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In response to "You're using a 1990s Bruce Willis / Ben Affleck movie as your basis for government spending." by ty97

I'm just saying that there are many reasons why we need to have an active space program and some of them are inevitabilities -- nm

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Apr 14 '10, 08:52

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No one is cutting NASA. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 08:53 6
- But they are dropping our ability to get into orbit independently for the next X years (maybe 10?). That's a major problem -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 08:55 5
  - Thing is, even if funding for Constellation wasn't cut. Since Constellation was behind schedule, nothing is different in those 10 years. - musubi Apr 14, 08:59
  - To get people into orbit. There are all sorts of launches in the US to get satellites and other payloads into orbit -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 08:58
  - I'm wondering what percentage of Americans would rate that as a bigger problem than unemployment, healthcare and gas prices. - Jim Apr 14, 08:58 1
    - No one is saying it is a bigger problem. The government can multitask (supposedly) and in those terms, I've got a ton of other programs we should cut - oblique Apr 14, 08:59
  - Yeah, guess they realized there's more important things than mice screwing in zero-gravity. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 08:56

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