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Whether you agree with this article or not, it makes no difference. NASA is an extremely small portion of the US budget. If you want to cut waste, look at defen
by washedup 13y ago
Whether you agree with this article or not, it makes no difference. NASA is an extremely small portion of the US budget. If you want to cut waste, look at defense spending. It's OK to spend a small fraction of available money on research. NASA is changing. Most of it's work is now down by private contractors.
There are ~60 launches scheduled for this year (http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/ http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/). Most are launching communication satellites, some are ISS resupply missions, and others are for research. China is developing a space station and private space companies are doing well. Year over year the amount of launches has been increasing and there is no reason to believe this trend won't continue, with or without NASA. NASA has served a great purpose, and it may or may not continue to do so. Calling it a tragedy seems loaded and misguided.