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Re:SETI Needs Your Help to Resume Search for Extraterrestria... by farnsworth on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @01:13PM (#2841964)
Weren't the Pyramids an expression of ego, and the Colosseum a sports arena? That said, I love the Sagan Series and agree with the spirit of your post.
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Re:SETI Needs Your Help to Resume Search for Extraterrestria... by blhack on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @01:26PM (#2842028)
Wasn't the Apollo program just a show of force against the Russians? Wasn't the shuttle the same thing?

Wasn't SETI just a pointless project by a bunch of those pesky nerds?

Do you think that the Pyramids or the Colosseum were a waste of money?

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Re:SETI Needs Your Help to Resume Search for Extraterrestria... by icefox on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @01:50PM (#2842142)
The space program was a way to get photographic intel on Russia something America didn't have much of. By letting the Russians get into space first we were then allowed to have photographic satellites that went over them without having legal issues which was worth the trade off of letting them get up their first.

One of the features of the Shuttle was that it provided a way to carry large items to and from space while safe and hidden inside of the vehicle.

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Re:SETI Needs Your Help to Resume Search for Extraterrestria... by botker on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @02:02PM (#2842205)
The Pyramids and the Colosseum were both build by slaves. With a tax rate of 100%, it's easy to believe that money was wasted.
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Re:SETI Needs Your Help to Resume Search for Extraterrestria... by dorkitude on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @01:40PM (#2842093)
HN is probably not the best arena in which to antagonize nerds.
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