In Reply to: Absolutely. About your first paragraph, I've read that the benefits were something like 10 to 1 posted by nomad on 2012-02-27 10:29:51

• Any thoughts on funding for NASA, physics related to space travel, and Hubble type projects?  -  shikantaza  2012-02-27 09:36:37 (76 views)
• The value that it provides for interest and enthusiasm in science and technology is worth it alone.   -  Thelonious Dunk  2012-02-27 15:43:26 (35 views)
• Exactly, eff you luddites!   -  nomad  2012-02-27 18:58:01 (35 views)
• Love outer space but inner space is the final frontier, and the most significant. Consciousness FTW.   -  BackseatGM  2012-02-27 11:05:48 (31 views)
• So you're suggesting they spend the NASA budget on peyote?   -  fanofnothing  2012-02-27 12:17:50 (31 views)
• That wasn't what I had in mind but it would allow a close up view of far away worlds, lol.   -  BackseatGM  2012-02-27 14:12:32 (30 views)
• Long term vs. short term thinking - got to have both.  -  nomad  2012-02-27 10:51:12 (44 views)
• So...both Nasa AND Peyote?   -  rem rehab  2012-02-28 10:51:19 (37 views)
• Yes!!!   -  nomad  2012-02-28 11:47:44 (24 views)
• from my POV, we hardly do any of the looking for resources in space  -  DC Warrior  2012-02-27 10:48:30 (56 views)
• +1   -  nomad  2012-02-27 10:52:39 (32 views)
• We waste more money on things that give less return IMO   -  Shallow Hal  2012-02-27 09:57:35 (36 views)
• Agreed. I'm a fan.   -  nomad  2012-02-27 10:36:07 (31 views)
• One thing to keep in mind as well are the peripheral benefits of NASA  -  fanofnothing  2012-02-27 09:53:15 (69 views)
• Absolutely. About your first paragraph, I've read that the benefits were something like 10 to 1  -  nomad  2012-02-27 10:29:51 (57 views)
• And all without blowing anyone up as a side effect.   -  Dick Nikon  2012-02-27 12:15:04 (33 views)
• One could argue that DARPA totally transformed the world  -  Earl j. Slick  2012-02-27 11:32:12 (48 views)
• And continues to do so.   -  nomad  2012-02-27 11:39:46 (30 views)
• The only question on new tech developments to me is whether there's a better big picture target  -  fanofnothing  2012-02-27 10:42:12 (45 views)
• Agreed. The excitement is key, imo.   -  nomad  2012-02-27 10:52:03 (30 views)
• I just want to be able to fill space with advanced weaponry  -  Earl j. Slick  2012-02-27 10:14:42 (52 views)
• I think it's really, really fortunate that such vast distances separate us  -  fanofnothing  2012-02-27 10:43:28 (51 views)
• +1.. Alien Apocalypse would be no joke.   -  Captain Hindsight  2012-02-27 14:28:01 (32 views)
• Unless of course they are intelligent enough to deal with us.  -  Earl j. Slick  2012-02-27 11:36:37 (56 views)
• It assumes that there is some chance that a species both dominates its ecosystem enough  -  fanofnothing  2012-02-27 12:12:32 (42 views)
• Think of them as a source of cheap protein!   -  Earl j. Slick  2012-02-28 09:22:38 (29 views)