"Scott Lowther" wrote in message
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Pete Lynn wrote:
Usually your statements can at least be justified in one dubious context
or another, but for this one, it is hard to go past stupid. Just because
the returns of some projects can be very long term and very distributed
does not mean that they do not have to be profitable.


Yeah? Let us all know when the US Air Force turns a profit.

No profit, but there are tangible benefits to maintaining a viable US Air
Force.

What I find particularly offensive is that the $100 billion wasted by
this government affiliated monopolistic power group

Not much point in trying to make sense of anything past this point. NASA
is not a monopoly on space power.

It sure acts like it is. Building and maintaining their own launch vehicles
and launch facilities when they could buy commercial launches strikes me as
the pinnacle of NIH syndrome.

Jeff
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