)

This looks more like a 'legacy' statement, where the president is trying to emphasize how much he has done in the arena of space exploration, and what his contribution has been.

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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by dexterdog on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @01:21PM (#12686409)

So it's just bluster.

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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by sigmar on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @03:47PM (#12687921)

>Bluster: loud, aggressive, or indignant talk with little effect.

Uh, no.

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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by dexterdog on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @06:42PM (#12689120)

You're right. He wasn't aggressive about it.

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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by sigmar on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @07:19PM (#12689307)

Yup, yet I got downvoted heavily. I'll just take this to mean hackernews people aren't very knowledgeable about vocabulary

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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by abgawrv on Thursday October 13, 2016 @05:18AM (#12699466)

There's an "or" in your definition, so...

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Re:Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality by sigmar on Friday October 14, 2016 @01:44PM (#12709807)

For the record, you think Obama was being "loud, aggressive, or indignant"?

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