Today marks a special day in
American history, at least to me. It’s
the day that the space shuttle Endeavour has landed safely in its new home in California . Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/09/21/161577281/touchdown-space-shuttle-endeavour-lands-in-los-angeles
You may be
asking yourself “what does this have anything to do with news concerning our
national government?” I believe that it
has more to do with US
government than one would originally think. Consider the US budget and
spending. According to NPR, we spend
about $20.2 billion (that’s BILLION, folks) on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan alone. (source: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/25/137414737/among-the-costs-of-war-20b-in-air-conditioning?sc=tw&cc=share)
In just one year, the expenditure of
the U.S. ’s
military budget is equivalent to the entire 50-year running budget of NASA
combined.
With the country rapidly trying to plug the leaks in the sinking ship that is the national debt which has gotten wildly out of control, a hot topic in this election is government spending and cuts. Unfortunately, many of the cuts are being swung towards programs that are meant to help our nation in the long run, i.e. Planned Parenthood, education, and programs like NASA.
With the country rapidly trying to plug the leaks in the sinking ship that is the national debt which has gotten wildly out of control, a hot topic in this election is government spending and cuts. Unfortunately, many of the cuts are being swung towards programs that are meant to help our nation in the long run, i.e. Planned Parenthood, education, and programs like NASA.
This news
article is really important, because is highlights how vital programs like NASA
are to us. I believe that NASA has done
so very many good things to help us evolve as a society, and that reigniting
our passion for space exploration through any means necessary is essential to
the innovation and passion needed to make us once again the best country in the
world.
