What was the greatest invention of the last 100 years? Who cares you say. Well other then the age old question of which came first the chicken or the egg, this is important. As you put your ipod on and download todays music to listen to. You might want to think about the transister.

Why the transister? Well the transister lead to the micro chip. Without the microchip that ipod and your flat screen television would't be. The home computer you surf with would not be sitting in that cozy little corner. It would take up the whole basement with all the tubes in it.

So what , big deal. Why who cares? Well plans are being made to build a moonbase for trips to Mars. Just think of all the tech that we accept as everyday common house hold items that have come from the space program.

A calculator, your tom tom on the dash, navistar, the cell phone (lord help some people who loose their cell phone), lapyop computers. Its all thanks to the space program. Dish t.v., satelite radio. All come from the space program. What next will we come up with. The next wave of advancement in tech.

Its about time we went back into space. If not for the pure exploration of our own solar system but for the tech advancement that enhances our lives.