{"id":24089,"date":"2010-07-07T15:10:43","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T15:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/state-department-oh-yea-that-space-policy-we-uh-released\/"},"modified":"2010-07-07T15:10:43","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T15:10:43","slug":"state-department-oh-yea-that-space-policy-we-uh-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/nasa\/state-department-oh-yea-that-space-policy-we-uh-released.php","title":{"rendered":"State Department: Oh Yea, That Space Policy We, Uh, Released"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"State Department Daily Press Briefing, NASA Excerpts, 6 July 2010<\/a><\/p>

\"QUESTION: Can you speak to why the NASA administrator was doing outreach to the Muslim community? There was an article over the weekend.<\/i><\/p>

MR. TONER: It's an excellent question. I do not have an answer for you on that. I can try to - or I encourage you to talk to our NASA colleagues. I mean, obviously, the new space policy has a more international approach, and we unveiled that, I believe, from the White House last week or a week ago - yeah, a week ago Monday, today. Today's Tuesday.<\/p>

QUESTION: Isn't that the role of the State Department and not the space agency, obviously?<\/p>

MR. TONER: Well, I mean, I think it's an interagency cooperative effort. And so obviously - but I - as to specific comments today, I think I saw it on TV, I didn't listen to them closely enough to have any response for you. I can just say that part of the new approach to space - this Administration's new approach to space is to engage in international partners and that would - obviously, that would include in the Muslim world.\"<\/p>

Keith's note: <\/b> Gee, of all places, why would anyone ask the State Department about a recent visit by a senior Administration official to several mideast countries - at the request of the White House? <\/p>

State Department Officials Afraid To Use Real Names When Talking About Space Policy<\/a>, earlier post<\/p>

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