Posted by M. Lee on February 5, 2003, at 6:54:24
In reply to NASA Budget, posted by NikkiT2 on February 4, 2003, at 7:40:05
> I did some reading.. The NASA Budget last year was $3 billion.. sounds a lot at first, but when compared to many other things, its tiny. IT wouldn't keep the US people from starvation for more than a week (so my sources say!).
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> I think Space Exploration is a hugely important thing.
>The looming war in Iraq is estimated to cost (not including lose of life) 4 to 5 years of NASA funding. That does not include the peactime expenditures for the military or the cost of the war against terrorism.
Funding for NASA amounts to well under 1% of the US budget.
There are worse things that the government spends money on.
poster:M. Lee
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