Space program
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From: The (S)Low Country
Everybody at my house knows Wednesday night is my Enterprise night. I like the new show (they just go into re-runs too soon). The thought of going "back to earlier days of space travel" concept is interesting and I really enjoy the cast. Its a refreshing change from all the so-called reality junk that I refuse to watch -- it sickens me and I pray a little extra every day that what is being broadcast as reality is not. I will concede also that 7 of 9 is hot -- this is a "wishing" thing anyway and I'll never get too old to wish . . . if only I looked like 7 of 9 instead of 7 of 9's matronly old maid aunt . . . . . Sigh . . .
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Ok,I'll be the "fly in the ointment..the monkey in the wrench";for now I would rather see that money spent on what ails us here on Earth.
If we must explore,then explore the vastness of our oceans and the secrects that are there. We are mostly a water planet and yet so little is known about the depths of our own oceans.
I'm not saying to do away with Nasa but perhaps a realigning of priorities
If we must explore,then explore the vastness of our oceans and the secrects that are there. We are mostly a water planet and yet so little is known about the depths of our own oceans.
I'm not saying to do away with Nasa but perhaps a realigning of priorities
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From: Canton, MA
Originally posted by Popeye
Ok,I'll be the "fly in the ointment..the monkey in the wrench";for now I would rather see that money spent on what ails us here on Earth.
If we must explore,then explore the vastness of our oceans and the secrects that are there. We are mostly a water planet and yet so little is known about the depths of our own oceans.
I'm not saying to do away with Nasa but perhaps a realigning of priorities
Ok,I'll be the "fly in the ointment..the monkey in the wrench";for now I would rather see that money spent on what ails us here on Earth.
If we must explore,then explore the vastness of our oceans and the secrects that are there. We are mostly a water planet and yet so little is known about the depths of our own oceans.
I'm not saying to do away with Nasa but perhaps a realigning of priorities
I used to think our oceans were a vast, unexplored secret. then I saw some of the "deep dive" videos they do when they are showing a special on something at the bottom of the ocean. Looked like a big empty nothing to me. I guess it's a lot closer than Mars if we want to study something that looks like nothing.
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From: Dayton
I think it is very important to support pure science, whether or not there are practical results. I think that human kind and the United States should reach for the stars, and that several millennia from now, if we survive, our tender first steps into space will be among the very few things that are remembered of our age.
I do not mourn those that have perished in pursuit of science, nor think there sacrifice is evidence of misplaced priorities. To put things in perspective: we've lost more construction workers building a single bridge than the world has lost to the space programs.
However, we need to get our priorities straight. We need first ensure that we survive for centuries before worrying whether our descendants have the luxury of nostalgia and awe over space. It is a profoundly inspirational luxury, but a luxury nonetheless. I think the NASA budget should be cut if it means any one of the following are gained:
1) Fix the public educational system.
2) Stop raiding the Social Security fund - it's not just another tax.
3) Prevent abuse in foster-care system.
4) I could go on nearly without end...
Sadly, even if NASA were abolished, I'm sure that the money would be wasted elsewhere, and that our true obligations would not be any better off. In this light, I think that NASA is as fine a place as any to spend our cash.
I believe that the single best reward of the space program is to motivate our youngsters to pursue science. A manned mission to Mars, despite it's cost and controversy will serve this purpose honerably. Therefore we should shoot for Mars, and after that, the stars.
I do not mourn those that have perished in pursuit of science, nor think there sacrifice is evidence of misplaced priorities. To put things in perspective: we've lost more construction workers building a single bridge than the world has lost to the space programs.
However, we need to get our priorities straight. We need first ensure that we survive for centuries before worrying whether our descendants have the luxury of nostalgia and awe over space. It is a profoundly inspirational luxury, but a luxury nonetheless. I think the NASA budget should be cut if it means any one of the following are gained:
1) Fix the public educational system.
2) Stop raiding the Social Security fund - it's not just another tax.
3) Prevent abuse in foster-care system.
4) I could go on nearly without end...
Sadly, even if NASA were abolished, I'm sure that the money would be wasted elsewhere, and that our true obligations would not be any better off. In this light, I think that NASA is as fine a place as any to spend our cash.
I believe that the single best reward of the space program is to motivate our youngsters to pursue science. A manned mission to Mars, despite it's cost and controversy will serve this purpose honerably. Therefore we should shoot for Mars, and after that, the stars.