An article in Monday's (02/22/10) St. Petersburg Times Newspaper on page 12 A, section Nation & World read: Shuttle defies forecasters for on-time night landing. Endeavour and its six astronauts returned safely Sunday, making a rare night landing to end a mission that resulted in the virtual completion of the International Space Station (ISS). The two new compartments were supplied by the European Space Agency at a cost of more than $400 million. Their addition brought the 11-year-old station to 98 percent completion. The space station, a joint project involving 16 countries, has cost around $100 billion, mostly funded by the United States.
Does anyone realize what that $100 billion could do for other projects that are a really needed?
Like saving Social Security, Medicare or helping to feed & house more than 1 million U.S. homeless people. The ISS is merely a cash cow for the 16 countries that conduct experiments in weight lessness for any companies that want to experiment at $1 million a pop. With the more than 19,000 plus satellites roaming loose without control in troposhere, don't be surprised to read or hear one morning that the ISS was destroyed by one of these out of control satellites. What do we receive in return for that $100 billion investment if this were to happen?
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