U.S. budget deficit shrinks by over $200 billion, reaches 4-year low

A hate crime against haters. The cycle continues. Meanwhile, I am afraid that we are entering a new kind of civil war in this country.
(Every time I walk by the FRC building I have to stifle myself.)

As we await the launch of Discovery, I can’t help but wonder: what is the point of the shuttle program? Does it contribute anything, really, to space exploration? To scientific discovery? It’s an orbiter  [more...]