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Originally posted by trekkor
My comment about problems near the lauch pad shows that the public who are homeless or sick ( physically or mentally ) are left to fend for themselves while the "super-rich, smarties" do space shots.
Their life of trusting the leaders must be a real disappointment.
Rockets are sorta cool. I just don't see them fixing anything.
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There is definitely an argument to be made that there are better things to spend taxpayer's money on than the space program, but do you 1. understand how little of the government's budget is actually spent on space-related programs and 2. understand how many benefits have come out these programs? It's not a total loss.
"Super-rich smarties doing space shots". I worked on the space program from 1989 until about 2000 or so - it really wasn't like that. :>) You make it sound like a drinking game.
Mike