The consequences of these unprecedented reductions would be to cripple the ability of NASA's science enterprise . . . precisely the opposite of what this country needs to remain competitive.

Right now, given the budget they've got for the next five years, it seems to me it's Apollo on food stamps.

Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.

Then it would give us the ability to give (enterprise zone status) to somebody else

This could really cripple it,

This is more of a political problem than a science problem right now. Without the ability to develop grassroots voices and pressures to put on public health leaders, we continue to see lung cancer as the most lethal of all cancers.