Students Speak Out: Should the United Space continue to fund space exploration From: The Washington Post | Date: November 3, 1988 | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Considering the recent success of the space shuttle Discovery, what is your opinion of the United States' continued role in the exploration of outer space?

Despite the recent successes of the shuttle Discovery, I feel we need a short moratorium on space exploration to divert national funds for human needs within our nation. We need to develop programs for non-academic adolescents who lack job skills.

One way to initiate such a program would be to have an optional fifth year of...

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