$78,000,000.00 of your money, smashed in the moon.

Actually, I've gotta say that this is a worthwhile use of taxpayer's dollars. Better to spend 156 million doing this kind of search than to send manned missions which cost much, much more.

At some point the human race is going to have to leave the earth behind us. And we're going to need to be orbiting some other star or stars in a relatively short amount of time if we wish to survive and carry on. Within 200 million years the earth isn't going to be habitable anymore. Our own sun will be too hot by that time and all the oceans will have boiled away leaving earth a hot, lifeless rock. If you can't have the foresight to see that space exploration is the only hope for the continued existence of our race, then perhaps you can understand that the gains made for the US economically from this research will trump the short-term gains that may have been made with what is, let's face it, a paltry sum of money in the grand scheme of things. More is spent repaving roads that don't need it in the US every DAY than was spent on this shot to find water to produce fuel on the moon.

They made the rocket out of money? That doesn't seem efficient. No wonder I couldn't see the explosion on tv.

I'm not sure I will ever understand modern conservatism's hatred of science and intelligence. 

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agentwhale007 wrote: I'm not sure I will ever understand modern conservatism's hatred of science and intelligence.

Excuse me sir, I have detected some stereotyping in your post.


Edited by ParielIsBack - 09 October 2009 at 1:05pm

NASA's budget is not as big as most people are led to believe.  In fact, it is about half a percent of the federal budget.  The things NASA and the subsidized contractors have and are doing for humanity are worth far more than half a percent.

I guess it ultimately comes down to what you think is valuable; I personally think knowledge is the most valuable thing one can have.


Edited by WGP guy2 - 09 October 2009 at 1:33pm

NASA did give us Tang and velcro after all.

agentwhale007 wrote: I'm not sure I will ever understand modern conservatism's hatred of science and intelligence.

Not to interrupt, but did I miss where FE blamed this on liberals or Obama? I think this was a general rant against, in his opinion, wasteful government spending. Which I will have to admit,  even with my general support of NASA, I find a little disturbing that we spent 79mil trying to figure out if there is water on the moon.

Edited by oldpbnoob - 09 October 2009 at 1:54pm

High Voltage wrote: oldpbnoob wrote: Not to interrupt, but did I miss where FE blamed this on liberals or Obama? I think this was a general rant against, in his opinion, wasteful government spending. Which I will have to admit,  even with my general support of NASA, I find a little disturbing that we spent 79mil trying to figure out if there is water on the moon. That he blames on the left all the time.

So now we are generalizing? Isn't that what you often blame him for? Irony is ironic! dang! missed NB4: I ws jst kding.

Edited by oldpbnoob - 09 October 2009 at 2:02pm

And I normally think guys that drive Firebirds are mullet wearing rednecks, but you seem ok. Aren't generalizations great?