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Things have changed with our country. What's more important: NASA's budget or the United States' economy? In these times of hardship and financial troubles, sacrifices are going to have to be made. If we have to scrap a few expensive programs related to research that can wait in order to help the country, then so be it.
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I don't see how technologically handicapping ourselves helps.
Sure, we get a little more money to throw around. Frankly, however, I believe that throwing money around is what got us into this mess in the first place. |
Why is it so important to, at this very moment, pour millions of dollars into NASA's research? It can wait. Right now, we should be using that money to rebuild the country. |
Well, first I have to ask what you mean by "rebuilding the country". |
Our economy is a mess. Cutting some of NASA's budget and projects would allow us to save money, and thus begin cleaning up our ecnomic state.
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Secondly, one must recognize that we are in a fiat currency system. If you take away NASA's funding you would be losing the immense resources it has in favor of dollars that don't represent any resources whatsoever.
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It's not like you're taking all of their funding away, just some of it, and cut a few expensive projects here and there. NASA will still be alive and well, just with reduced fund to work with. BUT they can still work.