re: Proposed Moon Mission Offers Little Value at Astronomical Cost

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Would you post this if Hillary were president?

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Science that advances humanity is almost never viewed as profitable at the time.

PS - you suck

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DGAF what anyone says that movie is awesome

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Also hitting its 20th anniversary which makes me feel really old.

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And where would that money go?

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A lot of it will be lit on fire and burned up at launch.

Yes lots of R&D will go on, yes we’ll see some benefits, but at great cost. We can do all that anyways without taking on the extraordinarily massive expense of building huge life support systems in the moon and such.

Y’all can argue all you want but I am right about this. Until a far cheaper way out of earths gravity well is developed manned spaceflight makes little sense, especially with advances in computers/robotics/AI.

I’m being nice

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Tchump is an arse-clown. Let him man the next mission back to the moon and leave his ignorant arse there and sever all communications with the vessel. Let the next born child in the US immediately become President. Win for the US, especially in terms of both intellect and maturity.

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Your hate for the POTUS is sad and pathetic. I get it, you don’t like him. I understand that because I hated Obama. But, to say a child would have more intellect is completely asinine. Again, I understand dislike the man but pure facts show that he’s been great for the economy and his presidency was uncovered a widespread attack on our freedom and democracy. How any intelligent and informed red blooded American can not appreciate that is beyond me. You call him stupid and immature but you are the one that allows partisan hate distort your view on a presidency that is clearly good for America and good for democracy.

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pure facts show that he’s been great for the economy and his presidency was uncovered a widespread attack on our freedom and democracy. How any intelligent and informed red blooded American can not appreciate that is beyond me. You call him stupid and immature but you are the one that allows partisan hate distort your view on a presidency that is clearly good for America and good for democracy.

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Has nothing to do with the cost per kg of putting stuff in orbit. I’m fine with cutting that stuff too. At the end of the day it makes zero sense to send humans to space when tech/robots can do the same thing and more and not require tons (literally) of mass in life support systems.

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You save money on fuel because there is only a fraction of Eartha gravity.

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Not to mention we don't really have to contend with an atmosphere.

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So where does the fuel to launch you off the moon come from? I don't believe there is solid rocket fuel on the moon, and if the suggestion is to fly the fuel up there and then launch from the moon, hopefully you see the flawed logic in that.