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Originally Posted by Excaliber
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One way to use the money saved from NASA would be to fund education for more engineers, something the USA is seriously lagging behind in. It's no accident India is often "tech support" for so many USA companies, it's not just cheap labor, it's the HUGE number of engineers they are cranking out as opposed to the USA. The wave of the future is not space, it's getting serious about education!
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Well corporate America knows that it can get about 5 engineers from India, China or Russia for the cost of 1 American engineer. Those countries are cranking out college educated people and taking advantage of the price difference.
One of my former coworkers, who has a Phd in Physics wanted his kids to get into science or engineering for college. They had no interest. They just did business school and are off to get their MBAs now. Why would a college student today even consider science or engineering when they think those jobs are just going overseas anyway? That is the perception these young people have.
Do you think the college educated folks in India, China and Russia are making enough money there to buy American sized homes in American style suburbs with multiple cars and long commutes? I don't think so. I'm sure they don't have the bills we have to pay. To compete, will the college educated American middle class have to downsize to miniature homes and commute on motor scooters or bicycles to work? I bet Al Gore would prefer we did that anyway.