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Author:  pcernie [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:50 pm ]
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/28 ... precursor/

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Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:06 pm ]
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Can't blame him. It a huge huge cost with little in return other than kudos.
Communications satellites etc are much better value as they can be used commercially.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:13 pm ]
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Shame, I blame the bankers. ;)
Author:  timark_uk [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:21 pm ]
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Given the current economic climate this comes as no surprise but it is a little saddening for me to hear this. I was really looking forward to another manned Moon expedition. I guess it's just not to be, at least for this administration.

Mark
Author:  rustybucket [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:24 pm ]
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Agreed - very sad but no surprise.

Just think how many spare billions they'd have if they hadn't gone plus-four-ing around the world.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:17 pm ]
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It's a bit of a shame. Space exploration is good for technological progress here on Earth.
Although, yes, a part of me thinks we should fix the problems we have here before looking out there. How about diverting some of that cash in to putting New Orleans back together, for one?
Author:  Linux_User [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:18 pm ]
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I thought it was generally agreed that robotic exploration of the solar system was not only cheaper but more effective anyway? :?
Author:  ProfessorF [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:21 pm ]
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I think there's still a view that for some things, it's best to get feet on the ground.
Author:  Paul1965 [ Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:26 am ]
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Shame there's not any possibility of using a portion of the massive US Defence Budget:

Quote:
from Wikipedia:
For the 2010 fiscal year, the president's base budget of the Department of Defense rose to $533.8 billion. Adding spending on "overseas contingency operations" brings the sum to $663.8 billion
Author:  JohnSheridan [ Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:04 pm ]
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Very disappointing and short-sighted.

After Apollo 11 I would have thought we would already have had a moonbase by now and been to Mars - possibly with people living there but instead seem to have lost our way and decided as humans to crawl back under our rock we call Earth rather than exploring the galaxy.
Author:  HeatherKay [ Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:07 pm ]
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Yes, it is disappointing. Then again, it's a lot of money that could be properly used elsewhere right now.

If a country is all but bankrupt, can it afford to spend billions on sending a couple of humans to another world, especially when there's plenty of better things to spend it on here on planet Earth?
Author:  eddie543 [ Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:58 am ]
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The cost of creating a new apollo style project ever 6 years would be in today's money $165 billion, which is not bad really.

Plus regardless of the cost it would be for Obama his vote winner.
Author:  MrStevenRogers [ Sat Jan 30, 2010 8:25 am ]
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HeatherKay wrote:
Yes, it is disappointing. Then again, it's a lot of money that could be properly used elsewhere right now.

If a country is all but bankrupt, can it afford to spend billions on sending a couple of humans to another world, especially when there's plenty of better things to spend it on here on planet Earth?


but just think
spend all that money and have a world without the yanks
i think that is money well worth spending

such a shame that the only country with that amount of money to spend are the yanks …
Author:  eddie543 [ Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:03 pm ]
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MrStevenRogers wrote:
HeatherKay wrote:
Yes, it is disappointing. Then again, it's a lot of money that could be properly used elsewhere right now.

If a country is all but bankrupt, can it afford to spend billions on sending a couple of humans to another world, especially when there's plenty of better things to spend it on here on planet Earth?


but just think
spend all that money and have a world without the yanks
i think that is money well worth spending

such a shame that the only country with that amount of money to spend are the yanks …

That's the thing they don't have that sort of money to spend.
The chinese in 7 years time might have enough, thier economy should be around twice its current size.
Author:  okenobi [ Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:07 pm ]
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HeatherKay wrote:
Yes, it is disappointing. Then again, it's a lot of money that could be properly used elsewhere right now.

If a country is all but bankrupt, can it afford to spend billions on sending a couple of humans to another world, especially when there's plenty of better things to spend it on here on planet Earth?


I don't know if you're old enough to have been watching the TV in 69, but from what I've been told, it was an immense, unifying experience where just about everyone gazed on in awe. Something for us all to shoot for perhaps. Inspiration is far more precious than anything money can buy...
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