US astronauts should use trampolines to get into space

[luckytxn 2,265]

We could and can build machines that will do it for a fraction of the cost. We are wasting money.

Not sure where you are getting your numbers.. It would be awesome if we could get someone to the moon for $60 million.. We have spent many and many billions and only 12 people have been there. Was it worth it - damn straight. Much of those billions spent went into research for new technologies and building infrastructure. Increasing knowledge is a painful slow process but the benefits last forever even if it is just a stepping stone to the next improvement.

There are all sort of threads on this site that seam to wax nostalgic for a simpler time when things were "better"... Be it the fight for organics foods, against GM foods, blaming technology for everything.. That's all great if we want to have a few hundred million people living like monkeys.. That's not what we are doing, we are proliferating and the numbers we have require technology ans science to advance if we ever want to live in a world without famine, disease, and need.

It is pointless to teach people and then have nothing for them to which to apply that knowledge and expand what we know.. It will be expensive and those that want immediate needs met will fight it all the way.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

We could and can build machines that will do it for a fraction of the cost. We are wasting money.

Yes.. because we spent billions to gain the knowledge to know how to do such things.. Politicians unfortunately muck with how we apply that knowledge.

Edited May 17, 2014 by OnMyWayID