August 3, 2011
SouthAmerica: Reply to Max E. Pad
That it was then when the United States was trying to beat the Soviet Union in a race into the space age:
JFK - âWe choose to go to the Moon...
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NASA
It is sad to see NASA, one of the symbols of United States leadership in space exploration to be in such a decline - NASA represented and was a showcase for the best in America innovation and technology.
With the last space shuttle flight, the United States is losing both its ability to fly people into space, and a major American symbol of prowess.
The last space shuttle flight arrived on Thursday, July 21, 2011, closing another era in the nation's space program. After the shuttle fleet's retirement when NASA astronauts need to go to the International Space Station (ISS) they will have to fly there on Russian Soyuz capsules, which Moscow charges over US$ 50 million per seat.
The old symbols of American capitalism have been dying one after another: General Motors, Chrysler, Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, and now the latest sign of US decline, a last nail in the coffin of American prestige and leadership, NASA, the symbol of US space exploration is laying off about 7,000 employees, and at the same time placing the United States in a very humiliating position in having to depend on the Russians for a ride to the US space station from now on.
Source: My last article published August 1, 2011
PS: I am sure that John Kennedy would be surprised to find out that 50 years later the United States would be in a very humiliating position in having to depend on the Russians for a ride to the US space station from now on.
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