>How far we've fallen Not really, at least not lately. Since the end of Apollo the manned space program has been first a jobs program and then everything else

>How far we've fallen Not really, at least not lately. Since the end of Apollo the manned space program has been first a jobs program and then everything else. So if we've "fallen" it happened in the early '70s. NASA funding is just a perk you get as a Congressman when you amass enough clout.