Reply #187: I'm on your side [View All]

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People who put down space travel frankly don't understand all the good things it has brought us, including the ability to be in awe at other possible worlds, a wonder at what can be out there beyond ourselves. Listen, guys, it is callous disregard to hate people such as the extreme religious right and THEN to go around and flog the idea of space travel. Are we scientists or not? One is as bad as the other--the fundies who claim the ignorance of all earth sciences, or the people who think exploring space is useless. Human beings are SUPPOSED to be inquisitative--if we lose our ability to be astounded, we are LOST, and we WILL die.

If the $700 billion bank bailout were compared to the entire NASA budget, the NASA budget is minuscule. And the entire NASA budget, if applied to the HHS budget, the NASA budget could be eaten up in just days.

We NEED the space program. Not "would like" but real NEED. If for nothing more to prove our progressiveness. Are we the children of fundies, that we have to abandon our curiosity and hunger for knowledge? Are we the followers who don't ask the questions and accept things we know aren't true? NOT ME. And I hope, NOT YOU!