My hunch is many Americans don’t see much value in NASA or space exploration especially after Obama mothballed it for 8 years for “muslim outreach”
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No a hunch - a fact - there are many Freepers here who would love nothing more that to see NASA and SpaceX along with all the others just disappear.
Part of the problem is that there is no over arching goal, worse, one program or another is pushed by one administration and only to be killed by the next.
Only the Chinese seem to have a long view plan, goal - and perhaps the Russians. Time will tell about the Indians. As for the US - sinking into politically correct exploratory oblivion.
Sad... one of the things that has always made America great from it’s earliest beginnings, is exploring the unknown despite great risk and personal sacrifice. The pioneering spirit, this is how we learn and develop new technologies. Is it hard yes, will we fail many times before we succeed? Yes, but and it’s how we move society and our humanity forward.