NASA just ruined the Space X launch by going pro-Trump

[Seasider]

We finally have an event that seems to uniting Americans in celebration and then during NASA's live coverage, they interview NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine who starts kissing Tump's butt about NASA finally has an administration that supports which is a complete load of crap. The privatization of space flight is something that was set in motion several years ago. You can see his asinine comments toward of the end of the video.

[Fozzledick]

1. My daughter used to work at NASA as a research assistant.

She told me that the senior researchers she worked for said that they only got to do real science when the Democrats were in power.

When the Republicans were in power all they were allowed to do was "tag" (get their names added as a contributor to someone else's research project).

[USALiberal]

2. He was annoying! nt

[Ms. Toad]

3. I was at least grateful

that they didn't let Trump talk in the hour leading up to the launch

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

10. I had expected Fat Donnie to do the final countdown.

Really. It would be consistent with his past actions. He could then claim that he was responsible for launching the first U.S. astronauts into space on a U.S. rocket. It would make a great applause line for his rallies and video for his ads.

Addendum: SpaceX was established May 6, 2002. Obama fully supported commercialism of space, but was fought by the Republican congress every step of the way. Commercial crew wasn't funded at NASA until 2015.

[SeattleVet]

18. I'd love to see Needy Amin try to do a countdown.

The final 10 seconds would stretch out into about a half-hour.

First of all, he'd have to read it off of a teleprompter.

Then he'd be reminded of something and go off-script several times. ""10...9...8...I just ate some great, wonderful chicken. I understand it was from Kentucky. Great state, Kentucky! That's where Mitch McConnell is from, you know. Not too many people know that...8...7...6...did you know that I had 6 million people at my inauguration. Big crowd - the biggest ever, they say. Uh...7...6...5....what do you mean we missed the launch window?"

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

20. +1000

He can't stick to a script, can he?

[TheBlackAdder]

19. He couldn't. He needed time to practices the number sequence.

[marlakay]

13. Thank god! I watched didn't hear anything

Pro Trump and turned off 5 min after launch when it looked safe.

[Ms. Toad]

17. I was watching a little longer -

since my nephew was an engineer on the project. Unfortunately I stayed on long enough to hear the pro-Trump NASA crap.

[BannonsLiver]

4. It's all a bit of hullabaloo

As far I can tell the only thing truly revolutionary here is the recovery system for the first stage. Otherwise, it’s a rocket. Wake me up when we can take off from a runway and get into orbit without a rocket. That would be revolutionary.

Glad it worked out, glad we’re back and don’t need Putin’s Russia to get to ISS, but that’s about it.

[msongs]

6. exactly. too bad nobody on the barge was filming with a phone (that we know of) nt

[Seasider]

8. The sad thing is we'd probably be there already

But Nixon just couldn't continue what he viewed as "Kennedy's vision of the space program" and needed his own which paved way for the Space Shuttle program.

[lunatica]

5. Ask me if I care.

The manned space flights have started again. Trump is a mere footnote with an asterisk. Maybe this will be the one and only thing he enabled that isn’t divisive, partisan, and just plain ugly.

[rockfordfile]

12. NASA lost credibility big time with that un-American pos

[demmiblue]

7. It was gross. n/t

[3catwoman3]

9. I was shouting at my television while that...

...ass-kisser was speaking. He was disgusting.

[Hav]

11. It was embarrassing and needlessly politicized the event

It wasn't only the over the top buttkissing but also slamming previous administrations.
I don't think it's smart for them to add to the polarization.

[blugbox]

14. It was a very awesome and historic event

But I turned it off immediately when they even mentioned trump. Way to ruin the moment NASA. Like that dumb fuck had anything to do with this event...

I really hope they keep track of viewership numbers, and that there was a massive drop off as soon as trump was mentioned

[Alex4Martinez]

15. Sure as FUCK did, he gets more toxic by the day.

Pence, too.

[RainCaster]

16. I watched the SpaceX feed- no DFT there.

The Orange Space Maggot is not seen in the real feed from SpaceX.

"It's the only good thing our country's done this year" was my daughter's comment after lift off.