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re: What 50 billion dollars could do.

Lee — 1/24/2009 9:22:22 PM (archived)

Give $50 billion to Nasa and not much would happen. Give $50 billion to someone like Bigalow or Musk and we'd have a massive amount of space based infrastructure in place. It's amazing how much waste is in government.

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We aimed for the stars...and stopped - Raoul - 1/24/2009 4:06:41 PM
- Phantom Planet - FrankC - 1/27/2009 7:00:43 PM
  - There are two problems: Will and Money. Right now we have neither. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/4/2009 3:21:29 AM
  - re: Phantom Planet - E.P. - 1/30/2009 10:28:59 PM
    - What a load of bollocks - Adam - 2/1/2009 7:11:19 AM
- Actually...Thiokol just forced solid rocket boosters on the Shuttle, and it stopped - E.P. - 1/26/2009 5:08:14 PM
  - No competition... - Adam - 1/27/2009 5:55:18 AM
    - Transportation costs - E.P. - 1/28/2009 9:38:15 PM
      - Old 1948 designs... - Adam - 1/29/2009 10:47:01 PM
        
        re: Old 1948 designs... - E.P. - 1/30/2009 9:48:21 PM
        
        How about computer simulations? - Socrates II - 1/30/2009 10:06:51 PM
        
        Use Phobos and Deimos as natural space stations - Socrates II - 1/30/2009 3:45:31 PM
- The USA Cannot Afford to Have An Ambitious Space Program AND Permit Businesscrooks to Loot the Country. - David F Mayer - 1/25/2009 3:11:46 AM
  - Have you read "The Wredking Crew" yet? (n/t) - E.P. - 1/26/2009 5:09:10 PM
    - I never heard of it. (n/t) - DFM - 1/27/2009 1:30:23 AM
      - The Wrecking Crew - E.P. - 2/3/2009 7:20:55 PM
- What 50 billion dollars could do. - Jacob - 1/24/2009 7:53:33 PM
  - re: What 50 billion dollars could do. - Lee - 1/24/2009 9:22:22 PM
    - Complainers - mip - 1/25/2009 1:26:33 AM
      - What do I want to do in space? - E.P. - 1/26/2009 5:15:31 PM
      - Too young to remember? - Jacob - 1/25/2009 7:51:51 PM
        
        So what? - mip - 1/25/2009 8:13:05 PM
        
        re: So what? - Marsbug - 1/26/2009 11:36:09 AM
        
        Machines are for exploring, humans are for colonizing - Socrates II - 1/26/2009 1:00:06 PM
        
        What about now ? - Raoul - 1/26/2009 8:10:00 PM
        
        re: Machines are for exploring, humans are for colonizing - nick hoffman - 1/26/2009 3:42:32 PM
        
        Actually that IS what I really thnik will happen down the road - Socrates II - 1/26/2009 4:27:51 PM

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