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In reply to the discussion: I remember when a Democratic president committed us to go to the moon [View all]bhikkhu
(10,763 posts)50. Money is resources - it has a real physical basis
...and so you are wrong about that. This goes down the the notion that the government can do anything it wants, because it has the printing press. Resources are a constraint for the US in the same way that resources were a constraint upon the Soviet Union, before they over-extended, mis-managed, and then collapsed.
How to best manage the resources of a country - natural resources, human resources, standing infrastructure, etc, is certainly an argument we should be having, but I don't think anyone would seriously argue that blasting those resources off into space is a good application.
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I remember when a Democratic president committed us to go to the moon [View all]
LongTomH
Jan 2012
OP
It was a different time, a different world. The moon can wait, earth cannot. nt
nanabugg
Jan 2012
#30
I agree with the vision... thing is, when Gingrich says it, I just don't believe him.
Capitalocracy
Jan 2012
#4
you can't seriously support something like this with the republican anti govt, and wanting to cut
JI7
Jan 2012
#14
You slam the Democrats over this, as if you believe the Republicans would follow through
Scootaloo
Jan 2012
#22
I didn't interpret the OP as slamming the Dems. It was merely in support of space exploration.
limpyhobbler
Jan 2012
#27
I was not slamming Democrats and I can't see how anyone could read that into my post!
LongTomH
Jan 2012
#36
We eventually did cooperate with the Russians on space in the Cold War era
Art_from_Ark
Jan 2012
#48