http://www.nasawatch.com/
NASA has, quietly and without fanfare, changed it's statement to remove mention of the home planet.
This, the scientific organization wherefrom came many of the most powerful atmospheric models and Dr.James Hansen, a leading global warming scientist.
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/...
This: The organization that created the first global CO2 biogeochemical cycling model:http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/...
"From 2002 until this year, NASA's mission statement, prominently featured in its budget and planning documents, read: "To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers ... as only NASA can." In early February, the statement was quietly altered, with the phrase "to understand and protect our home planet" deleted. In this year's budget and planning documents, the agency's mission is "to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research." David E. Steitz, a spokesman for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said the aim was to square the statement with President Bush's goal of pursuing human spaceflight to the Moon and Mars."
This, the science organization who recently created an Office of Strategic Communications, led by the former administration mouthpiece for the EPA.
There is an incredible amout of research on "the home planet" that is done by NASA. This is truely a war on the Earth and Eco-sciences.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/science/22nasa.html?ex=1154318400&en=0adecf837a451ea3&ei=5
070&emc=eta1