A true American hero, but I am glad that we are getting out of the space business, it isn’t in the US Constitution for us to do this, so it needs to be turned over to the free market to explore space.
The free market might do it better,faster and cheaper without all of the red tape.
Except for the fact that space is the next frontier, and it’s status as the next military high ground, you’ve got it about right.
I want to see much of it turned over to the private sector too, but make no mistake about it, space exploration is very much covered in the U. S. Constitution.
If space dominance isn’t in there, then neither are our carriers, tanks, weapons, battle-ships... and on it goes.
We have a vested military stake in space. Don’t stare at the Constitution so hard that you are blinded by it’s brilliance.
>>A true American hero, but I am glad that we are getting out of the space business, it isn’t in the US Constitution for us to do this, so it needs to be turned over to the free market to explore space.<<
National defense is *definitely* in the Constitution, and don’t forget, this was key to the space program then, and could very well be key now.
Remember the Russians? Now it’s China and Iran.
That can’t be ignored.
We weren’t in the “space business”. We were in the “ICBM development business”.
The rest was for propaganda purposes to get citizens on board.