One backwards leap for Texas

I keep wondering what kind of dumbosity people associated with the Texas Board of Education can come up with next, and I keep being surprised at the depths of teh stoopid. And this time it's not creationism! It's NASA. According to Houston Chronicle blogger Eric Berger, there's a proposal to remove Neil Armstrong's name from social studies textbooks. Yes, you read that correctly. The proposal was suggested by teachers and parents reviewing materials, because Armstrong "is not a scientist". Wha wha whaaaa? I could argue that technically that's correct, since Armstrong's an engineer, which is different than a research scientist. Still, he did do some modicum of science when he walked on the frakking Moon. I think maybe he should be given the benefit of the doubt on this one* Plus, his foot was the first planted on another world, and maybe we're not being too tough on students to ...