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To: John McCarthy who wrote (107786)	2/2/2010 10:45:33 PM
From: John Metcalf	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

"restarts production of plutonium-238 with the U.S. Department of Energy for future deep space missions" WTF? Are there rogue nations in deep space?

To: John McCarthy who wrote (107786)	2/3/2010 12:53:51 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 116555

Moving on to planetary science, Weiler said Obama’s budget plan includes additional money for the identification and cataloging of asteroids and comets that could threaten Earth; Long overdue!! But I would have liked to see more money spent on advancing space-based power and cheap payload launch concepts (railgun launchers.. etc). Some people consider NASA spending to be a waste and I can see their perspective up to a point. But space exploration is important for it's psychological impact as well. It's a vision of humanity not being stuck on this planet. It's science fiction becoming science fact. It's providing the human race a better perspective of our place in this universe of ours. And lastly, there are tremendous technological challenges that, when overcome, will provide economic benefits to all of society. Hawk