We can fill pot holes and have a space program.
But Trump wants to appeal to the unions at the expense of our national security and technical innovation - a sector that has kept us safe, and has spurred great prosperity and medical breakthroughs.
You really think this is about “putting another man on a dead planet?”
The government does not need to be putting anybody into space. Until they come up with a propulsion system that is superior to duct taping an M80 onto a tin can space exploration is not feasible anyway.
I know this will come as a shock to you but private industry is innovative not government. We should be encouraging them to bring forward new space technology for profit.
Right now NASA is almost exclusively working on the drone program. Not my favorite endeavor.
I love the way you try to work the unions in. Somewhere Mitt Walker salutes you. LOL!