Discovery on Hold Again
Once again Discovery's mission has been put on hold (click here).
As mentioned earlier, I find this worrisome.
If we are not going to fund the space program properly the ext discoveries will go to other nations, or perhaps to the private sector. Is that what we want? We are already losing ground in so many other ways (e.g. manufacturing) and our children do not measure up in the sciences with the rest of the world. Will we be the next (last?) "great" power to fall? While not an "empire" on the scale of England, let alone China or Rome the United States has been an influential "empire" across the globe for quite some time which isn't bad for a relatively young nation but... is that time ending?
Is the step back from human space exploration a symptom of a larger ailment?
As mentioned earlier, I find this worrisome.
If we are not going to fund the space program properly the ext discoveries will go to other nations, or perhaps to the private sector. Is that what we want? We are already losing ground in so many other ways (e.g. manufacturing) and our children do not measure up in the sciences with the rest of the world. Will we be the next (last?) "great" power to fall? While not an "empire" on the scale of England, let alone China or Rome the United States has been an influential "empire" across the globe for quite some time which isn't bad for a relatively young nation but... is that time ending?
Is the step back from human space exploration a symptom of a larger ailment?
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