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Because the lunar colony was just bullshit posturing to win over the Space Coast.
joshcryer
Jun 2012
#4
If you want to be the greatest nation in the future, you must have the best space program.
tclambert
Jun 2012
#7
We should also compare budget allocations for NASA vs. the social net programs...
LanternWaste
Jun 2012
#43
I remember when we used to want to reduce the Pentagon to holding bake sales...
freshwest
Jun 2012
#40
It was actually illegal for the private sector to do so until a few years ago.
Posteritatis
Jun 2012
#19
Northeastern Brazil is only 100 miles from the French Guiana launch site
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jun 2012
#23
Proximity to the equator is helpful for prograde orbits. If you need a polar orbit,
24601
Jun 2012
#37
Space travel and research are absolutely being privatized, right now.
woo me with science
Jun 2012
#30
For a tenth of the military budget we could have colonized mars and then some
4th law of robotics
Jun 2012
#27