[RogueIsland]

China graduates in excess of three times more engineers - electrical, industrial, bio-chemical, semiconductor, mechanical, even power generation - with bachelor's degrees than the U.S. university system. "We're not creating enough in math and science and engineering," said Don Davis, chairman and chief executive of Rockwell Automation Inc., a manufacturer that has remade itself into a multinational corporation based on knowledge work. "And in my mind, that's an enormous problem."

And tell me, Don, what exactly IS the incentive for an American to pursue these fields? Do you think that people smart enough to be engineers are too stupid to see that American + Engineer == unemployed and offshored?

[A. Pole]

what exactly IS the incentive for an American to pursue these fields?

Assurance that they will not be able to discard their college debts through bankruptcy. So they can get in a life long trap .

[Doc On The Bay]

SIGH!

There MIGHT be a "FEW" American Engineers who MIGHT understand That, "The Future Marches on...," & that WHATEVER the "Future" Becomes, Either "America" is a MAJOR PART of IT, or "America" becomes a "footnote in History."

WE BEGAN the "Quest to Go To The Stars!!--", so Either we Resume That Quest, or we ABDICATE to another Culture!!

So a LOT OF US are "Waiting,"--Either we COMMIT TO the GENETIC DESTINY of our SPECIES, or we Capitulate to the "Drones with Accountants' Souls!"

Either we "GO TO THE STARS," or we INVOLUTE, & "Feed ALL the "Hungry!!"

TOUGH CHOICE!! --""GUNS or BUTTER!!"

SO, in 100 Years,--WHERE will We Be??; --& WHERE can we GO in 100 years ??

After ALL, we will LIKELY be a LOT "POORER" after a Century of Feeding the "Non-Contributing Poor," a Hundred Years from Now, than we are Now!!

Are you PLEASED that--if you Stop "The Best & Brightest" from attempting to take Humankind to the Stars--you MIGHT HAVE "FED" a few more sad, Incompetent Souls needing help from their "Fellows!"

Are the "Immediate needs" of some Few who are Incapable of providing for Themselves worth Sacrificing the FUTURE of our Species??

I GUARANTEE that the VAST MAJORITY of us--EVEN "Those In Need"--would AGREE that "Humankind" is Worth MORE THAN THAT!!!!

If you "Poll" Humans--EVEN "Those In Need,"--you will Discover that we ALL want to "Go OUT!!"

There is a UNIVERSAL WILL to Resume the Manned Exploration of Space--& a UNIVERSAL WILL to put MEN ON MARS!!

DESPITE a UNIVERSAL CONTEMPT for "NASA,"--the WILL to "Go Out" is Universal!

"W" has a HUGH opportunity to make a HISTORIC DECLARATION!!

This is America;-- "W" has a HUGH opportunity to harness our Boundless Energy to go BACK to the Moon--& On to MARS!!

But Then, the "BeanCounters" will Probably Object!!

We have an Opportunity to Pursue Our Dreams--Before we are TOO Poor to do so--so, do we have a "Leader" capable of "Seizing the MOMENT!!"

THIS is our "Chance" for "Greatness!

Will "W"s" "Handlers'" UNDERSTAND it, or will we "Devolve to Mediocraty??"

Humankind may NEVER AGAIN be Capable of a "Reach for the Stars;"--CAN "W" Rise to the "Occasion??"

SO MANY of us HOPE THAT "W" seizes this brief Moment & Gives Us the "Impetus" to "Go OUT!!"

So MANY of us FEAR THAT "W"--&/or his "Handlers"--CANNOT COMPREHEND that THIS is the time when ALL factors are "Ready."

If we Don't "Go Out Now,"--we may not be "Able Again" for several Centuries!!