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Old 07-07-10, 04:17 PM   #35
razark
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Originally Posted by tater View Post
Why should I, an American taxpayer, fund ANY education in Muslim countries that presumably will only go towards building missiles, or other things to murder unbelievers?

Or am I missing a point?
There's a lot that NASA does besides the space flight part. That's just the most visible. Much research is done that applies to other areas. One of the greatest benefits is the spinoff technologies that get used for completely different applications.

Rocket science isn't just used for rockets.
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