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You are receiving this email because of your affiliation with Tea Party Patriots as a Local or State Coordinator.  Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Harry Reid's Shut Down You have surely seen the media, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, President Obama, and the ruling elite in Washington try to pin the blame for a government shut down on the Tea Party. These allegations simply aren't true. You can see the timeline of events below. The evidence clearly shows that this shut down belongs to Harry Reid and the fact that the Senate Democrats are relentlessly refusing to compromise. For now, our work is still not done. Pressure is already mounting on the Republicans in the House to cave and give Barack Obama and Harry Reid everything they want. Even though just the other day the President acknowledged that no one gets 100% of what they want. Harry Reid even had the nerve today to continue to call the Tea Party anarchists on the floor of the Senate. He then went on to try to lecture us about the proper budget process of the Federal Government. This is after he failed to pass a budget in the Senate for 4 years! Patriots, this fight isn't over. The fight has just begun. We must continue to demand that the House stand strong and do whatever they can to stop Obamacare. We also need to send a strong message to Senate Democrats that it is time they stop playing games and listen to the will of the American people. Obamacare is destroying jobs, forcing people to lose hours, lose insurance, lose their doctors, and none of the Senate Democrats seem to care. Call Your Senators and Representative today and tell them to start listening. Obamacare isn't good enough for big business, big labor, or Congress, so it isn't good enough for the American people! Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 Time Line of Continuing Resolution Debate: Friday, 9/20/13 - The House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution that would fully fund the government (including things that Republicans don't like) while at the same time defunding Obamacare. Result: House Republicans compromised on spending that we'd like to see cut in exchange for defunding Obamacare. Friday, 9/27/13 - The Senate stripped the defunding language out of the House passed Continuing Resolution and sent it back to the House. Result: Harry Reid and Senate Democrats refused to compromise. Saturday, 9/28/13 - The House of Representatives added two amendments to the Senate revised Continuing Resolution to delay Obamacare for one year (far from what we were originally willing to agree to) and repeal the medical device tax. Result: House Republicans compromised away from defunding to delaying Obamacare for one year. Monday, 9/30/13 - The Senate stripped the two amendments from the House passed Continuing Resolution and sent it back to the House. Result: Harry Reid and Senate Democrats refuse to compromise one inch on Obamacare. Monday, 9/30/13 - The House of Representatives responded by adding language to the Continuing Resolution to delay the individual mandate for a year and to take away the health care subsidies Members of Congress and their staffs received from the Office of Personnel Management ruling earlier this year.  Result: House Republicans compromised away from delaying Obamacare for one year to delaying the individual mandate for a year and requiring that Congress live under Obamacare just like the rest of the American people. Monday, 9/30/13 - The Senate voted to table the House passed continuing resolution. Result: Harry Reid and Senate Democrats refused to compromise.  Monday, 9/30/13 - The House appointed conferees and sent a message to the Senate requesting a conference meeting to resolve their differences. Result: House Republicans were still willing to compromise and reach a solution. Tuesday, 10/1/13 - Midnight - No Deal is reach and a temporary shut down begins. Tuesday, 10/1/13 - The Senate votes to table the House's request for a conference to resolve differences. Result: Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats refused to compromise.  -Tea Party Patriots National Support Team Tea Party Patriots, Inc. operates as a social welfare organization organized under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to Tea Party Patriots, Inc. are not deductible as charitable contributions for income tax purposes.   Copyright © Tea Party Patriots, Inc. 2013 Tea Party Patriots 1025 Rose Creek Drive Ste 620-322 Woodstock, GA  30189 Support: 404-593-0877 http://www.tppsupport.org  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

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JSC TODAY CATEGORIES Headlines -  Flu Shots - Cancelled -  13 Days of Safety - Day 5: Safe Bicycling -  JSC Children's S&H Calendar Contest Starts Today -  Orchestrating Through the Unknown Case Study Organizations/Social -  Speaking and Leadership Skills Improve With Humor -  Starport's Fright Fest Bash for Kids -  Thriller Dance Class - Adult and Kids Classes -  Starport's Spooky Spin - Register Before it's Full -  1st Annual NASA NightMARE Run - Register by Oct.10 Jobs and Training -  Human Systems Integration Lecture -  FedTraveler Live Lab - Oct. 2 -  RLLS Portal WebEx Training for Oct. 2 Community -  October is National Energy Awareness Month

