Thanks for the correction: it’s Atlantis’ last flight… but I still stand by my rant 😉

I particularly get irritated by ignorant people who prattle away about how expensive NASA is. Even translating for inflation, all 50 years of the space program barely compares to the amount spent on the U.S. military in a *single* year (2010). For 2011, NASA will be allocated between $3.4 and $8.5 billion; for the same year, the Department of Defense will spend $721 billion. To me, that actually goes beyond disturbing, and borders on disgusting…