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?

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.

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?

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?

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

"kT" wrote
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?

Compared to how many soldiers dead if we didn't go to war --
say, compared to 1994, or 1996?

Jim Oberg wrote:
"kT" wrote
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?

Compared to how many soldiers dead if we didn't go to war --
say, compared to 1994, or 1996?

What happened in 1994 or 1996 that would have saved lives? Do you think
9/11 would have been avoided if we invaded Iraq in 1994 or 1996? You're
not being clear about events from 1994 or 1996 that makes sense in Iraq
today.

Jim never, ever mention your political opinion when on air. Stick to
space and only space. Your politics doesn't translate well outside of
Texas.

Eric

"Eric Chomko" wrote:

:
:Jim never, ever mention your political opinion when on air. Stick to
:space and only space. Your politics doesn't translate well outside of
:Texas.

What you really mean is that YOU disagree with him and hence want him
silenced, don't you, Eric?

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