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Headlines Flu Shots - Cancelled The free flu shot offering scheduled for Oct. 2 in the Teague lobby is cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience. Bob Martel x38581 [top] 13 Days of Safety - Day 5: Safe Bicycling Pointers to remember about bicycling safely at JSC: Yield and watch out for all pedestrians When approaching walking pedestrians, alert them by bell or an audible Always look out for approaching cars, trucks, trams, motorcycles and other moving vehicles Check bicycles for safety (tire pressure, screws and bolts secure, seating, etc.) before riding When riding on JSC roads, travel with the traffic and not against the traffic - per JSC security Louis Malone, JSC Safety and Health Action Team co-chair For more information, click here. Supricia Franklin/Angel Plaza x37817/x37305 http://sthday.jsc.nasa.gov/ [top] JSC Children's S&H Calendar Contest Starts Today Don't miss this great opportunity to teach your kids about safety and health in a creative way by entering their drawing in the 2014 Children's Safety and Health Calendar Contest. They could be one of 36 winners who will receive their very own T-shirt imprinted with their drawing. And, the most fun of all is the annual award party held in January, to which each winner and his or her family members are invited. Pick up an entry form today at any of the following buildings: 3, 4S, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 30, 45, the JSC Child Care Center or Gilruth Center. You can also call x45078 to obtain an entry form. All JSC civil service and contractor employees are eligible to sponsor a child -- their own or an acquaintance's. The deadline for entries is Friday, Nov. 22. Rindy Carmichael x45078 [top] Orchestrating Through the Unknown Case Study Orchestrating Through the Unknown: How Cufflinks Saved the Space Station. Some call it their Apollo 13 moment, others say it was just plain fun, and for a few, they consider it the experience of a lifetime. How did the experts figure out that something as simple as a high-tech cufflink could be the solution for a torn solar array on the International Space Station? Find out yourself by checking out the P6 Solar Array Cufflink Repair Case Study. Consider what lessons we can take away from this effort and apply to our own tasks. While you are there, please take the time to give us your feedback. Also, we would like your suggestions for potential topics. Share your idea here. Brent J. Fontenot x36456 https://knowledge.jsc.nasa.gov/?event=casestudies&CFID=1222965&CFTOKEN=2... [top]    Organizations/Social Speaking and Leadership Skills Improve With Humor Looking to communicate more clearly at work? Well-placed humor always adds to personal effectiveness. Practice your humor to improve your leadership skills and speaking by attending and participating in Space Explorers Toastmasters (SETM). Toastmasters is a world leader in communications and leadership development. The SETM club meets every Friday in Building 30A, Room 1010, at 11:45 a.m. Event Date: Friday, October 4, 2013   Event Start Time:11:45 AM   Event End Time:12:45 PM Event Location: B. 30A/Rm. 1010 Add to Calendar Carolyn Jarrett x37594 http://spaceexplorers.toastmastersclubs.org/ [top] Starport's Fright Fest Bash for Kids Join in on the frightful family fun at the Gilruth Center for Starport's Annual Fright Fest! In addition to our Thriller dance class, Spooky Spin Ride and NightMARE Run, we will also have a Fright Fest Bash for the kiddos. This is the place to be, with a bounce house, games, candy, prizes, face painting, costume contests, light refreshments and more. Plus, Studio 1 will be transformed into a spooky yet family-friendly haunted house. When: Oct. 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. Where: Gilruth Center Gymnasium Cost: $10/child (adults and children under two do not need a ticket) Purchase your tickets at the Gilruth Center information desk or the Buildings 3 and 11 Starport Gift Shops. More information here. Event Date: Friday, October 25, 2013   Event Start Time:5:00 PM   Event End Time:8:00 PM Event Location: Gilruth Center Add to Calendar Shelly Haralson x39168 http://starport.jsc.nasa.gov/ [top] Thriller Dance Class - Adult and Kids Classes Have a blast learning the Thriller dance routine then performing it in your best zombie attire at the Gilruth Center as part of Starport's Fright Fest! Learn the dance on Oct. 18 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and Oct. 25 from 5:45 to 7 p.m. The big performance is Oct. 25 at about 7:05 p.m. The fee is $25 for both nights, or $15 just to attend one night. Plus, this year we have added a kid's Thriller dance class! Ages 6 and up learn and perform the Thriller dance all in one day. Kids will get to dress like a zombie and perform the dance for their family. Learn and perform the dance on Oct. 19 from 10 to 11:30 a.m., with a performance at about 11:15 a.m. in the Gilruth Center gymnasium. It's $15/per child. Register at the Gilruth Center front desk. More info