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I admit, I've got a liberal lens over my view, but when Republicans like Bush and McCain talk about wanting men on Mars, it sounds like self aggrandizement, but when Kennedy talked about it, it sounded like an inspirational effort for our future.
Might be the banning of stem cell research, despise for public education, denial of the need to reduce carbon emissions, and support for creationism in schools that has me doubting their dedication to scientific exploration. Or maybe I'm just biased against "small government conservatives" who want to embark on hundred billion-dollar investments over decades that will largely go to defense contractors.
Albeit at the END of his presidency...
The federal government spends more money paying farmers to not grow crops and artificially inflating the price of food than it spends on NASA.
The only way to get anyone on the right to vote for McCain is to run him against ObaMarx.
Also, just how 'experienced' was your ol' Reagan when he went into office? Or is being an actor good enough for you right wingers.
I'm amazed that the best the Republicans could come up with was McCain, I really am.
McCain will just go on pretending that being shot down and tortured makes him a hero. In that case, Bush should try waterboarding out on himself before he orders it used on suspects.
As for space exploration, we definitely need more funding for it, but I think it should be more privatized. Give incentives for institutions and companies to create innovative designs. As an ex NASA employee, I can attest to their waste of resources/money, but then again, what government agency is run really efficiently?
McCain voted for Bush twice and helped him with almost everything he did. Look how that turned out. Two-face could flip his coin and do better, so I think just about anyone will improve our situation as long as it's not another Bush.
I suppose QM thinks we're doing swell right now, right? Delusions.
edit: Space funding? We need to pay down our debt before spending our money on future non-essentials. Unfortunately, we don't really need to explore Mars, so we really should fix our own problems before spending that money.
oh and remember we currently spend some $10-12 BILLION Dollars / MONTH on the alien planet called Iraq and soon Afghanistan.