Bad Science
Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
For many years, I have read and agreed with Bob Park’s view on space science, i.e., that we should end manned space programs and spend our money on satellites, probes, etc. Here’s a recent rant from Bob (professor emeritus of physics at U MD):
In discussing NASA’s future on Tuesday, the NY Times was mesmerized by the “gap” between the end of the shuttle and the launch of a new bus to transport astronauts. Forget the damn gap. The 21st Century will be focused on planets around other suns, and on the bad news about what’s happening to our own planet. Astronauts can’t go to other stars, but we can build better telescopes and get a better look at them. Astronauts will be no help either in studying our own Sun and our own planet, Earth. We need to finish what we set out to do a decade ago, but were stopped from doing by the Bush administration: launch an updated Deep Space Climate Observatory. There is still time, but we urgently need to get started.
Bottom Line: We need more cost-benefit and less political “hope” in science programs. (That goes for spending directed at the drug war, abortion, particular congressional districts, stuff the private sector can fund, etc.)
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