Neil Armstrong: Obama is hurting the space effort

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Originally Posted by hi_im_god

i'm not surprised that our astronaut corps supports human space flight.

i'm curious what benefit you see from spending billions to keep a human (as opposed to robotic) presence in space? why should we do this?

as much as you post here about government boondoggles, what do you see being accomplished on the space station? so far as i know, the only "science" is a study of the effect long term exposure to zero gravity has on humans.

we don't need humans in space. robotic probes do the same jobs better and cheaper.

i am No big space adventure fan But you would be surprised to see the list of things that are now in common use that have been developed by NASA and/or the military. fabrics, chemicals, food process, etc.