Friday, April 20, 2012

"The New Frontier"

Who cares, you say? What is national greatness, scientific prestige or inspiring the young — legacies of NASA — when we are in economic distress?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/farewell-the-new-frontier/2012/04/19/gIQA49o8TT_story.html

Exactly, well said, and he never satisfactorily answers the question.  A "nation willfully in decline"?  Yes, that would be a nation that has not sufficiently limited its government, and therefore suffers the predictable consequences.

If the nation is "great", it is "great" because it represents the accomplishments of individual people, not because the government takes money from the citizenry at gunpoint in order to generate symbolic accomplishments of dubious cost/benefit. 

The the gawdy symbolism of space flight:  Good bye and farewell, I won't miss you, thanks for no longer burning up my money.

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