Well, that wasn't made clear by that (admittedly biased) opinion piece, just that he seemed to disapprove of space exploration in general until all problems on the home front are fixed--which will never happen. Lileks had some good points, though--there are a lot of "superfluous" programs that persist despite problems elsewhere that could use the money.


Good question--space travel is too expensive for all but the richest private companies to afford..