Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:54:09 -0500
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [WSFA] What do we expect of a space program?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Excerpt:
NASA represents a full 50% of the world\342\200\231s expenditures on space science &
exploration. What should we expect from it?

The first week in January, for many of us, heralds the beginning of a new
year, and our striving to live up to the goals we set for ourselves of
making this year an improvement on the last. But for astronomers and
astrophysicists, it brings with it our largest annual convention: the
American Astronomical Society\342\200\231s annual meeting. And with it comes our best
current answers (and new discoveries) on a number of important fronts,
ranging from our understanding of the Universe to how we explore it. John
M. Logsdon took on this big question\342\200\212\342\200\224\342\200\212of what a space program should
do\342\200\212\342\200\224\342\200\212in his talk at midday on Monday of this meeting.
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<https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/what-do-we-expect-of-a-space-program-e29da35bfe66>

Not much, given that a) it's at a historically low level of funding
(adjusted for inflation), and b) too many managers just don't care.

         mark