here. Event Date: Friday, October 25, 2013   Event Start Time:5:30 PM   Event End Time:7:00 PM Event Location: Gilruth Center Add to Calendar Shelly Haralson x39168 http://starport.jsc.nasa.gov/ [top] Starport's Spooky Spin - Register Before it's Full Take a Spooky Spin ride for Halloween at Starport's Annual Fright Fest! The Spinning Studio will be transformed into the "Spooky Studio" for this frightful workout. Dress in your favorite costume for the spin ride with a Halloween theme, and join in on the fun on Oct. 25 from 6 to 7 p.m. There is a $15 registration fee. Register at the Gilruth Center front desk. For even more fun and an additional challenge, register for our 2.5-mile NightMARE Run taking place immediately after! More information is here. Event Date: Friday, October 25, 2013   Event Start Time:6:00 PM   Event End Time:7:00 PM Event Location: Gilruth Center Add to Calendar Shelly Haralson x39168 http://starport.jsc.nasa.gov/ [top] 1st Annual NASA NightMARE Run - Register by Oct.10 Starport's annual Fright Fest will be Oct. 25, and there are activities for everyone, including our first annual NightMare Run! Run or walk 2.5 miles while trying to survive this fun, hair-raising fitness challenge with twists and turns and things that go bump in the night. This trail of terror will encompass the Gilruth Center and use trails, fields and open spaces. The NightMARE Run is open to all ages, with winners in each age category, as well as overall men's and women's winners. Registrants will receive an event T-shirt and glow necklace. Register by Oct. 10 to guarantee your shirt size. Proceeds from the run benefit the Starport Scholarship Program. Combine this event with Spooky Spinning for even more of a challenge (and receive a discounted price for both)! Visit our website for more information and the registration form. Event Date: Friday, October 25, 2013   Event Start Time:7:15 PM   Event End Time:8:15 PM Event Location: Gilruth Center Add to Calendar Shelly Haralson x39168 http://starport.jsc.nasa.gov/ [top]    Jobs and Training Human Systems Integration Lecture Join us for a Human Systems Academy lecture on Human Systems Integration (HSI) on Oct. 2 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The lecture will help to define HSI, how it is structured, roles and responsibilities in implementing HSI, how it integrates with the NASA systems engineering lifecycle and how we can implement HSI at NASA in the future. Space is limited, so please register in SATERN today: https://satern.nasa.gov/learning/user/deeplink_redirect.jsp?linkId=SCHEDULED_... Cynthia Rando x41815 https://sashare.jsc.nasa.gov/hsa/default.aspx [top] FedTraveler Live Lab - Oct. 2 Do you need some hands-on, personal help with FedTraveler.com? Join the Business Systems and Process Improvement Office for a FedTraveler Live Lab tomorrow, Oct. 2, any time between 9 a.m. and noon in Building 12, Room 142. Our help desk representatives will be available to help you work through travel processes and learn more about using FedTraveler during this informal workshop. Bring your current travel documents or specific questions that you have about the system and join us for some hands-on, in-person help with the FedTraveler. If you'd like to sign up for this FedTraveler Live Lab, please log into SATERN and register. For additional information, please contact Judy Seier at x32771. To register in SATERN, please click on this SATERN direct link: https://satern.nasa.gov/learning/user/deeplink_redirect.jsp?linkId=SCHEDULED_... Gina Clenney x39851 [top] RLLS Portal WebEx Training for Oct. 2 The October Weekly RLLS Portal Education Series: Oct. 2 at 1 p.m. CDT, Translation Support Training Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. CDT, Inventory Maintenance Training The 30-minute training sessions are computer-based WebEx sessions, offering individuals the convenience to join from their own workstation. The training will cover the following: System login Locating support modules Locating downloadable instructions Creating support requests Submittal requirements Submitting on behalf of another Adding attachments Selecting special requirements Submitting a request Status of a request Ending each session there will be an opportunity for questions and answers. Please remember that TTI will no longer accept requests for U.S.-performed services unless they are submitted through the RLLS Portal. Email or call 281-335-8565 to sign up. James Welty 281-335-8565 https://www.tti-portal.com [top]    Community October is National Energy Awareness Month Not only is saving energy the smart thing to do financially, it helps reduce pollution and protect our environment. Throughout the month of October, think about ways you can be energy smart here at JSC and at home. Every effort makes a difference! Find out more about smart and savvy energy-saving tips on the EPA Energy Awareness Month website and the Texas State Energy Conservation Office website. How smart will you be this October? JSC Environmental Office x36207 http://seco.cpa.state.tx.us/ [top]

