On 8/1/2011 10:50 AM, jacob navia wrote:
This will allow for significant savings for other, more important
endeavours. For instance servicing the debt costs (only in 2010)
413,954,825,362.17 US$, almost 414 billion in ONLY ONE YEAR.
(Source:http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/r...ir_expense.htm)

Compare THAT figure to spending in space exploration (around
15 billion) and you will see how ridiculous all this talk is.

Saying that space exploration costs only 15 billion a year misses the
point; it's a whole pile of things that cost only a few billion each
year that make up the budget shortfall.

Pat