Public Survey For NASA's Planetary Research Priorities

StephenMesser writes: "At the request of NASA, the National Research Council is conducting a planetary science community assessment of the priorities for the U.S. planetary research programs for the next 10 years. The Planetary Society has been asked to assist this "decadal survey" by seeking input from the general public about planetary exploration. Data must be input by January 31, 2002 to be counted on the survey. CNN has a story on the survey."

Comments

Re:Wrong!

[Have Blue]

Manned space travel just isn't feasible.

Isn't feasible NOW. That is exactly the point of researching it.

Re:eh, leave it to the pros

[cperciva]

It's our money, shouldn't we have a say as to what it should be spent on?

No. Not unless you have a clue what you're deciding about. This is one of the major problems inherent in democracy: Nobody (apart from the Emperor himself) knows how long the Emperor of China's nose is, but everyone has an opinion. The one person who knows gets outvoted by the billion who don't.