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Originally Posted by Allen Farlow
Kev, sorry, but I think the U.S. has already fallen behind and will fall even further behind, whether we keep pouring money into space exploration or not.
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There are several factors that affect "where" the USA stands as a world leader. One of them is free trade.
Americans invent stuff, then send it over seas to be made. But regardless of where its made, the USA is a world leader, and always will be. And why is that? Because we hate failures and we hate being in second place.
For hundreds of years the USA has pulled the greatest minds from the rest of the world. At one time england had a law saying that no professional could go to America.
We have some of the best college and universities in the world. People go there to learn, so they can go to work at places like NASA. That one organization has set a goal for generations of children.