Coffman Pleads Case for Saving Orion (Jobs)
Nice to know my Congressman is looking out for my job…
Coffman urges Obama to protect Orion jobs
Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, sent a letter to President Barack Obama Thursday urging him to protect jobs in NASA’s Orion crew-capsule program.
I’d much prefer, however, that he get behind the commercial crew-cargo policy proposed to replace it, so that there might be more jobs created in the broader space industry. Clinging to the program of record after it has been shown to be unsustainable and unaffordable, merely forestalls the inevitable and squanders an opportunity (and resources) to shift to a more open-ended policy.
I’d expect a Colorado Republican to be more amenable to a capitalist policy than this. Especially an incumbent whose district includes several space-related companies which would benefit from growing markets and the creative influence of competition.
June 21st, 2010 at 3:53 am
Of all the components of Constellation, wasn’t Orion sustainable? Wasn’t the real problem with the POR the Ares I and Ares V rockets?