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Re:MIT cheetah robot lands the running jump [video] by JesseObrien on Friday May 29, 2015 @07:54AM (#9624011)
"No reason", other than the massive budget constraints NASA faces, and has been facing yearly since the end of the Apollo program.

https://static.nationalpriorities.org/images/charts/2015/tot...

See that Science heading there on the chart? It's hard making the world a better place on a 0.7% budget. DARPA, however has access to that Military heading, 16.3%.

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Re:MIT cheetah robot lands the running jump [video] by ZenoArrow on Friday May 29, 2015 @07:59AM (#9624035)
Perhaps you're missing my point. I'm suggesting that money from the military spending budget could be moved over to NASA without losing any ability to drive forward new technology.
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Re:MIT cheetah robot lands the running jump [video] by rahvin on Friday May 29, 2015 @07:59AM (#9624032)
That is exactly the point the TS was making, spending the money on NASA instead of DARPA would be a huge improvement, shifting the focus away from war.

Not that that is ever going to happen.

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