I am no particular fan of NASA, but I do believe in government support of space exploration, and NASA is the only space exploration we've got right now. So I'm particularly upset -- though not terribly surprised -- that out-of-control congressional spending on earmarks might be threatening some of NASA's projects:
The price tag for politicians' "pork" has grown so large that NASA may have to delay the new spaceships and rockets needed to replace the space shuttles, to be retired in 2010.
Instead, NASA will pay for:
