nodice1996 wrote:
Do you know how much we owe china? We can't afford it.
:::Sigh:::
Kids.
The US Space Program has done more for this nation both financially and technologically than any other thing our government has EVER spent a dime on.
Look around the room you're in right now. There is
absolutely nothing in that room that has not been either
created or
improved by technology originally designed for the purpose of sending human beings into space for exploration and scientific experiment and returning them safely.
Computers, microchip circuitry, laser applications, satellite communications, chemical treatments of surfaces, antibacterials, food processing technology, plastics and other artificial fabrications, fiber optics, medical technology and pharmaceuticals...the list goes on and on...
It's the journey, not the destination...
Technological developments from space exploration is the only way we'll ever be able to pay back China.
But if that's your only reason for disliking Obama, you're not paying attention.