Claim: John Sununu claimed President Obama "outsourced a major portion of the U.S. space program to the Russians." But it was President Bush who set NASA on a path eight years ago to retire the Space Shuttle and rely on the Russians for space travel. " Administration policy is to retire the shuttle in 2010 and purchase crew transport from Russia," as then-NASA Administrator Michael Griffin once explained. To be sure, Obama ended the Space Shuttle program,
Fact-check: Sununu's Out-of-this-World Outsourcing Claim - FactCheck.org
Verdict: john sununu claimed president obama "outsourced a major portion of the u.s. space program to the russians." but it was president bush who set nasa on a path eight years ago to retire the space shuttle and rely on the russians for space travel. " administration policy is to retire the shuttle in 2010 and purchase crew transport from russia," as then-nasa administrator michael griffin once explained. to be sure, obama ended the space shuttle program,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2012-07-17T20:23:20