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Originally Posted by mikester
Can you imagine the United States of America without a premier space program? This 'depression' is causing us to have to make tough choices - taking away the dreams of a generation is not a choice I would want to make. The space program is essential to our continued innovation - we have gained too much - alternative energy has gained two much (uh, Hydrogen fuel cells?) for us to allow this program to be cast away.
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The space programs are still intact, and will get the funding that went to the shuttle and Constellation (well, except for the billions going into shutting the program down...). The funding will get redirected to their satellite programs, their science programs, and their education programs. Also, a massive amount of NASA money goes to grants for researches and astronomers across the country working at various labs and universities, all of that funding should be intact.