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Re:Bill Gates questions worth of space exploration for impro... by WalterBright on Sunday May 14, 2017 @11:11AM (#14335908)
Space travel neither takes away from nor impedes fixing the environment. Heck, the annual NASA budget is half what Seattle is blowing on a transit tunnel that goes a few miles.
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Re:Bill Gates questions worth of space exploration for impro... by greeneggs on Sunday May 14, 2017 @12:00PM (#14336104)
NASA's 2017 budget is $19.5 billion. The Alaskan Way Viaduct is estimated to cost $4.25 billion.

Trump's proposed EPA budget is $5.7 billion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_Way_Viaduct_replacemen...

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Re:Bill Gates questions worth of space exploration for impro... by WalterBright on Sunday May 14, 2017 @01:46PM (#14336589)
The cost of ST3 is $54 billion.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/artic...

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Re:Bill Gates questions worth of space exploration for impro... by cftm on Sunday May 14, 2017 @12:24PM (#14336216)
I think the general point holds as $19.5B is a rounding error in the US's budget. There are issues with the lack of funding to EPA but with respect to this discussion it's a straw-man.
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