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Originally Posted by dj1
alright, I am not trying to start a fight, but please please explain your thought process on this as I keep asking people who don't view science as a great way to spend money and never get an answer...almost every great thing we have is because of science and mathmatics...
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And almost everything to do with science and mathematics has absolutely nothing to do with NASA.
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I was hoping by now we would be exploring all of our planets, but we are not because people don't value science..
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NASA is not a synonym for science, so why are you pretending it is? Perhaps people just see it as a huge waste of time and expense to check out barren, uninhabitable planets when, for example, 95% of our own ocean, covering 70% of
this planet, is still unexplored.
NASA Budget: $18bn
NOAA Budget: $5bn
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please explain to me why we should spend less on learning about science...PLEASE give me an intelligent well thought out answer to this position you have..(I'm guessing you can't even come close...I have never met anyone who could)
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He didn't say anything remotely like "we should spend less on learning about science". For someone who can't spell simple words like "mathematics", who doesn't know the basics of sentence construction, and who can't even read or comprehend what other people say, I don't think you're in any position to demand 'intelligent well thought out answers'. You're asking him to argue a point he didn't even make.
He said the budget of NASA is bloated. That is all. It's not an issue that concerns me much, but perhaps he believes that money would be better spent on science or medicine here on Earth, on providing free and/or more advanced healthcare or on environmental protection or research. Things that have more direct and immediate benefit to humanity than trying to find microbes on a hostile, uninhabitable planet.
As for loonies who believe we should explore space in case we ever need to leave Earth... *facepalm* If we ever need to leave Earth then it's because we have fucked things up beyond repair here, a planet with an atmosphere and environment ideally suited for human survival, so I'd love to know how we'd last five minutes anywhere else. If we fuck this planet up, we don't deserve to survive.
Personally I don't really give the budget for NASA much thought, and space exploration does capture the imagination of people, which is the real reason it receives far more than, say, NOAA, which has arguably more direct scientific importance and relevance to humans. I think if we're looking for things to cut, there's no better place to start than the truly obscene 'defense' budget.
I can understand why some people object to NASA's funding though. Hundreds of billions of dollars, half a century after we 'landed on the moon', Google can take a clear photo of your car on the driveway, but NASA can't produce a decent, conclusive image of the Apollo 11 site. Real value for money.