NASA's Moon Program Cut!
You know that it is indeed a Great Recession when NASA's Moon program -- once the hallmark of America's idealism -- is cut. Budget Director Peter Orszag explains why some NASA spending got the axe in the new budget. NASA's Constellation Program, which had sought to send American astronauts back to the moon by 2020, is one of the more startling casualties in President Obama's $3.83 trillion budget for fiscal year 2011.
Aside from the scientific data gained from such game-changing missions, NASA's Moon program has greatly benefited society as a whole. The Hubble Space Telescope, for example, one of the consequences of the space program, has as one of its technological spin offs, the Charge Coupled Device (CCD) chips which digital image breast biopsies. Another NASA spinoff that has benefited many is its water purification technology.
With the latest budget cuts, who knows what other innovations we might miss out on in the future?
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Not to mention the sense of wonder and optimism that the program inspired. Landing on the Moon was a hallmark event for an entire generation, inspiring the imaginations of children and adults worldwide. That inspiration has no doubt made other innovations possible, that bear no direct relation to the Moon or even NASA. Just the idea that something so apparently distant and unattainable could be touched was no doubt enough to give all sorts of people the confidence to pursue seemingly impossible tasks.
In 2000 I was paid by the State of Ohio to make a film attempting to prove Apollo 11 was real.
I was able to interview Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan, Karl Sendler, Guenter Wendt, Raplh Rene, ..look at moon rocks, send a giant laser to bounce off the reflector...
Posted the whole thing on YOUTUBE. The Documentary film premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
here is link
http://www.youtube.com/user/Realitysurfer#p/u/2/gM3Mt1Vym3g
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