Donald Trump plans to put NASA's focus back on space exploration and cut away programs that study climate change.Bob Walker, an adviser to Trump, told The Guardian that the incoming president wants to keep NASA away from 'politicized science.' Other government agencies can take on climate research, he said.'We see NASA in an exploration role, in deep space research,' Walker told the publication. 'Earth-centric science is better placed at other agencies where it is their prime mission."
Donald Trump plans to put NASA's focus back on space exploration and cut away programs that study climate change. The above photo is from NASA's Antarctic mission, where scientists are observing changes in polar ice
An adviser to Trump said the incoming president wants to keep NASA away from 'politicized science' - 'earth-centric science is better placed at other agencies where it is their prime mission,' he said
Walker admitted that some of that work would continue at NASA. 'My guess is that it would be difficult to stop all ongoing NASA programs but future programs should definitely be placed with other agencies,' he said. Adding, 'I believe that climate research is necessary but it has been heavily politicized, which has undermined a lot of the work that researchers have been doing. Mr Trump’s decisions will be based upon solid science, not politicized science.'Trump has said that climate change is a 'hoax' and he'd 'cancel' an international agreement to combat global warming.Yesterday he told the New York Times that he was reconsidering his position on the 196-nation accord, known as the Paris agreement, that was put into place by the Obama administration.'I’m looking at it very closely. I have an open mind to it,' he said.NASA's Earth Science Division collects data on temperature fluctuations, the oceans, sea ice and glaciers and tracks severe weather.'To study the planet from the unique perspective of space,' it's web page says, the NASA division 'develops and operates remote-sensing satellites and instruments.''We analyze observational data from these spacecraft and make it available to the world's scientists.'A blog post from last week draws attention to the Montreal Protocol and 'the climate warming effects of chemicals that were supposed to be better for the ozone layer.'Walker called the division's work 'politically correct environmental monitoring.'Democrats and environmental groups have derided Trump as a 'climate denier' over his refusal to say that human activity is making the world warmer. Trump told the New York Times on Tuesday, 'I think there is some connectivity. Some, something. It depends on how much.'Walker told the Guardian Trump's skepticism is 'shared by half the climatologists in the world.'We need good science to tell us what the reality is and science could do that if politicians didn’t interfere with it.'
NASA's Earth Science Division is set to receive $2 billion in funding in 2017. Another $2.8 billion is appropriated for space exploration
NASA's Earth Science Division is set to receive $2 billion in funding in 2017. Another $2.8 billion is appropriated for space exploration. President Barack Obama increased NASA's budget by $6 billion dollars in 2010 and controversially directed the government agency to spend its resources on developing an asteroid mission and and sending a manned spaceship to Mars. NASA poured billions into plans to build a permanent base on the moon in the previous administration but fell so far behind that Obama nixed it. Trump's proposed changes to NASA are also generating push back.Penn State University's Michael Mann, a climate scientist, accused Trump of playing politics with the government division.'Without the support of NASA, not only the US but the entire world would be taking a hard hit when it comes to understanding the behavior of our climate and the threats posed by human-caused climate change,' he told The Guardian, 'It would be a blatantly political move.'Mann said it 'would indicate the president-elect’s willingness to pander to the very same lobbyists and corporate interest groups he derided throughout the campaign.'
There was already a thread on this
Quote from: Azendac on November 24, 2016, 08:19:46 PMQuote from: challengerX on November 24, 2016, 05:33:00 PMThere was already a thread on thisAny excuse to tell me how mad you are. I posted in that thread you dunce, this is a new article with new information.What exactly am I supposed to be mad about?I'm letting you know there was already a thread on this. One that didn't use Daily Mail as the source lmaoooooooooooooooooo
Quote from: challengerX on November 24, 2016, 05:33:00 PMThere was already a thread on thisAny excuse to tell me how mad you are. I posted in that thread you dunce, this is a new article with new information.
