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Audacious Visions For Future Spaceflight
New submitter nagalman writes "There is a very powerful video out that takes the audio of words from Neil deGrasse Tyson, receiver of the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, and meshes it with powerful images of the history and successful outcomes of NASA. Through Penny4NASA, Dr. Tyson is pressing for the budget of NASA to be doubled from 0.5% to 1% of the federal budget in order to spur vision, interest, dreams, public excitement, and innovation into science and engineering. With Kansas stating that 'evolution could not rule out a supernatural or theistic source, that evolution itself was not fact but only a theory and one in crisis, and that Intelligent Design must be considered a viable alternative to evolution,' and North Carolina's legislature circulating a bill telling people to ignore climate science, maybe it's time we start listening to experts who have a proven record of success, rather than ideology that has only been 'proven' in the mind of elected politicians."
Instead of feeding an overstuffed pig such as NASA, with bloated budgets and projects that accomplish little, PRIVATE space industry should be supported, subsidized
Yes, that's what NASA does now.
and given free reign
That's "rein". Don't use phrases or words you don't understand. Here's a nickel, kid. Even if you're on mobile that should cover loading dictionary.com.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
I think you meant 1930s. There are newspaper articles noting the decline of glaciers back even then.
What is amusing is that photos from that era show that there is more ice volume today than the 1930s.