Reply #195: 40 years ago Today Apollo 13 was a day from splashing down

[Gore1FL]

Investment into space exploration, manned and unmanned, has provided payback on the investment similarly to investments in the infrastructure.

I have heard the arguments made against it, but I cannot agree with them, or even claim to understand them. We took missiles and launched human's and satellites instead of weapons.

The First man on the moon was no in the military when he took the first step man ever made on the moon. He was not a soldier, sailor, or Airman. He worked for NASA and NASA alone.

Of course anyone can argue that technology can be used for military operations. The same can be said advancements in green energy, automobiles, telecommunications, agriculture, textiles, and medicine.

Anyone who is against the space program hasn't done the research... sorry.