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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 5075450" data-attributes="member: 8863">A lot of the problems delves into politics, so we can't really get into depth here but to keep things simple, a lot of people think space is just a waste of money, and that money is better spent elsewhere.  Personally, I think that's short sighted and harmful to America over the long term. Sop the announcemtn is disappointing, but maybe Obama's just being realistic.  If it does help private companies develop spaceflight effectively, it may benefit us more in the long-term.  Right now these private companies are just doing space tourism which is ok for a start.  There's no place left on Earth to vacation for the rich to brag about, since they've all been everywhere, so letting them go up in space will give them something to show off.  That may help these private companies start making money to develop more useful long-term projects.  Plus they don't have to go on the shuttle, ISS or any other way they were getting into space and getting in the way of the astronauts who actually have work to do.</blockquote>