Noteworthy Quote: Send the International Space Station to a Watery Grave?

"NASA has an important role to play in advancing our nation’s interests in space, but it needs reform. The place to start is by ending U.S. support for the international space station, which at $100 billion holds the Guinness World Record for “most expensive man-made object.” Instead, Congress should direct the agency’s funding toward something more productive."

- Statement by retiring Senator Tom Coburn in a Wall Street Journal editorial titled "NASA is Lost in Space."  In the same piece, the Senator has a other ideas for NASA, noting "What if NASA were directed to focus solely on getting Americans back to the moon, or developing a plan for humans to reach Mars? The resulting innovation would be tremendous for the nation, the aerospace industry and educational opportunities."

Image Credit:  NASA