The President forgot to mention the Moon, Mars, and the federal deficit - all of which are sky-high.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's disappointing that President Obama - who ran for office in 2008 saying he was going to be a fiscally responsible president - has caused the largest deficits and the largest debt in American history.
Sadly, the President's budget proposal for the upcoming year once again puts cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans over addressing our country's severe fiscal problems.
Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.
When Mr. Obama entered office, he said all the right things about getting Washington spending under control. He even promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. Obviously, that didn't happen.
Trillions of dollars in out-of-control entitlement spending cannot be remedied by cuts in NASA, or even in the entire discretionary budget, defense included. Rather, the financial bleeding needs to be staunched where the hole is and nowhere else.
The U.S. federal government may be going broke, but it's not because of NASA.
The way I see it, what is going to come out of the moon activities is a respect for U.S. leadership.
Now we are flying off into outer space, there is no clear curb on what can be done in the name of the economy.
Let's face it, the Obama administration was handed a pretty poor deal from the previous administration.
Many of us in Congress have been calling on the Administration to articulate a bold mission for NASA. It seems that the President is answering that call. I wholeheartedly support his vision for going back to the moon, and from there to worlds beyond.