Re:Photo shows Mars rover descent
by joering2 on Monday August 06, 2012 @01:29PM
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700B for DOD, versus 8B NASA. 87x difference. If NASA would have 87x more money, by now we would have a Martian base and most likely missions where civilians could buy a ticket and fly there for a honeymoon.
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TSA gets more money than NASA!
(and TSA is just a tiny part of "homeland security (theater)" )
To be fair, a lot of money that went into ICBM research ended up being applied by NASA.
But I agree with you. If only we could convince the five top military spenders to cut back just a little, we'd be terraforming Mars and Venus by the end of the week. ;-)
Re:Photo shows Mars rover descent
by cowkingdeluxe on Monday August 06, 2012 @02:26PM
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But at the same time the USA spends more money on space programs than all other countries combined.
Re:Photo shows Mars rover descent
by huhtenberg on Monday August 06, 2012 @05:51PM
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It could simply mean that running space programs in the USA is far more costly than in other countries. Someone did say that NASA of the recent age is less about research and more about massive employment.
I would say, the price difference adjusted budget of NASA is also much bigger than that of any other nation. Do you see the Russians walking on the moon or driving nuclear cars on Mars?
Guess this is because no other country has that level of expertise of space program like US.
Your causality presumption may be reversed.