The Space Shuttle program was ended because of the Columbia disaster in 2003, when subsequent analysis established that the system was inherently unsafe. It is nonsense to say Obama destroyed research and gutted NASA. NASA had squandered 30 years in failing to develop a follow-on system. It is probably also true that Obama was interested in scuttling U.S. capability in various areas, such as terminating (with prejudice) the production of the F-22 air superiority fighter and canceling/scrapping the successful YAL-1A airborne laser. None of this had anything to do with "soft releases of advanced Tesla technology."
The Space Shuttle program was ended because of the Columbia disaster in 2003, when subsequent analysis established that the system was inherently unsafe. It is nonsense to say Obama destroyed research and gutted NASA. NASA had squandered 30 years in failing to develop a follow-on system. It is probably also true that Obama was interested in scuttling U.S. capability in various areas, such as terminating (with prejudice) the production of the F-22 air superiority fighter and canceling/scrapping the successful YAL-1A airborne laser. None of this had anything to do with "soft releases of advanced Tesla technology."