OT: Budget rants (was Re: OT: Shuttle)

[Kenneth Brody]

On 7/8/2011 12:07 PM, Scott Nelson wrote:
> On 7/8/2011 10:55 AM, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>> On 7/8/2011 11:47 AM, Scott Nelson wrote:
>> [...]
>>> too bad nasa canceled venture star, it had potential...
>> [...]
>>
>> And Congress just cancelled the James Webb Space Telescope (Hubble's
>> successor), and cut NASA's budget by 1.64 billion dollars from last
>> year (and 2 billion less than requested):
>>
>>
>> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/07/07/congress-puts-nasa-and-jwst-on-the-chopping-block/
>>
>>
>
> looks like nasa may be out of business soon, perhaps they need a way to
> generate revenue in space.  any diamond encrusted meteors to catch?

Hmm...

Cut NASA'a budget so they can't really do much.  Give the NSF $900 million 
less than requested.  Pass the "No Child Gets Ahead Act".  Have people who 
"aren't sure about evolution" as presidential candidates for a major 
political party.  And so on...

And then wonder "why do we keep falling behind the rest of the world when it 
comes to math, science, engineering, and so on".

-- 
Kenneth Brody