Home away from home no more?

[leatherhat]

snakenobi said:

leatherhat said:

snakenobi said:

leatherhat said:
The treatment of NASA is a national embarrassment. There is so much to gain from space travel and we are just throwing it away.

like what?

 

and at what cost?

A short list

1. Enough energy to be gathered via Helium- 3 to never have to worry about oil or alternatives energies ever again.

2. A way to make room for an increasingly large human population

3. Access to new materials and elements that will help advance human technology. 

And at what cost?

Nasa's budget used to be a about 1/100 of the millitaries budget, and about 1/120 of what we spend on worthless social services. We could have tripled NASAs budget and it wouldn't have made a dent in our annual budget. Instead we halved it. The victim of a government that doesn't want to control itself.

why increase human population,let it grow and fall at its own pace

 

also helium and other materials will be avaialble but in the short term leading to that,will you want to sacrifice that much

its like saying USA spends billions to go to MOON,huge crowds watch the first few landings.after that they realise that it was just for show and it has no significance at that point in time as you have to live happily also not just blow all your resources and then ask what now

 

nasa budget is small or high amount,till the time it doesn't have  immediate returns to the soceity in any form then its useless.only a small amount should be used for NASA

You talk like someday Earth will become a magic utopia and then we can focus on Space.

http://www.nasa.gov/50th/50th_magazine/benefits.html

Just look at this, its talks about the great advancements in robotics and medicane made by NASA. To say space travel has not benefited mankind just shows your ignorance of it. Plus, lets be realistic, NASA barely takes up any resources.