I've always supported our efforts to increase our presence in outer space. Some decry it as a waste of taxpayer dollars, but I believe that investment in key science drivers like space exploration, high energy physics and biomedical research should be promoted for technological modernization. America has always been a leader in the sciences--we should not loose this distinction because of regressive social policies and austere economic policies.

Surely these are investments that are far more worthwhile then giving it to the banks so they can cover up their losses in derivatives and toxic mortgages.

Not a huge issue, per se, but of some concern simply because of the amount of money that the government pours into NASA every year. If we aren't going into space, what exactly are they doing with that money? Especially now that it's been proven that you can get to space significantly cheaper than NASA can do it. With that, and the Chinese entering the space race, NASA's going to have to do something to justify it's continued existence.