Quote from: Azendac on November 24, 2016, 08:25:46 PMQuote from: challengerX on November 24, 2016, 08:21:58 PMQuote from: Azendac on November 24, 2016, 08:19:46 PMQuote from: challengerX on November 24, 2016, 05:33:00 PMThere was already a thread on thisAny excuse to tell me how mad you are. I posted in that thread you dunce, this is a new article with new information.What exactly am I supposed to be mad about?I'm letting you know there was already a thread on this. One that didn't use Daily Mail as the source lmaooooooooooooooooooI doubt you're trying to be nice, so this was clearly an attempt at a zinger "hah there's already a thread better tell him that", but I already knew about the thread.>he doesn't like bikinis in his news sidebarI continue to believe you have homosexual tendencies, and my phallus remains erect and ready for your capitulation.I didn't realize I'm a big meany head to you and hurt your feelings. I'm letting you know there's a thread on this already. Take that how you want to. In this case you decided to sperg out yet again.
Quote from: challengerX on November 24, 2016, 08:21:58 PMQuote from: Azendac on November 24, 2016, 08:19:46 PMQuote from: challengerX on November 24, 2016, 05:33:00 PMThere was already a thread on thisAny excuse to tell me how mad you are. I posted in that thread you dunce, this is a new article with new information.What exactly am I supposed to be mad about?I'm letting you know there was already a thread on this. One that didn't use Daily Mail as the source lmaooooooooooooooooooI doubt you're trying to be nice, so this was clearly an attempt at a zinger "hah there's already a thread better tell him that", but I already knew about the thread.>he doesn't like bikinis in his news sidebarI continue to believe you have homosexual tendencies, and my phallus remains erect and ready for your capitulation.
Quote from: Azendac on November 24, 2016, 08:33:23 PMQuote from: challengerX on November 24, 2016, 08:28:41 PMQuote from: Azendac on November 24, 2016, 08:25:46 PMQuote from: challengerX on November 24, 2016, 08:21:58 PMQuote from: Azendac on November 24, 2016, 08:19:46 PMQuote from: challengerX on November 24, 2016, 05:33:00 PMThere was already a thread on thisAny excuse to tell me how mad you are. I posted in that thread you dunce, this is a new article with new information.What exactly am I supposed to be mad about?I'm letting you know there was already a thread on this. One that didn't use Daily Mail as the source lmaooooooooooooooooooI doubt you're trying to be nice, so this was clearly an attempt at a zinger "hah there's already a thread better tell him that", but I already knew about the thread.>he doesn't like bikinis in his news sidebarI continue to believe you have homosexual tendencies, and my phallus remains erect and ready for your capitulation.I didn't realize I'm a big meany head to you and hurt your feelings. I'm letting you know there's a thread on this already. Take that how you want to. In this case you decided to sperg out yet again.Every time you've replied to me after the thread you've tried to start shit again, of course I'm going to assume you're still doing it. Enough with this half assed act of trying to be the cool collected one, you keep resorting to "no u" every time I call you out on it and you're lies, just move on and stop wasting both of our time.>you're liesDude you seriously need to chill.
Quote from: challengerX on November 24, 2016, 08:28:41 PMQuote from: Azendac on November 24, 2016, 08:25:46 PMQuote from: challengerX on November 24, 2016, 08:21:58 PMQuote from: Azendac on November 24, 2016, 08:19:46 PMQuote from: challengerX on November 24, 2016, 05:33:00 PMThere was already a thread on thisAny excuse to tell me how mad you are. I posted in that thread you dunce, this is a new article with new information.What exactly am I supposed to be mad about?I'm letting you know there was already a thread on this. One that didn't use Daily Mail as the source lmaooooooooooooooooooI doubt you're trying to be nice, so this was clearly an attempt at a zinger "hah there's already a thread better tell him that", but I already knew about the thread.>he doesn't like bikinis in his news sidebarI continue to believe you have homosexual tendencies, and my phallus remains erect and ready for your capitulation.I didn't realize I'm a big meany head to you and hurt your feelings. I'm letting you know there's a thread on this already. Take that how you want to. In this case you decided to sperg out yet again.Every time you've replied to me after the thread you've tried to start shit again, of course I'm going to assume you're still doing it. Enough with this half assed act of trying to be the cool collected one, you keep resorting to "no u" every time I call you out on it and you're lies, just move on and stop wasting both of our time.
