I think this is overly dramatic. We didn't cut the space program, we cut the shuttle program. For now, I say good. The economic environment of this country has really sucked for about four years now. It's expensive to send people into space. Space is a miserable, unforgiving slut of never-ending proportions. Let's just focus our attention on sending unmanned vessels into the vastness. Vessels that can do anything a manned shuttle can do and more. A satellite can go further and is more resistant to the extreme conditions of outer space. All for a fraction of the cost.
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