[farmfriend]

bttt

[Professional Engineer]

The work force "is a huge issue for NASA, but also an opportunity," said Claude Canizares, associate provost of MIT and a space scientist who served for 10 years on the NASA Advisory Council. "If you are going to have a long-range plan, you want to have a lot of young people involved."

I know an aerospace guy who'd love the chance to get back into aerospace again.

[Diogenesis]

Bump for this, Cincinatus' Wife, and thank you for posting these.

BUMP for XVI, an excellent Dept at MIT.

These are great people. Three cheers.

[steve8714]

People need to realize we are losing high tech jobs, and losing the initiative to improve our tech industries. The revitalized space program will increase invention and innovation, and make jobs for high tech folks.
I say this as rebuttal to the Luddites who want to "spend this money on our pressing needs here on Earth".
Such as, welfare...

[RightWhale]

"We are educating students to work for NASA, run these programs, and solve these problems."

If anybody can churn out the engineers NASA should need, it is MIT. They are not alone, however.

[Centurion2000]

Space exploration should be about 1/4 of the Defense Budget .... what better way for long term motivation of a nation than to have a frontier

It also allows people that do not deal with civilization well a way out to explore.

[larryjohnson]

Give Moon,Mars Missions. to Military

[BenLurkin]

Interesting.