Space exploration has been hampered terribly by the incompentent, bloated, and corrupt bureacracy that is NASA. We are fortunate that the govenment didn't create a NASA type organization to monopolize computer science, or I would be writing this on a Univac (or more likely wouldn't be writing on anything). NASA is a massive waste of money, and crowds out dynamic private sector development.
The funny thing is that although Hubble is now practically useless, NASA is still going to waste billions "fixing" it. What a joke.
Yet we spend much more on war technologies that destroy life. I prefer to spend on exploration and education than weapons of destruction. But to each their own.
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Mak @ Jan 30th 2007 1:23PM
Space exploration has been hampered terribly by the incompentent, bloated, and corrupt bureacracy that is NASA. We are fortunate that the govenment didn't create a NASA type organization to monopolize computer science, or I would be writing this on a Univac (or more likely wouldn't be writing on anything). NASA is a massive waste of money, and crowds out dynamic private sector development.
The funny thing is that although Hubble is now practically useless, NASA is still going to waste billions "fixing" it. What a joke.
Jason @ Jan 30th 2007 2:37PM
Yet we spend much more on war technologies that destroy life. I prefer to spend on exploration and education than weapons of destruction. But to each their own.