Let me repeat, there are always two sides to any story. This is good news for all you space enthusiasts and people who frequent this Space Report blog. It is like what President Obama said in his State of the Union speech: The people who think America is no longer a dominant global player are so wrong. The more I read and talk to people, the more I realize how true this is.
In other words, it is perception and the same can be said for all talk about the demise of NASA and space exploration. The dollars that NASA receives may have dwindled, but we all know that the companies or governments that spend the most money on any venture are not necessarily the ones who stand to profit the most.
Space is the final frontier and always will be for us humans on the beautiful planet Earth. Take the time to read and get an education on what is going in space and our efforts to learn more and you will be so surprised in how far we have come as a species.
Things that I felt other human beings would laugh at or ridicule are actually becoming accepted norms or are already so. It is just that I only found about it! But obviously, there are always going to be the ones that deride and get appalled at the money spent on the space program.
But then again, even the finest program or mission is going to have its share of detractors. Half of them like you and half do not. It is pretty much impossible to get everyone to sign off on a project without people disagreeing and probably never coming together.