Thread: NASA Administrator Orders Study of Heavy Lift Alternatives
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Old 24-October-2009, 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by TheHalcyonYear View Post
Well, with the deficits running as high as they are and the debt as bad at it is, it seems killing a return to the moon makes a lot of sense for now.
Ceding the technological high ground to the Chinese, however, does not. Already, the US is starting to lose highly educated people to China, because they see greater opportunity there than in the US. They take the lead in space, and we won't be able to find anyone willing to buy our debt. Besides, NASA's annual budget is less than $20 billion/yr. The government spends nearly double that on HUD and I don't see anyone screaming we should cancel that program because its failed to cure homelessness.
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