[citation][nom]ThE_BrutE[/nom]This tells me how much citizens really know about what is going on. Working out in space is much more researched and refined than under water. (ask any marine biologist ever since NASA started) NASAs finical allowance is only a fraction of what is was in the '60 and '70s, and they are just thinking of how to get funding back, by getting kids involved. We have NO launcher currently to get to the moon; we are just using what the old USSR created in their hay day to launch the space station. I have a feeling that this is a side project to test their new rocket that should get the green light to build within a year while getting more funding from private party, science clubs, and private industries. I think its long overdue and sad that we let our space exploration sit idle for 30 years.[/citation]
you know what i find sad it isn't so much the lack of funding nasa has received but the general mentality of the population in our coutry these days, fore example: some of the comments made on this board , as if it is nasa's responsiblity to clean up an oil spill that some A-hole oil company made, Nasa's function isn't to clean up oil messes , their function is to explore space.
bassically i agree with you ThE_BrutE i think it is sad that we lost interest in space exploration , and many american's consider it wasted dollars ... the fact is the planet earth is NOT a ball of renewable resources that never ends, and one day the first steps into "getting out there" will matter greatly not only to science but to our survival as well