Future of NASA's Manned Spaceflight Looks Bleak

coondoggie writes "Things don't look good for NASA when the report outlining its future begins: 'The US human spaceflight program appears to be on an unsustainable trajectory. [NASA] is perpetuating the perilous practice of pursuing goals that do not match allocated resources. Space operations are among the most complex and unforgiving pursuits ever undertaken by humans. It really is rocket science. Space operations become all the more difficult when means do not match aspirations.' Today the Augustine Commission handed to the White House the Review of US Human Space Flight Plans Committee summary report, after months of expert review and testimony. Many observers expected a bleak report, but ultimately the future of US manned space flight will hinge on how the report's conclusions are interpreted. Keep in mind too that NASA has spent almost $8 billion of a planned $40 billion to develop systems for a return to the Moon."

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Re:How can you...

[CarpetShark]

No, that's a liturgy about fear of life. Christianity, and all religion actually, is about having the courage to face life and serve others. St. Francis summed it up nicely:

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
        where there is hatred, let me sow love;
        where there is injury, pardon;
        where there is doubt, faith;
        where there is despair, hope;
        where there is darkness, light;
        and where there is sadness, joy.

        O Divine Master,
        grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
        to be understood, as to understand;
        to be loved, as to love;
        for it is in giving that we receive,
        it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
        and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

        Amen.

Re:How can you...

[couchslug]

Religion is what the religious do that they connect with their superstition. It is perfectly practical to connect superstition to anything one wishes and interpret it to suit. Those not wishing to be indentified with co-religionists who espouse and do things they do not like are perfectly free to renounce their nonsense, give up their imaginary friends, and seek truth outside someone else's construct.

I'll tell you why we aren't spending on NASA

[plastick]

I'm NOT a Christian but I have to throw some logic here.

Islamic jihad is holding us back a hell of a lot more than any other religion on the planet.

You wanna find a bunch of people committing genocide on other Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and atheist? You want to find a truck load of suicide bombers who would kill innocent people for a chance at virgin orgies in the afterlife (where they call for our death by 10's of thousands)? You want to find the most backward people on the planet whom the vast majority have no running water, electricity, no more than a 5th grade education, who are run by psycho imam extremists and dictators, and control the vast majority of oil on this planet? Look no further than the Middle East and Africa. It's the armpit of the world with a culture that contributes NOTHING to this planet other than the raw crude oil they pull out of the ground.

Wanna find a bunch of elitists who waste our money on these clowns, create wars with these idiots where we send our own people to their death to play police, who could give tax breaks to car manufacturers and those who use alternative energies (and would create jobs) but choose to do nothing, and completely sell out to these losers? Look at Washington and corporate multinational big oil where the dollar means more to these sacks of excrement than human life.

That just needed to be said.