Space Fans Yelling In A Sound Proof Room

Keith’s Rant #3: It is getting tiresome watching space fans sit in their sound proof rooms writing about space fantasies on social media and op eds in niche publications. These folks seem to be bereft of any understanding of what is going on in the real world – here in the U.S. or elsewhere – or care that budgets are being slashed. And no one can stop the cutting. They scramble to get random leftover scraps rather than push back. No reason is given for the cuts. The current meme right now is simply to cut. No strategic plan is in place to guide the cuts or show a path to be followed after the cuts have been made. This whole thing is a turbine that serves only to feed on its own exhaust. Unless a cogent plan is in place – one that is relevant to the 99.99% of the folks who actually pay for all the space stuff – this whole party will collapse in on itself (again) in 3.5 years.