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Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ... by Cerium on Monday February 27, 2017 @07:02PM (#13749837)
If instead of increasing military spending 54 billion, we gave it all to NASA, we could be quadrupling NASA's budget.
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Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ... by Tepix on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @04:24AM (#13752474)
NASA should pass it on to Elon.

If we establish a permanent Mars colony, that would really increase security for all of mankind.

Building more nuclear weapons is NOT increasing security.

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Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ... by spydum on Monday February 27, 2017 @08:05PM (#13750242)
The risk is that more money does not always mean more progress. Government organizations tend to grow all by themselves (would be interesting if you could legislate some productivity targets into budget expansion maybe?)
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