What Will NASA’s Future Be?

Now that the final shuttle mission is finally away, many people have been left wondering about the future of NASA. Since the manned spaceflight programs were one of the main stimuli behind many of today’s inventions, people are worried that innovation will be left in the dust.

Critics have been very vocal about their dismal outlook for NASA’s future. An example:

If God had meant for us to travel into deep space, he would have given us more money.” — “Space expert” John Pike of globalsecurity.org

Yeah, that comment pretty much speaks for itself.

President Obama has (for the most part) tried to express reassurance and optimism about NASA’s future. However, the American public has displayed many powerful emotions about the fact that NASA’s future might not include manned space flight for a long, long time.

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