Re: Stunning -- the US at its best
you make a good point about the Russians beating the USA into space... that was COMPETITION, which drove the space race!
So when the gummint behaves like CAPITALISTS, i.e. investing in R&D and new tech to COMPETE and succeed through INNOVATION, then it works! THAT is they way things OUTGHT to be, ya know?
But under normal circumstances, gummint is like a black hole into which money is thrown, and more demanded.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
