Friday, March 05, 2010
"Space disgrace?"
Remembering so many of the wasteful "earmarks" I've seen in recent years, I think NASA is an investment, not an expense.
I sure hope Congress can save NASA and it's exploration programs...
I sure hope Congress can save NASA and it's exploration programs...
In the Houston Chronicle, former astronaut Walter Cunningham asks:
"Have we really degenerated as a country to the point where we can no longer fund our own exploration? Did we spend $460 billion becoming pre-eminent in space, only to stupidly surrender it? What does our new dependence on other countries to send Americans into space say about our culture, society and prospects for the future?
NASA was always considered in a class by itself. Now, when the world is becoming increasingly dependent on space-based systems, we seem bent on slipping back into mediocrity. How do you rationalize surrendering our pre-eminence in space?"
