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I think the source is irrelevant here
TheSheepLookUp — (archived)

History has shown that most politicians do not understand space science and
do not care about it unless it makes them look good. Most of these people are
trained to be lawyers, not scientists.

And no, I don't think scientists would make better leaders. I've seen way too
much infighting and backstabbing in the academic world to be that nieve. I just
wish the politicians would expand their horizons just a bit now and then. But
that's silly, of course, because their Number One Goal is staying in their jobs.

Of course the problem is not just in the USA. Look at UK PM Tony Blair practically
crow his ignorance of science when interviewed about the Huygens landing on
Titan in early 2005. It's a global epidemic among the politicians.

Maybe private space industry will get us out there. But space has to make
a profit first, doesn't it? Or maybe some radical groups will be the first ones
to venture into the galaxy. Either way, even if NASA sticks to their timeline
of a lunar base by 2024, humans won't be on Mars until the 2050s or even
later. Unless somebody else breaks the mold.

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