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Originally posted by Ziroc:
Uh, economic crisis? Our Economy is actually better and GETTING better every day now (some figures are the highest in 20 years).. Personally, I think it's about time they give Nasa better funding.. And everyone bitching about how it costs too much need to remember, we make MOVIES that cost 100-300 Million a pop, and we DO pay for those, so I think giving Nasa this money, and each of us skip going to one Movie at a theater, and we should be just fine. We need a VISION for space. Currently, we/nasa has none. Going into low earth orbit isn't a 'vision' IMO. We need to get out there, and explore.
Just my 2 cents....
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Every news report I've heard had reported the US being in some sort of echonomic trouble, and that now is the wrong time to be launching such an ambicious project.
I agree totally about what you are saying about space exploration, i think we as a people need to explore space, at least we will eventually so it might be good to start now.
Also the research done in projects such as this have other benifits here on Earth. (e.g. teflon etc)