[ZeroGravitas]

I don't really see the problem here, am I missing something?

Inspiring children sounds like something the Department of Education would control if everyone needs to stay strictly within their own box.

Should NASA go out of their way to exclude other nations when planning space missions? I don't get it.

[Arizhel]

How were they actively excluding anyone? NASA should be working with other space agencies that actually have the capability to do things. ESA has successfully launched rockets and probes, JAXA has done the same. What have middle-eastern nations done? Do they even have space agencies?

Sorry, but if your nation doesn't prioritize space exploration and have any capability there, that's not NASA's fault, and I don't think it should be NASA's responsibility to try to fix that.

edit: Note, personally I'm extremely worried about the near future under this administration and Congress, and I'm a big supporter of space exploration. But Obama's directives to NASA were IMO ridiculous and a distraction from the serious science work that the agency should be focusing on (both in space and in the atmosphere, as per the name). The Muslim world hasn't done anything useful in science and technology for centuries now. To be sure, some people from that area are very bright and have been very productive, but only when they've left that place and come to societies where their work is appreciated and not oppressed. But those people didn't need scientific agencies to set aside their serious work and pander to them to get them to step up and get involved. If you want more encouragement of people to get into this work, that's the job of the Education department, and perhaps the State department if it involves foreign relations. This doesn't mean NASA couldn't do a little outreach here and there (a big agency like that has all kinds of things it's doing all the time), but it shouldn't be made out to be a serious mission requirement, just like when tech companies send an engineer to schools to brainwash^Wshow kids how great STEM careers are, that's just a small extra job, not the company's main mission or even something they publicize as highly important to them.

[ZeroGravitas]

There's two ways you can read that quote.

1) That NASA's top three missions are inspiring kids, working more with other nations including reaching out to muslim nations

2) That NASA's three current focuses within its sub-goal of science outreach are the above.

One of these interpretations is ludicrous, and it appears to be the one you've latched onto. You might want to ask yourself why you've let yourself believe something so patently ridiculous. What is going on in your head that leads to you being so angry about something that clearly isn't true?