It's not a POLITICIAN priority anymore. GIVING money away has turned into the priority. Buying votes and buying donations is the political endgame. The country doesn't mean a thing to the politicians, just getting re-elected and/or keeping their own party in power is. Hell, if they we willing to pull their greedy fingers out of the political cookie jar, we might would have real warp drive by now. -Barrett -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 4:29 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] 45 years ago today: 16 July 1969 Yep, Seth, that's pretty much what I alluded to in my prior post on the subject. It's not a national priority anymore. On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote:
For context, the entire 30-year cost of the US Space Shuttle program, every mission, was the equivalent of the 2008 AIG bailout.
You could fund a crewed mission to Mars for half the cost of just the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project.
My point is that we in fact absolutely _can_ afford to explore space - but we have elected people who prioritize our nation's wealth elsewhere.
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