Link Space Deficit Spending – – programs cause huge deficit spending Hsu 9 (Feng, Ph.D. and Senior Fellow Aerospace Technology Working Group, and Ken Cox, Ph.D. and – Founder & Director Aerospace Technology Working Group, Space Exploration and Space – “Sustainable Development - A Unified Strategic Vision”, 2-20, http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=30702) There are limited financial resources from the U.S. government, which is now struggling with unprecedented high budget deficit and costly ongoing wars. So it is nearly is confronted with extremely irresponsible to impose on the nation an Apollo-like, huge spending lunar-based space and its people exploration program. There is neither significant (or short-term) science value nor space exploration and operation value in revisiting an Given today's decimated American economic earth-orbit destination that was explored by mankind four decades ago. condition, we must adapt a space exploration and space development strategy concurrent and comprehensive that is not only affordable but can be mutually supported.
Link – Space – Deficit Spending programs cause huge deficit spending Hsu 9 (Feng, Ph.D. and Senior Fellow – Aerospace Technology Working Group, and Ken Cox, Ph.D. and Founder & Director – Aerospace Technology Working Group, “Sustainable Space Exploration and Space Development - A Unified Strategic Vision”, 2-20, http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=30702) There are limited financial resources from the U.S. government, which is now struggling with unprecedented high budget deficit and is confronted with extremely costly ongoing wars. So it is nearly irresponsible to impose on the nation and its people an Apollo-like, huge spending lunar-based space exploration program. There is neither significant (or short-term) science value nor space exploration and operation value in revisiting an earth-orbit destination that was explored by mankind four decades ago. Given today's decimated American economic condition, we must adapt a concurrent and comprehensive space exploration and space development strategy that is not only affordable but can be mutually supported.
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