NASA Space Program

So in order for the Democrats to come up with money for Health Care they looked for areas where they could cut spending. Tell me was there no better place to cut waste then shutting down NASA and eliminating more than 5,000 jobs? Out of all the massive programs the government is involved in none where more expendable than NASA? No more trip to Mars or the Moon in our life time thanks to the end of our space program. Now if we want to send an American to the ISS International Space Station we have to ask the Russians and then pay them 50 million a head or so I have heard. So we spend billions to build the ISS and now leave it to the Russians to maintain and operate? Who in Washington made this decision to end NASA? I really want to know so I can get a clear explanation how shutting down NASA aids our future. As other countries like Russia and China expand their space programs we will end ours. Is it just me that feels we suddenly became more vulnerable to our enemies now that we have abandoned space? I have always hoped that some day the United States would usher in a new era for mankind by journeying to the stars. Now with the decision to close NASA we won't even leave our own atmosphere. This is truly a sad and somber moment in our great history as a nation.


NASA was to be working on the next generation of space flight with the Orion Project but now that program has been scrapped. The hope with Orion was to put a permanent station on the moon and later place men and women on the surface of Mars. Later this year the last Space Shuttle will launch ending NASA for good. We are now to hope some American company will pick up where NASA left off. I for one do not see that happening given the enormous start up cost and unknown expenses in the future. NASA is dead and Americans will never look to the stars and say when but now must look and say if ever. Someone in Washington has killed the great American spirit by this horrible move closing down NASA. Let us hope future generations to come have enough common sense to see beyond the horizon and once again reach for the stars.