I absolutely agree with you. So many people think the space program is a waste of money, but we inevitably have to figure out how to get off this planet. Even if there's not an imminent catastrophe (and really, who knows?) we'll exhaust the Earths resources at some point. I do wish, though, that NASA would spend its funds more wisely, sometimes I think they fly to to space just because they have to look busy. I really don't think it's necessary that we send probes to murcury, or constantly fly up there to do little insignificant tests of this and that. When it comes to space, I say work on getting us farther out; otherwise spend the money on Earth-bound technologies and theoretical sciences (IE quantum mechanics).
Gandalf_The_Grey Reviewed by Gandalf_The_Grey on . The End of Man The End of Man Quantummist 07/05/07 Mankind will sooner or later be wiped from this little ball we live on. This is a fact not an opinion. next week we could be hit by a mile wide hunk of iron and we're toast. A shift in the magnetic field of the planet will someday wipe 90% of all life from the tiny blue ball we call home. Someday the sun will burp and all life will be ash in seconds. Someday a super volcano will erupt and almost all life large enough to see with the naked eye will vanish Rating: 5