February 7th, 2010, 7:24PM in Other by Marc LequimeView Comments
This could be no more, soon.
I was so disappointed when I read this, but it’s true. President Barack Obama has created an entirely new budget proposal, and it’s aimed at removing NASA, practically. And so many American children will be crushed by this – what kid is gonna want to be an American astronaut now? I don’t really want to think how devastated they’ll be.
The proposal claims it’s a “bold new course for human spaceflight, a fundamental invigoration of NASA”. Then claiming that NASA’s constellation program was “over budget, behind schedule, and lacking in innovation due to a failure to invest in critical new technologies”. Which, quite clearly, NASA isn’t. NASA for a long time has been regarded as the leader in space efficiency, and has brought light to the face of US space technology. Innovation was key, and now the dreams of a futuristic space future are cut short.
It’s not to say Europe and Russia won’t be developing anymore, but with a budget like the U.S.A., a future in spaceflight would be easier achieved. President Obama has decided the country shouldn’t try exploring space and should quit the space race. Chron writes that “until just two months before his election, he was proposing to use $18 billion of NASA’s budget as a piggybank to fund educational programs”. It’s likely that this could be the case, inevitably.
And still, I have absolutely no idea why Obama would do this. Nobel Peace Prize? Pfft.
[Slashed Nasa Budget via Chron]
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