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[QUOTE]Originally posted by targetemployee: [QB] Thirty years later, I am having difficulty in understanding why we made the journey from the 'Earth to the Moon'. I know the political and social reasons. Yet, as I look back, these realities seem foreign, even alien. I wonder how school children in the mid to late 21st century will view this brief moment in history when humans left the Earth. I think they will have an even more difficult time in understanding the Apollo missions. This is if they are taught this period of US history. As for going back to the Moon or traveling to points further away, I am of the opinion this will not happen. The Congress has passed legislation which limites the involvement of private companies in the development of space ventures. What about NASA? NASA is dying. Simple and clear. In the next decade or so, we will hear news of one of the orbiters, most likely Columbia, being retired. There will be reports of astronauts receiving 'pink slips' and NASA's operations reduced. Functions which were associated by NASA will be outsourced to private companies. Our space program I think will be the following: 1. military applications 2. robotic probes 3. humans doing routine repair of the station and satellites Before I close, I would like to say one last point. I don't think our democratic-republic is effective when there are long term commitments. Commitments are subjected to the vicissitudes that defined the peaceful changes of regimes which our country experiences every four or eight years. For a successful space program to exist, and one in which humans are actively exploring the solar system, we would need to have the agenda of a former Administration accepted in full by a current Administration. I have rarely seen this in our country's history. Far too often, for reasons only known to politicians it seems, agendas are altered or erased by a new Administration. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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