Obama Readies to Blast NASA... to the dustbin.

[5thHorseman]

They could spend that money on stem cell research, oh, wait. :p

[Cinjin]

I think that the space program is becoming too costly to be in the hands of a single country. I think that countries should get together to form a multi-national space program with shared resources and etc.

If the US government would cut a fraction of the military spending budget we could keep the NASA program. They spend HUNDREDS of BILLIONS on an already over-inflated military just to line the pockets of political insiders, weapons manufacturers and the the controlling interests of the Federal Reserve. My point is that there are many other wasteful programs that could be either scaled back or completely eliminated that could allow NASA to continue with little to no cut to their annual budget.

A multi-national space program would be a bigger joke than the United Nations is. We wouldn't get jack shit done with everybody's hands stirring the pot. IMO

[The Grand Nudger]

The money certainly doesn't line the pockets of soldiers, or grant them access to top of the line gear.

[5thHorseman]

Am coming round to the idea that military budget cut would make a fuckload more sense than NASA, I take back original post in this thread. Your military is so grossly oversized, also cancel stupid war on drugs. Bazillions wasted each year on an unwinnable battle.

[Minimalist]

Maybe a better idea would be to use that money to better educate inner city youths or improve America's poor maths and science teaching?

That's probably a good idea but a more realistic end is that the republicans would use it for more tax cuts for the rich and fuck the poor.

[Autumnlicious]

Truth be told, the War on Drugs is partially financed by what they seize in illegal assets, so as much of a waste it is, it isn't the biggest waste. (Still against it)

[paintpooper]

Most Americans want the war on drugs over and the bloated dod budget to be reduced. The politicians can't fucking listen.
Also the Drug war may be a farce in some sense if you look at the Iran contra affair. Look at the facts, look at drug usage, come up with your own conclusions about the drug war, cause at least part of it was financed by the government itself to create a larger drug issue, by actually supplying dealers with the drugs to distribute... then arrest the normal street person using the drugs that the government sold to pushers. Seems like an illogical cycle of stupid shit = US government.

Col. North's handwritten notebooks and memoranda show that North and other U.S. officials were repeatedly informed that the Contras' ties to trafficking of drugs from Latin America into the United States and that airplanes from the U.S. used to supply arms to the Contras were being flown back with Contras personnel aboard carrying cocaine into the United States.[54][55] The matter was further examined in the 1997 report of the US Department of Justice Inspector General, where the main question under investigation was whether CIA was instrumental in creating the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles, and where evidence was presented of patronizing by CIA of drug trafficking to Los Angeles, California.[56] The report however stated that the allegations were "exaggerated".

[The Grand Nudger]

Wars against nouns, adjectives, adverbs

The War on- Drugs, Terror, etc etc etc.

[paintpooper]

Wars against nouns, adjectives, adverbs

The War on- Drugs, Terror, etc etc etc.

Don't forget the war on science, war on evolution, war on gays, war on Muslims, war on atheists. Basically the US declares war on anything it does not like. War on teachers, war on education, war on health care, war on unions. Basically anything but War on rich old white guys.

[Shell B]

What race? More importantly, what momentum?

You know. . . the human race? The momentum we can gain from space exploration.

Maybe a better idea would be to use that money to better educate inner city youths or improve America's poor maths and science teaching?

5th, you are reacting as if I said that is the only thing we should do. There are plenty of places we can cut losses and provide for these children you speak of. Unfortunately, what many do not think of is that some kids just aren't going to pass these one-size-fits-all tests with flying colors. You may think it is bad teaching. To be honest, I think it is poor testing. In some cases, yes, children are not being taught well, but that is state, not national, level. You'll have to have a better tantrum than that.