NASA mission to Venus in 1978 may have detected phosphine, a gas related to life

Re:NASA mission to Venus in 1978 may have detected phosphine... by ic0n0cl4st on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:18PM (#26611547)

Seems like a potentially great way to transfer a lot of wealth from taxpayers to the aerospace industry for a very long time with little oversight or roi.

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Re:NASA mission to Venus in 1978 may have detected phosphine... by f6v on Sunday March 28, 2021 @01:06PM (#26612012)

In ideal world, we'd transfer wealth from football players, singers, actors, traders etc.

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Re:NASA mission to Venus in 1978 may have detected phosphine... by ic0n0cl4st on Sunday March 28, 2021 @03:48PM (#26613686)

Or maybe we give more thought to the feasibility of space colonization and give people the ability to opt out of paying for this kind of adventurism?

I work really hard and would rather my taxes go to helping out those living today, not maybe those living in 1,000 years.

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Re:NASA mission to Venus in 1978 may have detected phosphine... by entropea on Monday March 29, 2021 @05:46AM (#26619337)

I agree with you. It's driven by nothing more than sci-fi fantasy. Robots are the future of space travel and public funded inventions for those do end up bringing useful technological advances in the future.

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Re:NASA mission to Venus in 1978 may have detected phosphine... by 0x_rs on Sunday March 28, 2021 @08:26PM (#26616363)

Is that not what has been going on with the possibly questionable cost-plus approach of NASA, let alone the US Military contracts and similar government grants for feasibleness research without commitment?

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