Philobeado
Gold Member
America's leadership in space is slipping. NASA's human spaceflight program is in substantial disarray with no clear-cut mission in the offing. We will have no rockets to carry humans to low-Earth orbit and beyond for an indeterminate number of years. Congress has mandated the development of rocket launchers and spacecraft to explore the near-solar system beyond Earth orbit. But NASA has not yet announced a convincing strategy for their use. After a half-century of remarkable progress, a coherent plan for maintaining America's leadership in space exploration is no longer apparent.
"We have a long way to go in this space race. But this is the new ocean, and I believe that the United States must sail on it and be in a position second to none."
President Kennedy
Kennedy launched America on that new ocean. For 50 years we explored the waters to become the leader in space exploration. Today, under the announced objectives, the voyage is over. John F. Kennedy would have been sorely disappointed.
Column: Is Obama grounding JFK's space legacy? - USATODAY.com
"We have a long way to go in this space race. But this is the new ocean, and I believe that the United States must sail on it and be in a position second to none."
President Kennedy
Kennedy launched America on that new ocean. For 50 years we explored the waters to become the leader in space exploration. Today, under the announced objectives, the voyage is over. John F. Kennedy would have been sorely disappointed.
Column: Is Obama grounding JFK's space legacy? - USATODAY.com