daveman
Diamond Member
Rightwinger is just projecting his own apathy towards science that doesn't advance the leftist agenda.While that may be true for the other 48, being from Florida I don't see it that way.If you want to blame someone.....look around
Americans quickly lost interest in the Apollo program after Apollo 11. I can still name most of the Mercury/Gemini astronauts. They were like baseball stars to me. How many can name one astronaut today?
The shuttle was boring, a space truck. Other than Challenger and Columbia disasters, nobody cared. Send a teacher to space, send a Japanese/Muslim/Retired Senator-Astronaut...all gimmicks
We had rovers on Mars for two years.......Nobody cared
Every launch I have seen still had cars lined up and down the highways, bridges and overpasses, beaches and piers.....co-workers and/or neighbors rushing outside to gaze NE just to catch a glimpse of it's unmistakable flame trail or timing it just right to be outside for that re-entry sonic boom!!
I cared.
My family cared enough when we were down in Florida this past April, to reschedule our plans to be back in time to watch the shuttle launch. We were all so excited. Before leaving the water park we played most of the day, I checked in on my phone and saw the Breaking News email sitting in my inbox. The launch had been scrubbed. Needless to say, we were all disappointed. I've watched the launches and landings on TV and I think it would have been so cool to see a launch in person. Now I'll never get the chance. ( insert sad face here )