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Sashime - poverty is a fact of life. No one in the recorded history of man has every successfully elimiated it, even for a short period of time. People in the US below the poverty line are significantly more comfortable than they would have been even 75 years ago because of inovations brought about in part by the space program. Computers, more efficient appliances, cheaper and better insulators, etc. all owe at least something to the space program of the US and other countries.
If we cut funding for the space program, what other science funding should we cut at the same time? How about genetic research that helps grow hardier and more productive crops? What about funding for engineering programs that help develop cheaper and safer ways to generate power?
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