the space program

[sakredchao]

humans have put people on the moon
we shot bach into space, and it's nearing the edge of our heliosphere
we put satelites around our planet that give us bad TV and cell phones
we sent satalites to jupiter
we built a space station
we sent RC cars to mars
we are trying to send more to mercury

we have not developed a cure to the common cold

this is a gross missallocation of resources

[bob-o]

yes.

[~~~~Closed~~~~]

Nope, how many virus' have we found cures for? 1, maybe two?

[chaosgraves:agentoferis]

I am shocked at the suggestion that we should be putting money to the eradication of lifeforms rather then the continued exploration of a space program.

[Horab Fibslager]

viruses can't be cured. theyr'e like gundams for chromosomes. heavily armoured battle suits.

[sakredchao]

i'm all for exploring space..  
but i bet aliens hate bach.
i bet aliens like lame techno music.
beep beep doomp beep beep

todays pseudomath lesson:
"gross missallocation of resources" does not equal "blow up nasa"

kim

[Horab Fibslager]

i'm all for exploring space..  
but i bet aliens hate bach.
i bet aliens like lame techno music.
beep beep doomp beep beep

todays pseudomath lesson:
"gross missallocation of resources" does not equal "blow up nasa"

kim

you're right on both coutns. the aliens only like happy hardcore, and nucler rpg to the face equls "blow up nasa". nasa suxks let's steal their rockets and go pick up some aliens girls.

[CannedLizard]

ALIENS.

LIKE.

GARETH.

GATES.

Don't ask how I got this information. It's disturbing, I know, but the truth had to come out eventually.

[sakredchao]

hey i'm all for stealing rockets!  we should get some of those RC cars too and race them around the shuttle on the gazillion mile journey to sirius.

[Z³]

There are always going to be new illnesses that show up when we kill the old ones, so by the logic presented the human species would never leave this planet.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

humans have put people on the moon
we shot bach into space, and it's nearing the edge of our heliosphere
we put satelites around our planet that give us bad TV and cell phones
we sent satalites to jupiter
we built a space station
we sent RC cars to mars
we are trying to send more to mercury

we have not developed a cure to the common cold

this is a gross missallocation of resources

Do you have ANY idea what benefits we received from the space program, in terms of spin off technology, etc?

Any?

[Rupert Giles]

humans have put people on the moon
we shot bach into space, and it's nearing the edge of our heliosphere
we put satelites around our planet that give us bad TV and cell phones
we sent satalites to jupiter
we built a space station
we sent RC cars to mars
we are trying to send more to mercury

we have not developed a cure to the common cold

this is a gross missallocation of resources

Do you have ANY idea what benefits we received from the space program, in terms of spin off technology, etc?

Any?

Roger, spinning rockets are a bad thing.

Resident Yaw is the bane of rockets.

[sakredchao]

really cool pictures of jupiter.

and zero gravity shots in movies.

really bad television shows, and cell phones.

no, enlighten me.  i mean, maybe i'm not giving spacebach a fair chance.

[sakredchao]

i googled 'space program benefits' and found this website
http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html

PLANT RESEARCH - NASA research on future moon and Mars bases is investigating using plants for food

GOLF BALL AERODYNAMICS - A recently designed golf ball, which has 500 dimples arranged in a pattern of 60 spherical triangles, employs NASA aerodynamics technology

on the upside, however..

SOLAR ENERGY - NASA-pioneered photovoltaic power system for spacecraft applications was applied to programs to expand terrestrial applications as a viable alternative energy source in areas where no conventional power source exists.

[namu]

Overall every dollar invested in the Apollo space program returned 9 dollars. I'm too lazy to retrieve the reference.