To the moon, Alice...
I have mixed feelings about this news. Obama’s transition team is pondering merging NASA and Pentagon programs on manned space missions, at least in part because NASA newest launch vehicle won't be ready to fly until at least 2015 and the Pentagon has new technology virtually ready to roll. Kevin Drum, apparently no fan of space travel, mocks the man on the moon mission in general but I find myself in agreement with Chris Bowers on this one. While I'm excited at the prospect of combining our efforts to make our space exploration program more efficient, I'm not keen on giving the Pentagon more control over civilian programs. It seems to me that line has become much too blurred already.
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Labels: policy, President Obama, spending
posted by Libby Spencer at 3:45 PM
5 Comments:
It's a struggle that began right after WW II. Actually we would have had an orbiting satellite long before the Russians, had Eisenhower not wanted to allow the civilian Vanguard project to do the job. Von Braun actually built the prototype Explorer in his own time in case the President relented and allowed the military to use a Jupiter missile, which of course they did after Sputnik.
I share your concerns actually, but sharing resources can save us a lot of money as opposed to making NASA re-invent things the military already has.
It comes down to that doesn't it, saving money and moving the program forward. I would feel a lot better about it if they hadn't virtually eliminated the concept of posse comitatus.
The small minded are blinded by small things. God forbid we have national health insurance and a Nation working it's way out of debt. An infrastructure being properly maintained and a justice system that fairly dispenses justice for all if we have to pay another $7 a week in taxes. I could buy a twelve of Rolling Rock with that money. Or buy my dog a cute sweater. Or feed a child in Botswana for six months.
It's the shortsightedness that gets to me too Truth.
Rolling Rock? Oil of ipecac is cheaper and just as effective. ;-)>
"The small minded are blinded by small things"
Well said.
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