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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:50 PM Original message |
The Debate About Spaceflight (Manned or Robotic) Vs. Poverty, Has ALWAYS Been A False Choice |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. And anyone who thinks NASA's budget could cure poverty obviously doesn't know what it is anyway. nt |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. LOL! Recall that it was W.orthless Bush who wanted to go to the moon and beyond! |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. hell he was laughed at and ridiculed horribly here about wanting to go to Mars.. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 03:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Saying "Send Bush to Mars" is not the same thing as ridiculing the concept of people going. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. do some research ..Bush was mocked here extensively when he proposed going to Mars! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Not by me. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. ok not by you whipeee..he was mocked by a majority of democrats! eom |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Really. And 99% of statistics are made up on the spot. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 03:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Actually, I recall a different President wanting to do those things. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Poverty can never be cured... |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yes... But It Will Have NOTHING To Do With Whether Or Not We Have A Space Program... |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Not with our current system, but yes, we COULD have those things. n/t |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Actually, good education and jobs are one of the most important tools... |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. No, actually we can't. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's not the debate I saw. Yes, there was poverty before the space program. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That's A Fine Debate... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 03:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. For everyone making that legitimate argument (that I disagree with, but still) |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. Luddites love their strawmen. There was a time when people believed we should do amazing things. |
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