This story shows how far America has fallen from its space-age dreams. A brilliant NASA engineer who helped us explore Mars has now turned his talents to making marijuana joints faster and cheaper. Nohtal Partansky once worked on cutting-edge technology that could produce oxygen on the red planet.
Now he runs Sorting Robotics, a company that builds machines to roll cannabis joints and fill drug cartridges. His robots work for major marijuana companies like Stiiizy and Tilray across the country. These are the same skills that could have kept America leading in space exploration.
Instead of reaching for the stars, Partansky chose to automate an industry that destroys communities and harms families. His engineering background from NASA’s Mars rover project now serves companies pushing drugs on Americans. The precision once used for space missions now measures THC doses.
Partansky started his company making card-sorting robots before switching to cannabis automation. He saw dollar signs in the growing marijuana industry and abandoned meaningful work. His robots now handle pre-roll production and packaging for an industry that targets our youth.
The engineer brags about serving big cannabis companies and getting ready for Big Tobacco to enter the market. This means more corporate giants will soon flood America with automated drug production. Our brightest minds are being wasted on making addiction more efficient.
Parents should be outraged that NASA-trained talent now serves the drug trade. This engineer could be developing technology to return Americans to the moon or explore deeper into space. Instead he builds machines that make it easier to get high.
America needs engineers focused on solving real problems, not making drugs cheaper to produce. We have crumbling infrastructure, energy challenges, and space programs that need brilliant minds. Cannabis robots are not the innovation our nation needs.
This story perfectly shows what happens when we normalize marijuana use across the country. Our best and brightest abandon important work to chase profits in the drug business. America deserves better from our NASA-trained engineers.