I wanted to finally address the cancellation of Project Constellation. First off, I want to say that I understand that the project is not financially viable, and so there is going to have to be some cheaper alternative. Second of all, what the hell?
It never mattered 40-50 years ago if a space project wasn't financially viable. They damn well went and did it. We have been able to land people on the moon for the last 40 years, and if the government wasn't so damn concerned about money, they would have gone through with the project. Since when did the government care about saving money (*cough* Iraq *cough*)? What changed since Neil Armstrong hit the big one in '69?
Georgia happened. Kazakhstan happened. Russia happened. Now that the U.S.S.R is gone, there isn't anybody to try and tell the United States "hey, you aren't that great at this science stuff". So the government sits comfortably, thinking that the U.S will always reign supreme in innovations, even if they don't do a damn thing about it.
But if there is one characteristic that defines the U.S, it's competition. If any other country were to rise up and challenge the country in anything, the U.S will try to protect its reputation by any means possible.
So, keep it up, China and Russia. Because without you, those bozos up in Washington will never try to keep up the progress we've been hoping for so much.
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