Can you hear it?? Moans of anguish,anger,and pain..Those are the sounds from beyond of Gene Roddenberry,Arthur C.Clark and Ray Bradbury..
If you're wondering why they're pissed I'll tell you.
It's because due to budget cuts and complete lack of vision and commitment on behalf of the U.S. Government that NASA has announced that in the year 2016 the International Space Station will be crashed into the Pacific Ocean.First comes the retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet in 2010 with nothing in development to replace them,the remaining trips to be achieved on Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Forget the long held dreams of the first lunar colonies,supplying much needed mineral resource.Forget the concepts of using the ISS as a launch pad for the first inter planetary voyages to Mars and beyond.It has become far to important it seems to wage need less war on our brothers and sisters over twisted political ideologies based on nothing more than avarice and greed.Dominance and control over dwindling resources is now the norm.
What ever happened to the glorious dreams engendered by the first manned moon landing??
How many of you sat and watched Buzz Aldrin climb down that ladder and thought.My god,that's incredible!! How many of you wanted to stand where he stood??
Looking back at the Earth from an alien world.Thanks to the need for war and conquest,the American space program is as good as dead.
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