Did you watch that video I posted?
He talked about America fading, backing off from exploration is one of the reasons why.
Our future is a better one with American’s in space then without it.
It’s investment in our future, so that it will be an optimistic one worth fighting and living for.
Again, it’s chump change. It really is.
There is no logical arguement that not doing this will help.
Entitlements is our battle there. Not walking away from the things that make America great that cost pocket change.
“He talked about America fading, backing off from exploration is one of the reasons why.”
That may be his opinion, but we are fading because we are socially and economically imploding. I’m not seeing the connection between space exploration and protecting the border, getting our fiscal house in order, giving businesses an incentive not to flee, and keeping the government out of the health care industry.
Right now, yes, space mission funding is approximately $7B per year, but costs will rise exponentially with a Mars mission or some other similar endeavor. Factor in typical government cost overruns, we’ll be well into the trillions... trillions we don’t have.
It’s great to wistfully recall that glorious past when our possibilities were endless, but we’re now in an era in which even our continued existence as a nation beyond the next 20 years is at serious risk.
America, by electing the likes of Barack Obama and the cabal of marxists who infest the U.S. and state Congresses, made the decision to pull the plug on Reagan’s “Shining City on a Hill.” These days, bogged down by three wars, a porous border, collapsing and crime-ridden cities and a $14.5T debt, we can’t even afford to flip on the porch light.
Until America gets its fiscal situation under control, we’re better off not searching out black holes... cosmic OR financial.