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By: actis

actis — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:06:48 +0000

You are so right. I wonder if we as a country have ever done anything as impressive as our space missions? We’re abandoning space to the Chinese.

By: dks2008

dks2008 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:30:27 +0000

to be fair, the space program is entirely inefficient and an absurd use of money if the government really is championing fiscal responsibility. private enterprise will be far more successful and efficient. NASA is a whole pile of suck when it comes to efficient use of resources.

you raise excellent points about the wisdom of the decision. it’s intellectually dishonest to say they’re ending it for fiscal responsibility. the knowledge this world has gained from space programs is extraordinary.

By: Kian Mead

Kian Mead — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:38:41 +0000

Alas, so true, but I think it will not be a popular position on the board. For to long, the detractors have been saying we only need satellites to perform the astronomical sciences.

Yes, to much imagination has been squandered – on religion. How do you sell experiments and telescopes to a country who a substantial percentage believe the world was created 6000 years ago. How will it go, when life is discovered on other planets (simple life in our own solar system), or life on exo-planets if we discover atmospheres rich in oxygen.

For too many, science is the enemy; all the while separating technology from science (in their mind).