Space program

sandman replied

773 weeks ago

Curious how you guys feel about your great leader canceling our space program.

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Littletaru Senkei Members replied

773 weeks ago

italic text… <I don't know how to answer that question> Who is the "great leader" of which you speak?

Kirisawa Senkei Full Events Access replied

773 weeks ago

I'm not in the know as to exactly what's going on… but my immediate reaction is two-fold:
1) That sucks, because science is awesome
2) That makes sense; we have enough problems to deal with here on earth

Xionis Senkei Full Events Access replied

773 weeks ago

Lots of costs for no return? Sounds like a good thing to cut during economic hard times.

Dabub replied

773 weeks ago

could be worse, our great leader is trying to cancel our defence

that's right, pretty soon we'll be open to rapings worldwide! hmmm

Aiya Senkei Full Events Access replied

773 weeks ago

I'm against cutting spending for scientific research but it does make sense; we owe a fuck-ton of money and we should be trying to pay that off. Unfortunately, they aren't paying it off, either so I'm more upset they're cutting spending AND still spending it.

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Xtinae Admin replied

773 weeks ago

man, cutting funding sucks… if only they could get more people living in the US to pay taxes…say…oh i dunno…the kids paying inflated tuition's and then not allowed to legally work?

and i quote…."I can see Russia from my house!"

Tits.

Kirisawa Senkei Full Events Access replied

773 weeks ago

I guess that's what it comes down to in my mind:
Is it cool? Sure.
Is it potentially useful? Maybe, but not immediately.
Should it be funded by federal taxes? No.

I have the same reaction to the Tevatron being shut down.
Is smashing atoms together cool? Definitely!
Is it potentially useful? Maybe?
Should it be funded by federal taxes? Probably not.

*flees before the flames*

Xtinae Admin replied

773 weeks ago

heh, i actually agree with kiri…someone check the temp in hell.

At the end of the day, the ROI on these things are impossible to know, its just one of those "I guess it look like a good idea" things for the country to invest in.

*shrugs*

Tits.

Zefyr Admin replied

773 weeks ago

Plus, commercial space travel becomes more viable every day. Cutting funding to NASA will end up slowing that down some because a lot of the research being done is actually paid by grants from the govt., but we'll get there eventually and I'm glad that the future of space travel in the US is no longer married to govt. funding.

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