How Much is an Astronaut's Life Worth?

• Author: Eaton, Joel A.
• Position: Letters - Letter to the editor

Robert Zubrin's article about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("How Much Is an Astronaut's Life Worth?," February) describes perfectly an organization whose mission has become bureaucratic self-preservation. In this case, the death of a single astronaut, with the possibility it might end the whole wasteful program, has the potential value of the $4 billion per year that sustains NASA and guarantees its...