End Of Space Shuttle — Chris Freind has an interesting but sad column on the demise of our space program under President Obama.
He notes that we are in “the peculiar situation of having to rely on the very same folks who less than two decades ago were our archenemy — the Russians.”
He wonders how a parent could explain such a thing to his child.
“Dad, how do we get astronauts to the space station?”
“Well, uhhh… since we put all of our space ships into museums and don’t have any new ones, we now have to hitch a ride with the Russians. But there’s good news. They used to be our enemy, but now they’re run by the Mob.”
Check out his column here.