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I think NASA is no longer in the business of rocketing people around the solar system. It now actively does and funds science projects to better understand our
by maximilian 17y ago
I think NASA is no longer in the business of rocketing people around the solar system. It now actively does and funds science projects to better understand our universe. Almost every project revolves around sending a probe into orbit or deep space with some sort of new sensor to detect some sort of particle or whatever. Should NASA create heroes or science? (or both..)
- DanielBMarkham 17y agoThe problem is that we can't ask questions that begin with "Should NASA", even though we keep pretending that we can. NASA is political, and is deeply entangled with dozens of key politicians. There is no one mission, and there won't be one any time soon. NASA's only problem now should be reducing cost-to-orbit through the use of progressive prizes that keep increasing in value each year until a solution is found. This would be a much better use of taxpayer dollars because as cost to LEO is decreased, everything else gets easier too. Trying to push science first is getting the cart in front of the horse.