Throckmorton
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Not to mention McCain is actually promising at least a trillion dollars (yes, trillion, with a "t") more in debt with his tax plan than Obama (according to our government's own research groups).Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Originally posted by: spidey07
He's promising so much money to so many people I'm not surprised at all.
And just where do you think this money will come from? That's right, you mr. richie riche - you over there making over 60K a year richie rich. It's going to come from you.
O RLY?
Originally posted by: mcmilljb
Originally posted by: Bateluer
Heh, imagine if the money spent on Iraq was pumped into NASA . . .
Now if that were the case, vacation on Mars!
Doh! (Boomerang slaps himself on the forehead.) I should have know that.Originally posted by: jpeyton
We're not borrowing it from anyone, silly goose.Originally posted by: boomerang
I want to know who we're borrowing the money from before committing. I didn't vote in the poll.
We just run the printing presses at the treasury for an extra hour.
Then write a few IOUs, and call it a day.
Gets good right around the 2 minute mark.Originally posted by: Throckmorton
BTW, a single stealth bomber costs $2.2 billion.
Originally posted by: amdskip
I'm going against the popular vote here. Obama must be opening a money factory too.
The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home. In a cosmic perspective, most human concerns seem insignificant, even petty. And yet our species is young and curious and brave and shows much promise. In the last few millennia we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival. I believe our future depends on how well we know this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky.
Originally posted by: CorCentral
I'm not going to vote Obama but DAMN all of you for going against NASA!
None of us would be on our computers screwing away time typing on this forum, if it wasn't for them.
Originally posted by: datalink7
The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home. In a cosmic perspective, most human concerns seem insignificant, even petty. And yet our species is young and curious and brave and shows much promise. In the last few millennia we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival. I believe our future depends on how well we know this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky.
--Carl Sagan
Expand it.
Originally posted by: datalink7
The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home. In a cosmic perspective, most human concerns seem insignificant, even petty. And yet our species is young and curious and brave and shows much promise. In the last few millennia we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival. I believe our future depends on how well we know this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky.
--Carl Sagan
Expand it.
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Carl Sagan was also critical of NASA missions, noting that much of the experimentation could be done unmanned for a fraction of the cost. But overall he supported manned missions for their exploratory spirit.
Originally posted by: Xanis
Originally posted by: CorCentral
I'm not going to vote Obama but DAMN all of you for going against NASA!
None of us would be on our computers screwing away time typing on this forum, if it wasn't for them.
how do you figure?
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Carl Sagan was also critical of NASA missions, noting that much of the experimentation could be done unmanned for a fraction of the cost. But overall he supported manned missions for their exploratory spirit.
I love the idea of space exploration, and I work at a NASA base (for a contractor, not directly for the US government), but NASA seems huge and bloated compared to how it used to be. If all of NASA is run the same way that my installation is run... Well, let's just say that they just put a building in our parking lot and then built another parking lot on the other side of that building. Rumor is that the whole thing was an accident.
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
BTW, a single stealth bomber costs $2.2 billion.
Originally posted by: andy04
Maybe while exploring space we piss off some aliens and then they come back to attach us... all world unites to fight them.... isnt that a nice scenario !!! :beer:
Zapp Brannigan: April thirteenth?point two. We have failed to uphold Brannigan's Law. However, I did make it with a hot alien babe. And in the end, is that not what man has dreamt of since first he looked up at the stars? [pause] Kif, I'm asking you a question!
Originally posted by: Bateluer
Heh, imagine if the money spent on Iraq was pumped into NASA . . .
Originally posted by: JS80
Originally posted by: Bateluer
Heh, imagine if the money spent on Iraq was pumped into NASA . . .
I don't see how hiring scientists to stare at the sky generates any benefit to the US. To think spending $2 billion on NASA will generate anything is foolish.
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Originally posted by: spidey07
He's promising so much money to so many people I'm not surprised at all.
And just where do you think this money will come from? That's right, you mr. richie riche - you over there making over 60K a year richie rich. It's going to come from you.
O RLY?
