Lou
You cover lots of very interesting topics, many do a good job of educating the public.
Strange that a very tragic & extreme waste of taxpayer funds is never mentioned---- not for 30 seconds!
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The public at large is not fully aware of NASA's role as a principal driver in our economy for the past 50 years. They forget that much of the technology we now take for granted either originated in the space program or was utilized and improved by the space program. That is NASA's real legacy. The investments we made in NASA in the sixties are still paying off in technology applications and new businesses.
The annual investment in NASA is not simply an expenditure; it is an investment—with a payback. The payback is generated because NASA operates at the frontiers of space, exploring the frontiers of our civilization.
At the frontiers of space, be it going to Mars, or constructing the most amazing engineering project in history—the International Space Station—huge obstacles, sometimes considered insurmountable, are encountered. NASA takes these obstacles as challenges that must be overcome to reach their goals. The solution may lie in new technology, or a new application of existing technology. These solutions eventually make their way into the marketplace with applications we never even dreamed of. NASA has tens of thousands of examples of these "spinoffs."
You cover lots of very interesting topics, many do a good job of educating the public.
Strange that a very tragic & extreme waste of taxpayer funds is never mentioned---- not for 30 seconds!
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The public at large is not fully aware of NASA's role as a principal driver in our economy for the past 50 years. They forget that much of the technology we now take for granted either originated in the space program or was utilized and improved by the space program. That is NASA's real legacy. The investments we made in NASA in the sixties are still paying off in technology applications and new businesses.
The annual investment in NASA is not simply an expenditure; it is an investment—with a payback. The payback is generated because NASA operates at the frontiers of space, exploring the frontiers of our civilization.
At the frontiers of space, be it going to Mars, or constructing the most amazing engineering project in history—the International Space Station—huge obstacles, sometimes considered insurmountable, are encountered. NASA takes these obstacles as challenges that must be overcome to reach their goals. The solution may lie in new technology, or a new application of existing technology. These solutions eventually make their way into the marketplace with applications we never even dreamed of. NASA has tens of thousands of examples of these "spinoffs."
From waltcunningham.com
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Considering your excellent reporting on many topics, would have thought shuttle & the loss of American preeminence, would have gotten a few minutes since 2011.
Bobby Martin
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