emil (11/04/82)
I pose the following questions:
1. What percentage of NASA's budget is being consumed by the space shuttle?
2. Should NASA relinquish control of the space shuttle to the Defense Dept
and/or private industry?
3. What exactly does NASA plan to do with a space station?
4. Do we need a space station or just more robotic satellites?
5. What plans does NASA have for planetary exploration in the rest of this
century?
6. Has NASA been so preoccupied with the shuttle to the exclusion of all
else?
7. Is NASA's problem one of publicity?
(the major networks seemed to have gotten bored with the shuttle in
just three flights.)
8. Are NASA's problems due to the present government or are they symptoms
of NASA's loss of vision in the mid-70's?
Most of these questions are not my own, but I would like to find out if
others have strong opinions on these matters.
In essence what I am posing is the question
HAS NASA TRADED SPACE SCIENCE FOR THE SPACE SHUTTLE?
Emil Rainero
(emil)