” I am convinced that the nations that lead on the frontiers, dictate the course of human history.
I hope ALL the candidates will support NASA and vision for space exploration as strongly as this.”
Oh, I agree with your sentiment. But I disagree that NASA is the way to get it done. Open it to competition. Privatize. That’s the way to innovation. I’m having a hard time thinking of many successful NASA projects in the last few years, and those that HAVE been successful aren’t anywhere near on the scale of shooting for the moon. It’s a mess.
We may never live in an age without human presence in space.
The space station passes over our heads everyday.
NASA has indeed accomplished much, even after Apollo.
not all of it sexy. But learning how to construct in orbit is important we learn by doing, and by making mistakes too.
But think of the twin Mars rovers and orbiters, Hubble, Galileo at Jupiter, Cassini at Saturn now. Asteroid and comet fly bys. Probes to study the sun. NASA does so much that the public isnt very aware of.
Private industry will play its part, I was a supportor of the X-prize.
But as a nation, it is all together appropriate we do these things as well.
There is a military benefit too obviouly.
Shuttle did fly secret to this day defense missions.