Global Space Spending Drops For First Time Since 1985

The notion of “prioritizing” research is thought to have the potential to stifle intellectual discussions and debates and create “acceptable science.”

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
People look at the Long March II-F rocket carrying the China's first space station module Tiangong-1 into orbit at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province. The Tiangong-1 space station module is built to serve as a rendezvous and docking platform for China's space program. (AP Photo)

Euroconsult, a Paris-based consulting group, recently released its annual report stating that global budgets for space programs dropped by $800 million in 2012, the first drop in space spending in 17 years. The drop is attributed to deep cuts in the U.S. civil- and defense-related space projects and a failure of other nations to meet the

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