ironlordthemad said:
And now in my eyes Bob is a bigger, more selfish ass than before.
Seriously?
Your pissed that they are cutting the funding for a Space Program that has been in decline for a while now and has directly cost the lives of several of of your fellow human beings, so they can use the money where it will be needed in the future.
I wonder if you will have the same viewpoint if the economy of the US goes right in the shitter, causing various companies, say for example The Escapist, to fire their employees and then suddenly your out of a job because Obama put more money into sending someone into space than into fixing the economy. I doubt it.
Keeping a failing space program running is not the responsible thing to do in a global recession.
The most annoying thing about this is that your being stupidly short sighted. Your a child in his high chair looking at the candy and saying "I WANT IT NOW!" when your parents are struggling to put the potatoes on the table to keep you healthy because they can't afford it. They didn't say, "No thats it forever, no more space travel."
They simply said "We don't want to burn the cash right now, others can pick it up later if the time is right."
Getting through the boring potatoes will make the sweet candy all the tastier and it's why grown ups order the main course of the meal first. Hopefully some day you'll be able to sit at the grown up table, but with each hate speech you post I realise we wil be waiting a while longer for you to pull up a chair, which is a shame, because when you open your mind to a serious discussion, your a great champion of logic and reason.
So how about growing up Bob?
Grow up and get over your childhood, like other healthy adults, no one has a perfect childhood but we get over it as we grow up, its part of being an adult. Granted, some have have more to get over than others, but the ones that do get over it have a better life because of it.
Grow up and get over your idea of walking on Mars because you saw it in a movie as a kid and it was your only escape from your childhood.
Even if your going to claim that your childhood was darker and more traumatic than anyone can possibly imagine, do you really think you should be in the public eye giving out your opinion which has obviously been warped by your childhood?
Your fellow humans are dying of disease and famine all across the planet you share with them. Surely a narcissist like you would want to be the better man, rise above those that made your childhood your personal hell and make the planet a better place. But no, you just have your selfish dream and you are less of a person because of it. And you think you can just blow it off because people were a dick to you as a kid and now you think its your turn to get even?
Part of me hopes this video is a joke.
Really now, that is just childish. Are you done being stupid? Yes? Great.
What's a bigger waste of cash? The $18 billion NASA was allocated, or the $1 Trillion allocated to the American military? And while we're discussing money, do you know how much vital infrastructure $1 trillion could build? How many starving people that money could feed? I did some quick math and the answer is a lot.
You are aware that things developed for the space program make their way into normal, everyday use? Have you ever watched TV through a satellite connection? Have you ever used a cordless tool, or played a game using some form of joystick? Do you drink softdrink from plastic bottles? All those things came about because of the space program.
You mention Disease and Famine in your rant. Do you know how many lives have been bettered, and in some cases saved, due to medical advances brought about by this "selfish dream"?
Laser Angioplasty, Programmable Pacemakers, Ocular Screening, Voice Controlled Wheelchairs, Arteriosclerosis detection, Ultrasound Scanners, Automatic Insulin Pumps, Portable X-rays, Invisible Braces, Dental Arch Wire, Palate Surgery Technology, Clean Room Apparel, Implantable Heart Aids, MRI's, Bone Analyzers and Cataract Surgery Tools. That's the short list.
Shall I list the benefits to farming, processing, packing and manufacturing that came out of the space program? Cause that list is even longer.
This is called "The Big Picture", not "Ironlordthemad looks at the world through blinkered glasses." The big picture is that there have been vast benefits to mankind from attempting to explore space, and there is no reason to believe that more benefits wont occur just because you think the space program is a waste of money.