Obama tasks NASA with building Muslim self-esteem

According to Obama, the poor Muslim world has self-esteem issues with us, the infidels.

Charles Bolden, head of NASA, tells Al Jazeera that the "foremost" task President Obama has given him is "to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with predominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering." Thus, NASA's primary mission is no longer to enhance American science and engineering or to explore space, but to boost the self-esteem of "predominantly Muslim nations."

Exploring space didn't even make the top three things Obama wants Bolden to accomplish. The other two are "re-inspire children to want to get into science and math" and "expand our international relationships,"

Obama tasks NASA with building Muslim self-esteem

So, the primary function of a Space agency is not space exploration? It's in their name.

Found via Men are not Potatoes