Obama Jokes With NASA About Martians

The only cuts Obama believes in, besides Pentagon cuts, is the decimation of the Space Program. After cancelling the lunar project and retiring the Shuttle Program, Obama laughs at scientists in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab saying he wants to be called immediately if NASA discovers any Martians with the Mars Rover.

From Yahoo here:

US President Barack Obama on Monday ribbed scientists behind NASA’s roving robot Curiosity, instructing them to let him know right away if they found life on Mars.
“If in fact, you do make contact with Martians, please let me know right away,” Obama joked, as he called the scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California from Air Force One.
“I’ve got a lot of other things on my plate, but I suspect that that will go to the top of the list. Even if they’re just microbes, it will be pretty exciting.”
Curiosity touched down on Mars last week, after a high-risk landing, and will hunt for soil-based signatures of life on Earth’s nearest neighbor and send back data to prepare for a future human mission.

What a Jackass. Here is a story about the Space Shuttle circling the White House.