Dude I'm not a NEET like you, I'm not going to continue a conversation that was going literally nowhere and just write endless walls of text. I can't change your opinions over the internet. You need mature and experience things for yourself. Hopefully you'll do that.
You know who else funded space research? Hitler.
Quote from: gats on November 25, 2016, 08:13:46 AMYou know who else funded space research? Hitler.Ooh, I heard Hitler cared for the environment and animals and made laws to protect them.
Kid if you seriously think I'm going to waste my time trying to educate you, you're retarded. You're blaming every problem you have on Jews and anybody else who isn't part of your tribe. I'm not going to waste my time talking to someone like you. We already know what the solution for people like you is.
You're attributing a shitty prime minister to an entire group of people and claiming they're out to get you.
Now that I know you're not even an American, your disgusting opinions make a hell of a lot more sense.
Blown out of the water how? By you calling me a goatfucker?
My people literally created pants and mathematics (to name just two things), sit the fuck down you peasant.
Not really, it's just you claiming I've said something when I never have. Don't blame me for your reading comprehension problems.
Mature people call others goatfuckers and niggers and write walls of text crying about Jews and brown people?
lolAre you angry that I know what I'm talking about without having to link shit all the time?
Seeing how you're the only one here acting like an autistic mongoloid because I told you there was already a thread on this, one with a much better source, no.
I know I'm better than you, though. I don't need to prove anything and nobody here apart from trolls like Midget legitimately thinks you're more intelligent and mature.Look at your posts, than look at mine.
Now THIS is mature and intelligent behavior.
Serious board is for serious discussion. Enough with these attacks, please.
QuoteBro, I can look at your entire post history with me, and point out exactly where you lied. Take for instanc the time you brought up Trump, then I responded, then you accused me of brining up Trump for no reason at all, then tried to pretend it never happened. You are a pathological liar.Literally what. That never happened. You need to get a grip. Your view of reality is so warped it's insane.
Bro, I can look at your entire post history with me, and point out exactly where you lied. Take for instanc the time you brought up Trump, then I responded, then you accused me of brining up Trump for no reason at all, then tried to pretend it never happened. You are a pathological liar.
I'm bragging? I couldn't care less.And wait, wasn't daddy trump going to ensure America stayed white forever? You literally just said he would.
Yes, those projections were from before Trump got elected and did not fator his policies into account, good comprehension of time you got there.
What? We're talking about race, not Trump.
YOU FUCKING BROUGHT TRUMP UP YOU LYING RAT. This is the quote I replied to:"And wait, wasn't daddy trump going to ensure America stayed white forever? You literally just said he would."I really should just stop here because you have no intention of ever being honest about anything in this discussion.
Whoa, real cool how you liked all his posts but never commented yourself, Azumaril. You sure showed me!
Quote from: Azendac on November 25, 2016, 04:37:23 PMWhoa, real cool how you liked all his posts but never commented yourself, Azumaril. You sure showed me!your desperation to start/continue petty arguments is adorable
Quote from: Azumarill on November 25, 2016, 04:44:49 PMQuote from: Azendac on November 25, 2016, 04:37:23 PMWhoa, real cool how you liked all his posts but never commented yourself, Azumaril. You sure showed me!your desperation to start/continue petty arguments is adorableI'm really not sure how you can like his posts, when all he does is show that he's a pathological liar. Everyone can see that, he doesn't even try to deny it, it's sad and a waste of his time and mine that he keeps trying to start this again.