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Originally Posted by IntenseFan
^ Not completely useless, but working on projects (expensive ones likely) that are at best, a luxury for a government struggling to live within its means. Stuff like the advancement of human knowledge is awesome, but should the US be borrowing huge sums of money for it when they can't meet other more fundamental obligations?
I don't mean to pick unduly on NASA, but I think it is fair to say that since the shuttles are grounded, I don't think it generates a lot of net revenue for the government.
These are tight fiscal times and things that could be funded in a boom period might have to be let go for the moment.
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I'm no expert here, but it sure seems like when it comes to space exploration and the like the US pretty much pays for things that wind up benefiting everyone. Maybe the rest of the world should chip in a bit more.