nasa

United States
April 10, 2007 12:42am CST
what are your views on the money the government spends on scientific research like astronomy?
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• United States
10 Apr 07
I wish that NASA could have much more money from the government. Right now they're skimming by on what little they've got, trying to get in as many shuttle flights as they can before they've got to switch over to a new vehicle. Have you seen what it is? They're going back to the Atlas rockets! Sure, they worked, but really...I thought they'd be working on some cool jet-looking thingie that would revolutionize space insertion! The only problem with too much money is that hey tend to get lazy, and someone at the top always ends up taking home a big, fat paycheck. I thin that the engineers and astronauts should pull the biggest paychecks, followed by the assemblers and their teams. Oh, and add the testing crews in there too. Forget the Chairman - he should be doing his job for free. So should all the big-wigs. If they only want the paycheck, I say, boot 'em! I always look forward to new and different NASA programs. I'm happy that they are planning to begin Mars Landing testing on the Moon. I think it's be wild to have a Space Station as well as a Moon Station, just like it was in "2001", Kubrick's film. Funny thing is, they already had a Mars station in that series...wish we had one already! Yep, give NASA the funds to keep moving onward and upward!