This petition was inspired by Zack Kopplin's recent open letter: "President Obama, Please Call for a Second Giant Leap for Mankind." The full letter can be found here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zack-kopplin/science-funding-obama_b_25459...
Half a century ago, President John F. Kennedy set the goal for the United States to achieve the goal of putting a man on the moon within the decade. This goal and the push towards it created many new technologies, industries, and jobs.
We have many challenges to face in our generation, such as increasingly scarce resources, climate change, new strains of diseases, and even asteroids that may collide with Earth. President Obama, please call for a second giant leap and make scientific education, research, and funding a priority once again.