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NASA's new study: Taste testing astronaut food

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    Former NASA engineer Don Nelson reacts

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-- there's a new report that China is prepping for space.

Warfare.

And wants and NASA working on.

Well it's meant.

It's apparently looking for volunteers for new study taste testing astronaut food each -- pay 5000 dollars for their time.

And this is all -- mission to Mars which is yet is -- -- Making a menu for restaurant space that we don't even -- The former NASA engineer Don Nelson says -- -- half of it.

Don I'm so much else is going on I guess they're riding out NASA facilities now that used to be iconic symbols what's happening it.

Yeah they'll see -- things have gone from bad to worse since last time we talked.

What happened was you know when bush.

Decided to shut down the shuttle program and the replacement was supposed to be ready -- -- -- -- for dean and then he left office and and and they don't bomb McCain in and they looked -- what do that -- done and realized we couldn't do it and so they start our new program.

Commercial.

Adventure where all our -- -- Here displays so by commercials.

Vehicles and then.

The bad thing was Obama made have made a compromise -- -- about two years ago.

Allowing this.

-- Program to be reinstated now we get.

A government run do -- situation trying to -- -- launch vehicle and not commercial one.

Never have been that kind of ridiculous trillion dollar debt for -- here's the thing is amazing that I mean.

The launch some of our most famous -- -- including -- the Lawrence you know Apollo eleven have brought us to the -- Now you can -- the mapping your kids you know.

Birthday party I -- it didn't.

It's not that 39 day -- one of the most famous I'd want to read it could be attempting to -- -- what is -- here.

Sign of the times what happened was if you take in the auto industry is an example -- commerce industry knew that they had to.

To retool and come -- -- Tony first century.

NASA didn't they still want to do things like we did.

On the Apollo program and you can't do that we simply can't use these big heavy launch vehicles and as a result salute the engineers have lost faith.

People in congress are beginning to lose face all of this and still a government job program are trying to put through.

We simply don't have a mission because of the direction.

-- -- Don thank god for guys are doing for running the history and memories did but man I Don Nelson thank you very much.

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