Muslims in Space

Here is my two cents on NASA Administrator Charles Bolden being told by President Obama his foremost mission was outreach to the Muslim world.

If you don't know by now, in an interview with Al Jazeera last month, Bolden said of Obama, "Perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering."

What's next?

Will President Obama tell the head of the Federal Communications Commission that it is his foremost duty to improve the depiction of Muslims on radio and television? I can see it now. A joint venture between the FCC and NASA to come up with a show to improve the image of Muslims in America and around the world. This show will air on PBS stations following Nova. The show would be called (what else?) Muslims in Space.

Will President Obama tell the Secretary of Energy that his foremost mission is to help Muslim nations feel good about their historic contribution to the petroleum industry?

Will President Obama tell Hillary Clinton that her foremost mission is to help Iran feel good about its historic contribution in the development of nuclear weapons?