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Tang? Great article, Mactep, as always. I have some sympathy for the "what about Irak argument", and that is from the fact that ardent space program critics always seem to pretend that the space program is eating away my tax money, and that we should rather spend it on creating "a bet...
Science has become so complex, elitist (through complexity) and arcane, it becomes a matter of faith which one chooses, science or religiion. :evil: There is this similarity in appearance, but I think it is only superficial. I'll just mention that you can build computers, telescopes, cars, the inte...
And I was playing along. Mactep mentions this point frequently here, and I hink he's right in doing so. That said, I am all for pouring huge amounts of tax money into space exploration no matter what the economic benefit. By the way, Mactep, apart from the inane arguments you got at BAUT and apoloho...
Mactep wrote:Maybe. Do you think they are supporters?
Not necessarily, but I think they could be convinced that there was something in it for both sides. We get the argument for space exploration, they get the war they are so craving.
Maybe we could ask Bin Laden or Muqtada al Sadr for some help? Or maybe Dubya can organize some skirmish in North Korea against which space ecploration would be a perfect example of money well spent?