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'US
spends more on pizza than on space missions'
Thursday May 03, 2012 05:26:05 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: With the US
government cutting the budget for space missions, former NASA
astronaut Marsha S. Ivins Thursday said her country loved to spend
more on pizza than on space exploration.
"Decisions on space programmes are political. It is on the party
which is in power to decide on the budget of space missions --
whether to send out space missions or not," said Ivins, who has
been on five space missions.
The 61-year-old was here to interact with students.
"We don't spend a lot of money on space programmes. In US, we
spend more on pizzas every year than on our entire space
programme. The amount may sound large but if you compare it to the
spending in other sectors, it is relatively small," she said.
Ivins said future space missions should be aimed at the moon
because it takes three days to go there and it was easier to reach
Mars from the moon.
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