When the scientifically illiterate drive-by media writes a blurb like this, can we really trust them to accurately portray scientific topics that are of importance to day-to-day life?
I have my doubts that Americans will ever walk on the moon again, or any planet besides Earth. Scientifically and technologically illiterate politicians and taxpayers will take the axe to any such program at the first sign of fiscal trouble. I don’t want to be a pessimist, but I think history has provided some clear examples that, as a country, we don’t participate in many long-term projects that lack an immediate benefit. Additionally, our extreme aversion to risk of any kind will make such an undertaking expensive and complicated to the point of being near impossible to accomplish. As much as I personally would love to be witness to a more active manned space program in my lifetime, I have serious doubts.
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December 5th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
don’t you hold out any hope for the commercial push to space? X-Plane competitions and the such? I think it’s possible that the private sector may find it’s own solution to space exploration.
December 5th, 2006 at 11:04 pm
Space travel is inherently dangerous. It’s likely that someone will be killed during a commercial space flight, or some other disaster will occur, and government will swoop in and regulate commercial space flight, making an already speculative industry either unprofitable or near impossible to operate because of the need to meet regulations.