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In the discussion thread: Neil Armstrong's Letter to Barack Obama. [View all]

Sun Aug 26, 2012, 10:04 PM

5. It's not a competition.

We don't have to choose between being a leader in space and solving problems at home. We can do both.

In fact, funding the space program creates tens of thousands of good jobs here in America. The money used to pay office workers, engineers, scientists and astronauts stays on Earth and gets spent in our economy. They don't stuff it into the rockets and launch it into space.

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17 replies	Author	Time	Post
Neil Armstrong's Letter to Barack Obama. [View all]	girl gone mad	Aug 2012	OP
escalating war and defunding NASA	Skittles	Aug 2012	#1
Sadly, the US considers tax breaks for the 1% to be FAR more	kestrel91316	Aug 2012	#2
Too many problems on earth to be solved and this came at a time deep, deep economic travail.	nanabugg	Aug 2012	#3
It's not a competition.	girl gone mad	Aug 2012	#5
Oh horse shit - there's what? 21 trillion dollars	xchrom	Aug 2012	#6
The solutions to problems we have on earth are discovered in this type of endeavor. n/t	Gore1FL	Aug 2012	#12
So true!	MatthewStLouis	Aug 2012	#14
Yes, it's important that we bomb some fucking democracy into Afghanistan.	progressoid	Aug 2012	#17
Did he write to Bush in 2004 when he ended the manned missions?	MrSlayer	Aug 2012	#4
MrSlayer,	girl gone mad	Aug 2012	#9
Everything is Obama's fault. Bush is always blameless.	MADem	Aug 2012	#10
yeah, we'll start colonizing the universe just as soon as everybody in the US	Gabi Hayes	Aug 2012	#7
Remember	ProSense	Aug 2012	#8
Thanks for the reminder,	Cha	Aug 2012	#13
I support this message.	longship	Aug 2012	#11
DURec	leftstreet	Aug 2012	#15
Btw, we just landed on Mars.	JaneyVee	Aug 2012	#16

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