Daily Kos: State of the Nation

This is not a site I normally go to, but I thought the article was interesting and the comparison is just another example of the missed opportunities of the Bush years.



Daily Kos: State of the Nation: "On the rest, suffice it to say for now that if NASA is to pursue deep manned spaceflight, still put up and maintain the dazzling interplanetary orbiters and rovers we’ve almost come to take for granted, get every last possible flight out of the space shuttle, maintain the ISS, and on top of all that design, build, and test a new generation of the most advanced, powerful rockets ever flown, they’re underfunded (And that’s saying it mildly). Just for comparison: we spent enough on the AIG bailout alone to fund NASA’s entire budget for almost a decade. Anyone think AIG is going to produce ten times the value of NASA?"