I realize that we have many problems in the world, and it seems a waste of money, but I see so much of the technology (that I am using at this very moment), is an offshoot of "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." So many things involved in our daily lives come from that speech and the program that took us off of this planet. I actually do still see the wonder and promise with my aging eyes.

I see in these guys the ideas that can be translated into what makes our lives better. The space program gives us many things, including the computing devices that we carry in our pockets. I really love GPS, it means I no longer have to ask for directions, it's one of my favorites actually.

While many view research for the sake of research to be a waste of money, I see it as a way to a better future.
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For me it is about a country that turned its back on the unifying goal of space exploration in favor of the divisive special interests that now control the budget. We could have been the Federation of Planets. Now we are just the dustbin of history.
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Really. You can't believe all that you write.... but it does keep the threat going.

 

I agree with LegalBill.

 

I realize that we have many problems in the world, and it seems a waste of money, but I see so much of the technology (that I am using at this very moment), is an offshoot of "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." So many things involved in our daily lives come from that speech and the program that took us off of this planet. I actually do still see the wonder and promise with my aging eyes.

I see in these guys the ideas that can be translated into what makes our lives better. The space program gives us many things, including the computing devices that we carry in our pockets. I really love GPS, it means I no longer have to ask for directions, it's one of my favorites actually.

While many view research for the sake of research to be a waste of money, I see it as a way to a better future.
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For me it is about a country that turned its back on the unifying goal of space exploration in favor of the divisive special interests that now control the budget. We could have been the Federation of Planets. Now we are just the dustbin of history.
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I am with you, we led the world in science and technology. We have cancelled our future and space and too many things science (For those that remember the Super-conducting Super Collider, another dream for the future) but I do hope the entrepreneurship will replace the stupidity of money wasting.

 

Many of my neighbors and gym friends work for JPL in La Canada Flintridge, so I hear talk about JPL missions all the time. Those people are really dedicated to their work.