Obama and Space

[chris_gerrib]

To say that I frequently disagree with Rand Simberg, the proprietor of Transterrestrial Musings, is the understatement of the week. However, he does make some good points, including this (highly over-snarked) piece today about Obama's lack of a real space policyI think Obama's space policy boils down to "spending tons of money to fly the shuttle

Comments

[jetfx]

The only thing I would disagree with you on, is moving priority three to first place. Without significantly reducing launch costs, manned space travel isn't really worth it. Robots can do the same thing at a fraction of the cost and risk.

[chris_gerrib]

Well, if the really long-term goal is to colonize space (which I think it should be) robots, by definition, can't do all we want to in space.