Originally Posted by
BlakNWyte
Something else to add is that I know at least Obama has talked of the importance of science and space exploration specifically, many times already.
Yeah, too bad he shafted NASA's "return to the moon" program which, if executed correctly, could bring about a never-ending source of clean energy.
The speaker talked about the percentage of budget that science gets but he only implied that it wasn't an adequate amount... hmm.
Well, what's adequate is largely a matter of opinion. I think it wouldn't hurt to take some money from US enormous defense budget (which vastly exceeds those of other countries anyway) and shift it to space exploration programs.