What if the money spent on Iraq war were spent on space exploration?

The costs of Operation Iraqi Liberation are now at $322 billion

http://costofwar.com

http://zfacts.com/p/447.html


For comparison, the cost of Apollo projects were $135 billion in 2006
dollars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...of_the_program


What if the money spent in Iraq were used for space exploration - how
much could it buy?

Manned landing on Mars? Moon base? An interstellar probe?

Nice "questions", "tracy", but they're off topic for
soc.history.what-if. That group's of the sort where you speculate how things
would be different if historical events had changed. Now you know. Do you
care or are you just a spammer?

"tracy" wrote in message
ups.com...
The costs of Operation Iraqi Liberation are now at $322 billion

http://costofwar.com

http://zfacts.com/p/447.html


For comparison, the cost of Apollo projects were $135 billion in 2006
dollars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...of_the_program


What if the money spent in Iraq were used for space exploration - how
much could it buy?

Manned landing on Mars? Moon base? An interstellar probe?




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On 30 Nov 2006 19:01:58 -0800, in a place far, far away, "tracy"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

The costs of Operation Iraqi Liberation are now at $322 billion

http://costofwar.com

http://zfacts.com/p/447.html


For comparison, the cost of Apollo projects were $135 billion in 2006
dollars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...of_the_program


What if the money spent in Iraq were used for space exploration - how
much could it buy?

Why do you continue to ask a stupid question?

But you're being dishonest -- or just plain stupid -- if you
don't compute the cost of NOT going to war in Iraq.
Or at least, the range of costs. Please show us -- are
you dishonest, or merely stupid -- what is your answer?




"tracy" wrote in message
ups.com...
The costs of Operation Iraqi Liberation are now at $322 billion

http://costofwar.com

http://zfacts.com/p/447.html


For comparison, the cost of Apollo projects were $135 billion in 2006
dollars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...of_the_program


What if the money spent in Iraq were used for space exploration - how
much could it buy?

Manned landing on Mars? Moon base? An interstellar probe?

Rand Simberg wrote:
On 30 Nov 2006 19:01:58 -0800, in a place far, far away, "tracy"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

The costs of Operation Iraqi Liberation are now at $322 billion

http://costofwar.com

http://zfacts.com/p/447.html


For comparison, the cost of Apollo projects were $135 billion in 2006
dollars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...of_the_program


What if the money spent in Iraq were used for space exploration - how
much could it buy?

Why do you continue to ask a stupid question?

To find out who is stupid enough to answer.

Jim Oberg wrote:
But you're being dishonest -- or just plain stupid -- if you
don't compute the cost of NOT going to war in Iraq.
Or at least, the range of costs. Please show us -- are
you dishonest, or merely stupid -- what is your answer?

How about, "neither"?





"tracy" wrote in message
ups.com...
The costs of Operation Iraqi Liberation are now at $322 billion

http://costofwar.com

http://zfacts.com/p/447.html


For comparison, the cost of Apollo projects were $135 billion in 2006
dollars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...of_the_program


What if the money spent in Iraq were used for space exploration - how
much could it buy?

Manned landing on Mars? Moon base? An interstellar probe?

All the money we wasted and are still wasting on Iraq should have been
invested in the research and application of nano-technology.. The
advent of nano technology will open the way for many new previously
unheard of possibilities including sending colonists to the moon and
mars.. Not to mention eradicating most aliments that plague humanity
today..
This is certainly more worth while then a US funded civil war, or an
elected theocracy at best..
tracy wrote:
The costs of Operation Iraqi Liberation are now at $322 billion

http://costofwar.com

http://zfacts.com/p/447.html


For comparison, the cost of Apollo projects were $135 billion in 2006
dollars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...of_the_program


What if the money spent in Iraq were used for space exploration - how
much could it buy?

Manned landing on Mars? Moon base? An interstellar probe?

In article .com,
"P.R. Vanfleet" wrote:

All the money we wasted and are still wasting on Iraq should have been
invested in the research and application of nano-technology.. The
advent of nano technology will open the way for many new previously
unheard of possibilities including sending colonists to the moon and
mars.. Not to mention eradicating most aliments that plague humanity
today..

Plus it'll whiten your teeth, freshen your breath, make you sing well,
make your kids popular, take out the garbage, and prevent the public
from electing (or so nearly electing that a bit of minor shenanigans can
result in the official election of) Presidents that are idiots.

Alas, I wish it were so, but in reality I suspect that the magic of
nanotech will be much less magical than many of its proponents claim.

Jim Oberg wrote:

But you're being dishonest -- or just plain stupid -- if you
don't compute the cost of NOT going to war in Iraq.

Well, let's see ... ~ 2900 soldiers. What's the going rate for some
mother's son, hundred grand or so on the body parts market?

Let's just ball park it, 350 billion so far for the war, a trillion for
the massive cleanup operation we must now embark on to repair the
damage, 2 trillion for the post 9/11 Homeland Security screwup.

Good thing Katrina was only a minor Bush ****up compared to that.

You're priceless, Jim. Just priceless.

http://cosmic.lifeform.org

In article ,
"Jim Oberg" said:

But you're being dishonest -- or just plain stupid -- if you
don't compute the cost of NOT going to war in Iraq.

Shouldn't be that difficult a calculation. How much were we
spending per month on maintaing the embargo and the no-fly zone
interdiction?

--
William December Starr