[RightWhale]

is Constitutional

Always should be mentioned. We will find our precious country left in the dust of history--a footnote--if we don't advance at least as fast as the new contenders. There is a big challenge from the EU, and of course China keeps building and building at their snail's pace. Ignoring space development on the public sector level is a public crime. We're not going to retire to our single-family vegetable gardens and expect to survive in the decades ahead. Survival at least, and preeminence if possible should be our goal. We won't survive if we don't compete. National survival is implied at least in the Constitution.

[newgeezer]

Ignoring space development on the public sector level is a public crime. We're not going to retire to our single-family vegetable gardens and expect to survive in the decades ahead. Survival at least, and preeminence if possible should be our goal.

Ah, I get it. It's Constitutional because our Nation is going to have to leave this planet in order to survive.

Mmmmmmmmmm-kay. *<8O}

[Dat Mon]

"Always should be mentioned. We will find our precious country left in the dust of history--a footnote--if we don't advance at least as fast as the new contenders."

We need to start translating our national pride and competitiveness BACK into the desire to be the best in all things.. including technological.

There was a time when the US being the best was taken for granted..(We remain the only country to put a man on the moon). Sadly, that is no longer the case.

US technological superiority and engineering prowess appears to be slowly heading into public irrelevance...its like so passe.