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Originally Posted by Pazuzu
Would you be willing to pay an extra $10 per family member per year to put men (American) back on the Moon by 2020? Would you rather not spend the money, but hope that another country gets there first? Or, would you rather support something like Space-X, the private company that is targeting space travel?
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Several points:
1. $10 per person is a bargain. NASA is one of the few worthwhile things the gov't does in my OP.
2. There is every chance another country will go to the moon before we do. China is targeting 2030. India is targeting ~2020. And of course Russia still wants to go to the moon.
Living in China, I can say there is an incredible amount of patriotism around their space program and I am sure they will make it happen.
3. Support for Space-X does not preclude govenment funded programs. You can support both.