 

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The Exceptional Shuttle!

The American space capability has been exceptional over the past 50 years. For the last 30 years we have utilized the amazing shuttle. It has had its problems, most of them send flags up prior to loss of crew events and could have been corrected prior to LOC. The shuttle's capabilities are unique and none of the new designs, SLS, spaceX , etc don't come close to shuttle's capabilities and will not be operational for several years. The USA needs the capabilities of the shuttle NOW. Hubble & ISS are and will suffer without this capability. ISS may be deorbited by 2020. Hubble will need maintenance soon. This fact is obvious to everybody .

We have orbiters going to museums, lot of people seem to enjoy this, many showing their respect for the shuttle. But out of this large number, I would expect to see more with a passion like Cernan, the late Neil Armstrong, Kraft, Krantz, Crippen, and so on to retain this unique capability until we get a replacement. I would expect a capable journalist to ask the question, why are we scrapping this capability with no replacement.

Strangely , I don't see many bring up this issue. Don't see many former NASA /Contractor employees ranting & raving about this which seems strange. You see lots of ranting about free birth control, plus many similar topics.
I can only conclude that people just don't appreciate the significance of space capability. A former major aerospace manager told me it will take fear to stimulate the USA to maintain the required capability. Most do not believe it, China is making significant progress while we have many unrelated things on our minds.

Control of Space is critical to the USA , as Eugene Cernan & Harrison Schmitt have addressed.

The other day on twitter , I ask an Astronaut, why we got rid of our capability & what he thought about our loss. His answer was--- NASA is decommissioning the shuttle.




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Welcome to this week's issue of The Space Review:


Super space Sunday
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In the course of less than 12 hours on Sunday, a commercial spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station and two rockets successfully performed critical launches. Jeff Foust recounts the events of that busy day and their significance for those companies and others.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2375/1

Back to the Moon, commercially
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Many Apollo-era astronauts have been skeptical of the potential of commercial human spaceflight, but one such astronaut has changed his mind. James Lovell describes why he now supports plans by Golden Spike to develop commercial human missions to the surface of the Moon.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2374/1

NASA tries to keep an asteroid mission in the bag
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This week, NASA is hosting a workshop to discuss ideas for the agency's proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission submitted this summer. Jeff Foust reports on the progress NASA is making on the mission concept and the obstacles it faces selling the mission to the public and to Congress.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2373/1

Review: Russia in Space
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More than two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, is can still be difficult to keep track of Russia's space activities. Jeff Foust reviews a book that gives a detailed, and richly illustrated, look at Russia's past, present, and future human spaceflight plans.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2372/1


If you missed it, here's what we published in our previous issue:


When darkness falls: the future of the US crewed spaceflight program
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The future of NASA's human spaceflight program remains uncertain as the agency, Congress, and others debate destinations and deadlines. Roger Handberg argues that, if the program is to have a future, it will require much different approaches to cooperation and funding than in the past.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2371/1

Commercial crew prepares for its next phase
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As three companies continue work on development of commercial crew transportation systems, NASA is preparing to release a call for proposals for the program's next phase. Jeff Foust reports on the status of the companies' work on crew transportation issues and the policy and budget issues the program is facing.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2370/1

Replacing the ISS
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While NASA has hopes of extending the life of the ISS to as late as 2028, eventually the station will need to be retired. Eric Hedman examines what kind of station, or stations, should replace it, who should build it, and how.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2369/1

Review: My Brief History
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Stephen Hawking is one of the world's most famous scientists, but someone perhaps better known for his disability than his research. Jeff Foust reviews Hawking's autobiography, where he discusses both his personal and professional lives.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2368/1


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Incredible Technology: How to Clean Up Dangerous Space Junk Future and current technologies could help engineers devise ways to mitigate possible damage from space junk collisions high above Earth's surface. Read more here.
NASA May Slam Captured Asteroid Into Moon (Eventually) Decades from now, people on Earth may be gearing up for an unprecedented celestial spectacle — the intentional smashing of an asteroid into the moon.
	Private Space Race: 2 Commercial Spaceships Now Available for Space Station Deliveries With the arrival of Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft Sept. 29, two private American companies are now responsible for hauling cargo to the International Space Station. How SpaceX fits in.
	SpaceX Launches Next-Generation Private Falcon 9 Rocket on Big Test Flight The private spaceflight company SpaceX launched the first of its next-generation Falcon 9 rockets Sunday (Sept. 29) in a major test flight full of space firsts. The launch also carried Canada's CASSIOPE space weather satellite into orbit.
	Private Cygnus Spacecraft Makes Historic 1st Rendezvous with Space Station The first-ever private Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday (Sept. 29), capping a major test flight for commercial space company Orbital Sciences. See what it means for NASA and Orbital Sciences.
	How a Potential Government Shutdown Could Affect NASA A government shutdown on Tuesday (Oct. 1) would force NASA to cease most of its operations and furlough the vast majority of its employees, space agency officials say.
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