Boy, those government workers at NASA sure know how to get things done!

[UrbScotty]

[Justice wanted]

1. and not to put a damper on the event but they turned Shuttle flight to public sector.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. LOL! And they couldn't be more excited!

[Rowdyboy]

3. I could really feel the thrill just watching them....its been a lifelong love for me going

back to Tel-Star when I was 5 in 1959.

And I still feel like I'm 8 years old when they kick ass!

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Same for me! When I was a kid, everybody watched!

I was in elementary school in the early '60s, knew all the astronauts' names and they'd bring TVs into the classroom so we could watch the launches live! This sure brings me back, too, when we were so excited. We really need more of this in the country, sure brings us together, and I felt that again tonight when I was watching this with friends from DU...

[JI7]

4. the freepers have a thread where they are mocking Obama by saying "you didn't land it" or somethign

like that.

[Zalatix]

8. He didn't. The Government workers did.

That ought to burn the Freepers' asses!

[Justice wanted]

5. Never been prouder of Gov workers like I am at this moment.

[dballance]

6. I hope the GOP legislators can find it in themselves to congratulate those gov't workers

for landing Curiosity on Mars safely.

You know, all those NASA workers and all the JPL workers in gov't jobs that really don't help the economy. And all the workers at the many firms I'm sure were employed through contracts with the gov't that didn't really contribute to the economy either. No, the gov't doesn't create jobs that fuel the economy does it?


Yep, GOP, how do you praise and bask in the exceptionalism of the USA in the successful Mars landing without admitting Gov't organizations, programs and contractors made it happen? That ought to be a fancy two-step.

[goclark]

9. What a thrill! K and R again and again