It has resorted to fallback plans, and to fallbacks to the fallbacks.” Future plans included a mission to bring an asteroid into the moon’s orbit, not only to study the asteroid itself but to develop the technology to redirect objects that might threaten impacts with Earth.īut with the plug being pulled on NASA, these projects may just have to cease in the years to come, and we will have millions of dollars worth of technology “lost in space.” As explained by the Washington Post, “NASA currently lacks the money and the technology to do what it has long dreamed of doing, which is to send astronauts to Mars and bring them safely back to Earth. NASA is also responsible for the monitoring of global climate change and has a number of ongoing projects involving satellites launched into the solar system including Voyager, Pioneer, Mariner, Cassini, Dawn, and Magellan the Curiosity Mars rover the Spitzer Space Telescope and add the Hubble Telescope to that long list and you have a $17.6 billion agency employing nearly 18,000 workers-a surprisingly small number considering the enormity of NASA’s projects. From the algorithm of the Google search engine to the research and development of pharmaceuticals, the US Government funds nearly 60% of all research. There is a constant buzz in the capitalist media about the supposed “genius” of individuals like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, but a recent book by Mariana Mazzucato, The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs Private Sector Myths, argues that state agencies and public funding have played the central role in the latest technological innovations. The memory foam mattress you sleep on, the cordless vacuum you clean with, the running shoes you exercise with, the scratch-resistant eyeglasses you read with, the satellite television you watch the game on, the bathing suit you swim in, and so much more, are spin-off technologies of state-funded NASA programs-not the result of individuals tinkering in a basement. So pervasive is this idea that even an article on the NASA website highlighting the benefits of the space program quotes Eisenhower’s lament in his farewell address: “the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields.” The American mythology speaks of all technological innovation as having come from the toil of a solitary inventor. This not only threatens future projects, but also the continuation of existing projects. Without competition in this field from the now-defunct USSR, and in this age of capitalist austerity and decline, more than $1 billion has been cut from the NASA budget in recent years. Since the last Apollo mission in 1973, funding for NASA has continually declined from 1.35% to less than 0.6% of the federal budget. But the recent explosion of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket on October 28, and the explosion of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo just a few days later seem to highlight the primary obstacle in the way of humanity’s development today: the private ownership of the means of production. Flight, and later space travel, were viewed as an indication of humanity’s progress and ability to overcome even the most enormous of obstacles, in this case, the Earth’s gravitational pull. Just 56 years later, in April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, when Vostok 1 made a successful orbit of the Earth. ![]() Condition: Please examine pictures and make your own determination of condition.On June 23, 1905, Orville Wright became the first person to successfully fly a powered aircraft. ![]() Please check out my other comic book listings as I will be selling my entire comic collection over the next several months due to loss of employment. NOTE - For international buyers outside of the United States, there is a glitch in system that will not allow me to combine shipping for more than 1 of my auctions - I am sorry about that. I will not ship comics media mail due to postal regulations. I ship via USPS Priority Mail (flat-rate envelope for up to 12 comics at $7.50) and medium flat-rate box (for between 13-50 comics at $15.00) to the United States. I will combine shipping for multiple auction winners to the United States - see rates below. All comic books will be bagged/boarded and well protected for shipment. while some are in great shape, so please study the pics provided. Just a general note about my listings - Due to the age of some of these comics, some are in better condition than others in regards to flaws like creases, spine ticks, etc. 1 - 1977 series) 41 - Sub-Mariner Had Saved Atlantis From Its Destiny? Grading and opinions on condition can be subjective so please examine all of the pictures and make your own judgement on item(s) condition prior to bidding. ![]() Up for bids is the following Marvel bronze age comic book from 1983. Item: 133859783001 Marvel What If Sub-Mariner Had Saved Atlantis From Its Destiny? #41 comic 1983.
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