Do You Think the U.S. Needs a Strong Space Program?

In hopes of driving more community participation on Sachem Patch, we're starting a new "question of the day" feature every morning. We ask one question, you comment as much as possible.

With the U.S. having endured its last space shuttle launch two weeks ago until further notice, that raises a big question ... do you think the U.S. did the right thing? Does the U.S. need a big space program?