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I'll say it again--NASA is a red herring. And I'm a BIG space nerd. In sixth grade I could just about tell you the name of every major system on the Shuttle, okay? I'm into this stuff and I WANT US aerospace to lead the world. But unless we fix our education system and our economy, before long we'll be unable to afford solid rocket fuel to launch our fancy shiny new orbiters. NASA just CAN'T be a priority right now, not with the other things we're facing as a nation.
josh, your point is well taken about our space program as a point of pride and inspiration. God knows it was for me, as a kid. But it's just Maslow's Heirarchy (that's right, I went there). Basic needs need to be dealt with before things like self-actualization and pride. And our basic needs--economy, infrastructure, education--have been left to fall completely apart by our current war-obsessed administration, and something needs to be done about them before we're a third world country.
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