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A great achievement for mankind and the USA, now the NASA program for space exploration is in jeopardy due to a bankrupt America and political infighting over funding the expensive project.
I just finished watching "The Space Shuttles Last Flight", a BBC documentary. There were parts that were just so memorable.. and quite painful.. I'm sure you can imagine which parts...
But then there are other parts that are so proud to be an American, and at what we accomplished when we set our mind to it.
But it's over now. Now it is time for China, India and others to show us the next journey into deep space, it would seem.
I'm curious what everyone's thoughts are on this 30-year journey of the space shuttle program coming to an end.
I seem to disagree with a lot of people that I would typically agree with on this issue.
Just in general though, I think NASA is actually one of those few things the government actually does well. Being in that field is probably a good platform for technological advancement that may one day save the world, or produce weapons that we could find useful.
But basically, I don't really have a strong opinion about it not being active for the moment. The country needs to get it's house in order financially. We've spent too much capital in creating this 'entitlement society,' and it is expensive. The space program could come back online once people start thinking like adults and get the budget in order.
I mostly agree. What we'll see is more advancement in the private sector, often with commercial aspects (money) which later can fuel advancement for the government projects hopefully.
I just don't want to see China first to Mars for example...
