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Old 02-05-2010, 02:56 PM   #19
steevyjeors

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It's about time the Russians or Chinese chipped in to help. They have probably more to lose than we do.
What the hell was that supposed to mean?

More to lose? Kind of a vague reference there ZM.

BTW, in response to your "why do we have to spend" original statement, I agree with Monkey. There are a LOT of products that got their start through the exploration, or PREPARATION for exploration of space.

If you do not spend money on research and exploration, you get stuck in a developmental rut, you do not find NEW ways to do anything, because there is no driving need. If you do not develop anything new, you do not progress.

Things that would help in space exploration, like better energy production and storage, superconductors and other things, would also help us here on earth. All that should be pushed for is more coordination between different research organizations. Unfortunately that usually ends up either with Coke getting a new can design or some place like Iran getting Nuclear capabilities instead of people just working together to help humanity at large.....

Anyway, point being, the money saved from something like that is miniscule compared to the cash wasted on unnecessary administration of too many portions of our lives. A scaling back of certain other expendatures could do more for the deficit than the outright elimination of NASA, and we would not see any significant change for us.

Problem is, it is hard to kick out the rule makers. It is hard to fire the boss.
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