The Future of NASA

The New York Times picked up on a story that has the employees of NASA shaking their heads. The Bush administration has changed the wording of NASA's mission statement so that the focus of the organization is on space exploration and not the protection and understanding of our home planet.

To me, this is similar to what has historically gone on with the war on drugs. It is better PR for the government to focus on large and attention grabbing events, such as large drug busts or moon landings, then to address deep and complicated problems.

Check out the Times article:
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