Joyce McMillan in the Scotsman on “perhaps the most formidable incumbent politician in Britain, one who had defied the odds to win a stunning electoral victory, largely by offering an optimistic world-view that no other party could match.” (tags: ukpoliticsscotland )
Obviously, I believe NASA is worth the money. But it’s such a lot of money that it’s difficult to explain briefly why it’s worth it. Here’s what I think: investing in NASA makes us smarter, improves our lives, and increases our capability to overcome technological challenges. Even more important, though, are the intangible benefits of pride, respect from other nations, respect for our place in the universe, and hope for a future in which we can accomplish even greater things. In this post I’m going to explain why I think these things. This will be an unusually U.S.-centric post for me, but many of the ideas in it apply to other spacefaring nations. (tags: space )
