I may not agree with this moonbat - but...
Just how much science has come out of the white elephant called the ISS.
I dont recall any ‘breakthru’ new anything related to the space program.
Face it in 1960 NASA was cutting edge, now they are mostly COTS - Commercial off the shelf systems.
Anyway, NASA is toast, if you think space is still a viable industry, start looking to buy stock in one of the new startups...
There is no money to be made in space because space is off limits to profiteers and military according to the international outer space treaty.
China won’t be too worried about it but when they have the high ground we’ll all do exactly as we’re told.
NASA, under Hanses, has fudged the “global warming” dat, in lockstep with Phil Jones over at East Anglia.
The real problem is that because NASA is a government program, it eventually got swallowed by the Left.
The answer, as always, is to defund the Left. This would include (but not limited to):
1. Lawyers
2. Universities - even the “hard” sciences are infested
3. Welfare/Medicaid
4. “Affordable housing” advocates
5. Ethanol for fuel
6. Alternative energy subsidies
7. Farm price supports
8. “Affirmative” action
After that, we can cut our military. But we may not need to.
NASA, 1961-1980, paid for itself about 6-20 times over in basic research that had many practical applications. Since 1980, the warmists at NASA have caused NASA to become unprofitable to run. Again, defund the Left.
I wonder if that had something to do with the success of NASA in the 60’s...
and the total lack of success today?
Satellite pictures on your desktop, cellphones, GPS, satellite tv, etc.
Nope. Nada. Nothing.
Well, since Clinton sold the ChiComs missile technology, at least we know where we can turn to replace our satellites if they are willing to do so and don't hamper our communications the way they do Google.