Empty Low Earth orbit

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by Jules76

Wow you could easily be mistaken for thinking you just walked into a funeral judging by the vibe in this thread. A lot can happen in 8+ years this isn't the end of space exploration.

The US is standing on the edge of a cliff and if they're not careful, they'll go over the edge. They're in trouble and don't expect NASA to survive this unscathed. Continuing space exploration will be the least of their concerns if they collapse into a heap.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by renormalised

The US is standing on the edge of a cliff and if they're not careful, they'll go over the edge. They're in trouble and don't expect NASA to survive this unscathed. Continuing space exploration will be the least of their concerns if they collapse into a heap.

ESA hopefully keeps going.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

ESA hopefully keeps going.

Hopefully, but the EU are in trouble as well. I think they'll be the West's shining star in space for some conceivable time.