[ambrose]

Nowhere is the government empowered to explore space

Idiot alert...

"Section 8. The Congress shall have power to... To promote the progress of science and useful arts ... To provide and maintain a navy"

That's Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution

[Texasforever]

The attack of the Ludites.

[Texasforever]

Change the name from Bush to JFK and the LBJ, change the war from Iraq to Viet NAM, and this is the same article written in 1963 about the Moon mission. All of the same tired old "spend the money on social issues instead of throwing it away in space". An oldie but a goodie.

[Aracelis]

From ambrose: "Section 8. The Congress shall have power to... To promote the progress of science and useful arts ... To provide and maintain a navy"

Are you angry yet???

[MediaMole]

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;

I support space exploration, but this give congress the right to establish patents and copyrights.