Space Shuttle’s Final Flight

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

Today’s final flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery over Washington, DC enroute to its retirement at the Smithsonian is an occasion to reflect on the future of U.S. space activity, not just its storied past.

Currently, America must rely on Russia to get people into space. Our private sector may ultimately provide an alternative, but for now, our astronauts are grounded unless Vladimir Putin gives us a lift.

Deep space exploration is supposedly the new objective. Yet, the Obama administration has combined that distant goal with funding cuts and massive layoffs, making its achievement problematic. Worse, the President told the NASA Administrator that his foremost mission is “to help Muslim nations feel good about their historic contribution to science.” He should, instead, be ensuring that ours goes forward robustly in space.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.