As we prepare to watch the final space shuttle take off in just a few days, take note. It will be the last time an American goes up in space for a while unless they want to buy a ticket. Guess whose offering?
The Russians...
Now the U.S. space program itself is middle-aged, facing a painful transition. Atlantis will blast off, if all goes as planned, at 11:26 a.m. Friday for a 12-day mission to the international space station. And then . . . what?
Then a lot of uncertainty. The only sure bet is that thousands of people here will be out of a job.
NASA’s critics say the human spaceflight program is in a shambles. They see arm-waving and paperwork rather than a carefully defined mission going forward. NASA has lots of plans, but it has no new rocket ready to launch, no specific destination selected, and no means in the near term to get American astronauts into space other than by buying a seat on one of Russia’s aging Soyuz spacecraft.
Obama's lack of direction in space, turning NASA into a high tech EPA pushing man-made global warming, has killed John F. Kennedy's dream. I wonder if Democrats understood that hope and change was also about killing the vision of a Democratic icon?
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