Man, I hate to be debbie downer and I get the benefit of science and space exploration but in a time like this with the unemployment rate over 8% and more importantly our educational system in the fucking dumps, does it make sense to spend $2.5 billion on this.
Awesome stuff, I just wish our priorities were with fixing the inequality and issues with our school system.
Space is the catalyst for education and growing the economy. The allure of space exploration drives the inquiring minds to be motivated enough to learn and grow up to be engineers and scientists. The mindset you get from seeing fantastic human achievement of landing on other planets lets the companies here further their technology because of the inspiration and thinking they got from the government landing on mars.
Look up Neil deGrasse Tyson on youtube. He has some very logical and inspirational speeches and interviews that explain how this 2.5billion would grow everything you would want to put the money into initially.
2003: 7/14 NJ ... 2006: 6/1 NJ, 6/3 NJ ... 2007: 8/5 IL ... 2008: 6/24 NY, 6/25 NY, 8/7 EV NJ ... 2009: 10/27 PA, 10/28 PA, 10/30 PA, 10/31 PA 2010: 5/20 NY, 5/21 NY ... 2011: 6/21 EV NY, 9/3 WI, 9/4 WI ... 2012: 9/2 PA, 9/22 GA ... 2013: 10/18 NY, 10/19 NY, 10/21 PA, 10/22 PA, 10/27 MD 2015: 9/23 NY, 9/26 NY ... 2016: 4/28 PA, 4/29 PA, 5/1 NY, 5/2 NY, 6/11 TN, 8/7 MA, 11/4 TOTD PA, 11/5 TOTD PA ... 2018: 8/10 WA 2022: 9/14 NJ ... 2024: 5/28 WA, 9/7 PA, 9/9 PA ---- http://imgur.com/a/nk0s7
Man, I hate to be debbie downer and I get the benefit of science and space exploration but in a time like this with the unemployment rate over 8% and more importantly our educational system in the fucking dumps, does it make sense to spend $2.5 billion on this.
Awesome stuff, I just wish our priorities were with fixing the inequality and issues with our school system.
People like you annoy me.
Oh... you have no problem using your iPhones with GPS technology and drinking your filtered water or using your cordless power drills... ignorant that all of that technology was made for the space program.
You brag about your scratch resistant glasses, enjoy a movie streamed on the internet and occasionally have a freeze-dried bowl of Rammen noodles for a snack... ignorant that THAT was all developed for the space program.
You use your LED flashlights, ear thermometers on your baby, fly in planes in the winter treated with anti-icing agents, drive on Radial tires, feed your baby enriched baby food, sleep on a memory foam bed and thrill as you watch athletes use their prothetic limbs... ignorant of how ALL of that and a lot more was designed for the space program.
But it doesn't bug you nearly as much that we've spent almost 1400 TIMES as much (1.3 TRILLION) on two pointless wars in the middle east or that we give 40 Billion in "subsidies" to the oil industry that turns billions in profits every year.
Or that American women spent more on Chap Stick last year.
No wonder girls all gave up wanting to be astronauts and instead want to grow up to be Kim Kardashian. :fp:
Very well said!
2003: 7/14 NJ ... 2006: 6/1 NJ, 6/3 NJ ... 2007: 8/5 IL ... 2008: 6/24 NY, 6/25 NY, 8/7 EV NJ ... 2009: 10/27 PA, 10/28 PA, 10/30 PA, 10/31 PA 2010: 5/20 NY, 5/21 NY ... 2011: 6/21 EV NY, 9/3 WI, 9/4 WI ... 2012: 9/2 PA, 9/22 GA ... 2013: 10/18 NY, 10/19 NY, 10/21 PA, 10/22 PA, 10/27 MD 2015: 9/23 NY, 9/26 NY ... 2016: 4/28 PA, 4/29 PA, 5/1 NY, 5/2 NY, 6/11 TN, 8/7 MA, 11/4 TOTD PA, 11/5 TOTD PA ... 2018: 8/10 WA 2022: 9/14 NJ ... 2024: 5/28 WA, 9/7 PA, 9/9 PA ---- http://imgur.com/a/nk0s7
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Space is the catalyst for education and growing the economy. The allure of space exploration drives the inquiring minds to be motivated enough to learn and grow up to be engineers and scientists. The mindset you get from seeing fantastic human achievement of landing on other planets lets the companies here further their technology because of the inspiration and thinking they got from the government landing on mars.
Look up Neil deGrasse Tyson on youtube. He has some very logical and inspirational speeches and interviews that explain how this 2.5billion would grow everything you would want to put the money into initially.
2010: 5/20 NY, 5/21 NY ... 2011: 6/21 EV NY, 9/3 WI, 9/4 WI ... 2012: 9/2 PA, 9/22 GA ... 2013: 10/18 NY, 10/19 NY, 10/21 PA, 10/22 PA, 10/27 MD
2015: 9/23 NY, 9/26 NY ... 2016: 4/28 PA, 4/29 PA, 5/1 NY, 5/2 NY, 6/11 TN, 8/7 MA, 11/4 TOTD PA, 11/5 TOTD PA ... 2018: 8/10 WA
2022: 9/14 NJ ... 2024: 5/28 WA, 9/7 PA, 9/9 PA ---- http://imgur.com/a/nk0s7
2010: 5/20 NY, 5/21 NY ... 2011: 6/21 EV NY, 9/3 WI, 9/4 WI ... 2012: 9/2 PA, 9/22 GA ... 2013: 10/18 NY, 10/19 NY, 10/21 PA, 10/22 PA, 10/27 MD
2015: 9/23 NY, 9/26 NY ... 2016: 4/28 PA, 4/29 PA, 5/1 NY, 5/2 NY, 6/11 TN, 8/7 MA, 11/4 TOTD PA, 11/5 TOTD PA ... 2018: 8/10 WA
2022: 9/14 NJ ... 2024: 5/28 WA, 9/7 PA, 9/9 PA ---- http://imgur.com/a/nk0s7
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