Roger Strong

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• Jason Rhian commented on Al Jazeera Video Reaction: Angry Arm Waving From The Far Right
  CNN, Florida Today, The Orlando Sentinel, The Boston Herald and Space.com have all covered this story. Stating that only right-wing media organizations have covered it is factually inaccurate. This has happened before. FOX covered a story and then other media outlets (realizing that they had missed or slept through an event) catch up and begin covering it as well....

• Anne Spudis commented on Al Jazeera Video Reaction: Angry Arm Waving From The Far Right
  [LA Times: July 8, 2010] You know how Wile E. Coyote straps himself to the rocket and lights the fuse? And it burns. And burns. Silence. Nothing. He's poised, hopefully, awaiting launch. We wait, painfully, for the bad thing certain to happen. If you watch Al Jazeera, you know Obama's new mission for NASA: To help Muslim nations 'feel good'...

• ToSeek commented on Al Jazeera Video Reaction: Angry Arm Waving From The Far Right
  "Maybe, but was NEVER job #1!!! And that makes ALL the difference." Sure it was - NASA's #1 job for the first decade of its existence was to make us look better than the Russians. Pure foreign relations. It had nothing to do with science, technology, or anything else....

• Sherlock commented on Al Jazeera Video Reaction: Angry Arm Waving From The Far Right
  NASA's "outreach" up until now (other than a few education programs in the US) has been by doing spectacular things and wowing people worldwide. People were just naturally "reached". Now though, we're apparently making a proactive attempt to "reach out", which is almost like begging for a compliment rather than letting it come naturally, which is by far the best way. It's kinda like a leader saying "You WILL respect me" rather than earning and getting respect naturally (e.g., von Braun)....

• rockcreek commented on Al Jazeera Video Reaction: Angry Arm Waving From The Far Right
  "Sure it was - NASA's #1 job for the first decade of its existence was to make us look better than the Russians. Pure foreign relations. It had nothing to do with science, technology, or anything else." The space race wasn't to make us "look" better, it wasn't an appearance thing. It was to make us better. And it did, because we made it to the moon while the Russians couldn't. The PR value was based on substance. But now the PR line is, we're weak, we can't do it without countries that haven't even launched a man in orbit....