Charles Elachi: The story of the Mars Rovers

He says why do we explore, why do we do this.....He completely forgot that it is the people of the USA that pay NASA employees to explore for them. NASA has been starting to be secretive and along the way they consider themselves an organisation that decides for itself what information will be made public and has the suggestion that they have no responsibility towards the common people who are just as interested and enthousistic as the scientist themselves about space and everything in it.

I wish he told something about the "hidden" part of JPL., something about the 'spirit' they get their inspiration from.

amazing!

Inspiring!

incredible!

incredible!

Hey HigherPlanes how is NASA supposed to eliminate poverty in the world? They aren't a financial institution and they barely have enough money to keep their own programs running. Maybe they should slash the military budget of the US since it's 35 times greater than NASAs.

Jay Leno, who I find entertaining most of the time, have told several jokes that go like "Scientists today discover that men like sex (or something that sounds obvious or trivial). Why don't they find a cure for cancer instead?" Jay seems to be implying that everyone should find a cure for cancer. If we all do one thing, then humanity wouldn't survive. The reason we study the universe, or the depths of the oceans, it gives meaning to our lives. It what makes life worth living.

Who cares about poverty?

BTW that last post was directed to "And1Calvin". Also the process i was explaining is called Rayleigh scattering.