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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
Sure. Russia still uses the US space rockets to reach the orbit ;) What do you smoke, dude?  |
NASA has nothing to do with the US military outside of NASA rockets are usually used to launch military satellites into orbit. The fact that the US doesn't have a current manned space flight has nothing to do with military and everything to do with gearing up for the future.
NASA is currently working on our next manned system, hell my Aunt works on it. However the US govt & NASA has also been helping fund commercial space flight with-in the private sector.
While yes it's true we retired the Shuttle before it's replacement was ready, our space program will however come out very far ahead in the near future, as manned missions to other planets will be the next forefront and that's what NASA is gearing up for.
You can only learn and gain so much by orbiting the planet in a space station. You have to go to other planets or other orbiting bodies to make further progress at this point. We can still send satellites into space on a routine schedule and hell even the air force has it's little projects like unmanned drones in space. Our space program is very much alive and doing well, we just have a different focus and are working on it's expansion to other planets.