Somebody has to do it, and it must be America (Score 1)

Well guys let's face it - there's a future in space science and US is the only country to have budget to support it and keep it open to others at the same time. It's the same story as the Internet. Funded by the Americans (the military sort), then folks at CERN in Geneva came up with WWW, and out of a sudden tens of thousands of people around the world can make their living from it.US can't become a bastion closed to the outside world, it will never pay off. The poor bastards in Afganistan are no good excuse for US to freak up, close up, and just arm up.