Damn! This man is making a lot of sense! What's he doing in govt.? No doubt he will soon be fired.
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Baloney. This guy is a loon.
I can see him responding to President Kennedy.. "Sorry sir, but we do not have the technology to go to the moon."
Lastly, the money we spend on the space program is microsopic compared to other programs (not even divisions) - and that is not even considering the spin offs which go directly into the market from space exploration.
You're defending a white elephant. Two in fact. No useful science came from either program but we did manage to kill a lot of astronauts with a flawed design. At least NASA is finally admitting it's gross error and now it may be possible to move forward with a more rational design.
We could recoup some of our investment in the ISS if we de orbited it and sold tickets to the light show. That's about the only useful thing I can think of to do with it.