Changing Role for Engineers
In response to “A Rude Shock for Engineers of Dreams,” By James F. Glass, Commentary, Nov. 9:
I share Glass’ concern for the space program and the engineers who made it successful, but disagree with his implication of environmental and social activism as the cause of the decline he describes.
Glass seems to forget that social liberals have had virtually no voice in government for the past 12 years. They have competed for government dollars on much the same footing as the space program, and all have contended jointly with a philosophy that says no endeavor is worthy of government support if it can’t succeed on its own commercially.
This philosophy and the policy it spawns, not environmentalism, are to blame for the impoverishment of not only science but art and education as well. Hello, Ninja Turtles--goodby NASA.
MARGARET ECHEVARRIA
El Segundo
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