NASA Policy Poses a Security Risk

After several days of discussion on the topic by intelligent reporters who are critical of the Obama administration, I find it disturbing that nobody noticed the security risk posed by the new NASA policy of cooperation with Muslim nations.

In February, NASA Administrator Bolden stated, in reference to Obama:
Specifically, he talked about connecting with countries that do not have an established space program and helping them conduct science missions. He mentioned new opportunities with Indonesia, including an educational program that examines global climate change.

Am I the only person to notice the words "countries that do not have an established space program"? We must demand to know what this really means. Does it mean establishing missile programs in Indonesia or Yemen? If so, are we safe to assume that missiles capable of launching spacecraft into orbit will not also be used to launch attacks on the U.S. or Israel?

Is it improper to ask if a president who spent a significant portion of his formative years in Indonesia does not have an agenda to do more that build a warm-fuzzy feeling between the nation he now controls and the nation of his upbringing? Is his anti-Israeli attitude not to be understood in the context of his growing up with a Muslim father, a Muslim stepfather, and years spent overseas in a predominantly Muslim nation?

If Muslims are imported to work at NASA, they will be given access to technology. If the technology is exported to Jakarta or elsewhere in the "Muslim world," then it poses an even greater security risk.

Emotion seems to have taken the upper hand over reason here in the press. Our pride in the accomplishments of our space program over the past fifty years eclipses the real issue. We see the regime mocked by conservative journalists for wanting to "redistribute a feel-good attitude to the Muslim world" when the real threat is the redistribution of missile systems to Muslim-majority nations.