NASA budget, raise or lower

[Syringer]

Do you think we raise NASA's budget, for in light of recent events try to make space travel safer, lower it to reflect the state of economy, or just keep it constant?

 

[dawks]

Space is our future, were going to out grow this planet very quickly.

I say stop wasting money on these childish oil conflicts and look to the future!

 

[Grey]

They should cut all social programs and fund the science programs. Its time for fusion and space exploration to get back into the forfront. Screw the whiny senior citizens who think they deserve free healthcare. Let's not forget all the foreign aid that could be better spent by the US on making better space ships.

 

[Reliant]

I've always been for expanding the space program.

 

[hdeck]

i'll never understand those that aren't for the space program.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Let's pull all of our money out of public education, K-12, colleges and universities and spend it on space exploration. Screw the whiney, pimple faced parisites who want an education. Let them or their families pay for it.

 

[StattlichPassat]

This should be a no-brainer. If Carter and Clinton didn't axe their budget so much back in the day, we'd probably be very close to having a Martian colony for scientists. And maybe more quality control on the Shuttle program too.

 

[Tiger]

We should double it.
$30 Billion out of $2 Trillion is like pissing in the ocean.

BTW, Richard Nixon was the first president to cut the space program. He cancelled Apollo.

 

[ReiAyanami]

nixon faced stagflation due to foreign wars and high oil prices...

 

[irl33thax0r]

Originally posted by: TigerWe should double it.
$30 Billion out of $2 Trillion is like pissing in the ocean.

Yeah really. The US can afford it by a long shot, although G.W. isn't gunna do a darn thing about it. We should have been to Mars and back by now and we haven't. Technology has gotten alot better and cheaper. I mean, my home network probably has more computing power than the space shuttle. I know for a fact my calculator has more power than the whole Apollo program... I strongly believe in a good space program. According to Star Trek we should hit light speed at around 2060 (right?). Either way it was in my lifetime and if I don't see it for real, I will be pissed.

 

[JC]

Increase. I need to get off this rock.

 

[Czar]

related
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2829473.stm

Nasa 'concerned' over staff cuts

Top Nasa officials have expressed concern over the effect that privatising the United States space agency had, as experienced civil servants were replaced by private contractors in a bid to cut costs.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

perhaps a checkbox on IRS forms will do the trick? "Check this box to donate ___ to NASA"

not gonna happen, but i'd check it if it did.

 

[irl33thax0r]

I was planning on buying MIR before they trashed the place, I was gunna offer the Russian government several vodkas, then once they got piss drunk, I would get them to sell it to me for $20. The only problem was I can't buy vodka, and I couldnt afford a plane ticket over to Russia. Oh well... I'll try that with the US once the ISS gets trashed.

 

[HombrePequeno]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
perhaps a checkbox on IRS forms will do the trick? "Check this box to donate ___ to NASA"

not gonna happen, but i'd check it if it did.

Actually you can donate to any government fund you want. Just because you're forced to donate a certain amount doesn't mean you can't voluntarily donate more.

 

[Hossenfeffer]

Personally, I say lower it. Possibly no change.

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: Hossenfeffer
Personally, I say lower it. Possibly no change.

its impossible to run a world-class space program without money =\

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: Hossenfeffer
Personally, I say lower it. Possibly no change.

the paint on the Golden Gate Bridge (originally developed by NASA to withstand high temperatures on the space shuttle launch pad)
high-tech sneakers (which use technology first developed for space suits)
keyboards used by disabled workers.
Dustbuster vacuums
CAT scans
home water filters

all influenced by NASA technology

"Receiving NASA's Commercial Invention of the Year is a miniature ventricular-assist device (VAD). Initially called the NASA/DeBakey heart pump, it is based in part on technology used in Space Shuttle fuel pumps. It is intended as a long-term "bridge" to a heart transplant, or as a more permanent device to help patients toward recovery and a more normal life."

yeah, let's cut NASA funding.

 

[Grey]

Dont forget the zero gravity Pen, the memory foam beds and Tang!

 

[UglyCasanova]

Velcro!!!

 

[Zim Hosein]

I voted "Don't change," because I believe we need to be more efficient w/ how we spend taxpayer money

 

[Hossenfeffer]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: Hossenfeffer
Personally, I say lower it. Possibly no change.

the paint on the Golden Gate Bridge (originally developed by NASA to withstand high temperatures on the space shuttle launch pad)
high-tech sneakers (which use technology first developed for space suits)
keyboards used by disabled workers.
Dustbuster vacuums
CAT scans
home water filters

all influenced by NASA technology

"Receiving NASA's Commercial Invention of the Year is a miniature ventricular-assist device (VAD). Initially called the NASA/DeBakey heart pump, it is based in part on technology used in Space Shuttle fuel pumps. It is intended as a long-term "bridge" to a heart transplant, or as a more permanent device to help patients toward recovery and a more normal life."

yeah, let's cut NASA funding.

Nothing you've said convinces me that more money would improve things.

edit: I'm not against NASA, per se, and I'll be very clear: I do not have the facts here in front of me. Voted on my impressions of things only.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Space exploration eventually gets us resources, technology, new worlds, and preservation of the species.

In the short term we get pretty pictures, interesting facts about the solar system, and a way to get at least some people to think about themselves as being Human instead of American or Egyptian, White or Asian, etc.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: Hossenfeffer

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: Hossenfeffer
Personally, I say lower it. Possibly no change.

the paint on the Golden Gate Bridge (originally developed by NASA to withstand high temperatures on the space shuttle launch pad)
high-tech sneakers (which use technology first developed for space suits)
keyboards used by disabled workers.
Dustbuster vacuums
CAT scans
home water filters

all influenced by NASA technology

"Receiving NASA's Commercial Invention of the Year is a miniature ventricular-assist device (VAD). Initially called the NASA/DeBakey heart pump, it is based in part on technology used in Space Shuttle fuel pumps. It is intended as a long-term "bridge" to a heart transplant, or as a more permanent device to help patients toward recovery and a more normal life."

yeah, let's cut NASA funding.

Nothing you've said convinces me that more money would improve things.

edit: I'm not against NASA, per se, and I'll be very clear: I do not have the facts here in front of me. Voted on my impressions of things only.

throw a million dollars at some of the worlds best scientists, what do you expect back?
throw 100 billion dollars at some of the worlds best scientists, what do you expect back?

returns jump as investment does - they aren't politicians, they are scientists. They know what they are doing.

 

[SuperTool]

Lower it.
Let them get their house in order before they get any more taxpayer money. They need to run way leaner.