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[mithridates]

[jeffkim1972]

First of all, there are other departments that deal with feeding peoplel namely unemployment benefits and welfare.

Now when do you ever hear about those departments running out of funds?

Now, you don't want to make the benefit amounts more than what a minimum wage job would pay, because that would discourage working, although there was a study and in some states, you can make more money being on welfare than working minimum wage.

The other aspect of all this research money is that some percentage, 30% (don't know the exact number) must be outsourced to smaller businesses. I'm talking business as small as one man machine shops. Met a man during my college days that owned a machine shop and he participated in making a small component of one of the robotic arms for the space shuttle because of this exact reason.

When you hear about India launching it's own TV satellite with it's homemade launcher, don't think more viewing channels, they now have ICBMs.

When the NOAA creates a topology map of the all the ocean floors, think submarine warefare.

Had a discussion with an Environmental researcher at a US University and why are people permanantly stationed in Antarcica? It's not to research seals and take climate data, it's part of the geo-military strategy.

The government is helping to feed people. Without these programs many engineers and scientists would starve, it would be utter tragedy.

Much of this money also goes to universities in the form of research grants, which help pay for graduate students.

SBIR programs (the military also has these programs) help spread the funds to smaller companies.

I think it's also a matter of perception. The public hears about some of these nice spinoffs from the research, but in reality most of the results are not disclosed because they shouldn't be and because of the results are too esoteric. Do you really want to have a newspaper story about every improvement in a mathematical algorithm? There's more going on in these scientific journals than all the newspapers, magazines, news programs combined.

[venus]

Don't see how budget would be an issue, really.

Anyone on this board can hover above me for an hour for 200,000 Won.

You'd need, like, your own pair of hover boots or whatever... Or we could contrive some sort of hammock or pulley and lever system I guess. I'd lay on the floor (on a comfortable mattress) and you'd be above me a few feet.

I live in Gyeongi-do and you'd have to provide your own transport.

Can't see why you'd want to bother, but hey, I don't do much on sundays, so why the heck not..? I have a good dvd collection, so whilst you're hovering you could watch a movie if you're not too busy recording your 'findings' on a notepad or something.

I don't really see what NASA has to do with any of it though, but like I said, I don't really understand much about this sort of thing.

Well, you can pm me if interested.

Nice one.

[Anyong Bluth]

Okay, well, the budget of NASA is, what, say $16.8 Billion give or take? Here's what we spend on other programs.

As an American taxpayer, I don't feel like I'm getting my money's worth. I'd like to see that $16.8 put to better use.

[Anyong Bluth]

[NAVFC]

Hate to burst your buble Mith, but they are right. Living 50 km above venus would be an idiotic thing to do. Imaigne for a moment what ever keeps said city floating above venus malfunmctions, the city will fall into venus's atmosphere, where its hot and toxic. Death results. Youd be asking for trouble.

And to ever said NASA is a big waste of money your a fool.
The Earth isn't going to be around firever. Whether its a black hole, Meteor, nuclear war, what evr, the world WILL END.
and when it does the human race will neeed a new home.

[mithridates]

[Anyong Bluth]