Is Space Exploration Worth Funding?
12 March 2009: Questions Of the Day: Is America’s Space Program Worth the Money?, ABC News
There was a close call in space today. Space junk nearly hit the International Space Station forcing the astronauts to race to the Soyuz escape rocket until the danger passed. Space exploration is the subject of todays question: Given the tough economic times, given the ballooning deficits, is the nations space program still worth the money? NASAs budget is close to $20 billion.
