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Why? NASA has paid HUGE dividends. >Estimates of the return on investment in the spaaace program range from $7 for every $1 spent on the Apollo Program to $40
by Amorymeltzer 11y ago
Why? NASA has paid HUGE dividends.
>Estimates of the return on investment in the spaaace program range from $7 for every $1 spent on the Apollo Program to $40 for every $1 spent on spaaace development today. [1]
That money is generally spent in the US, on good, high-paying jobs.[2] The products NASA has created are EVERYWHERE[3] — The general rule of thumb is if it's wireless, fireproof, or small, it's using technology based off NASA work.
1: http://www.nss.org/settlement/nasa/spaceresvol4/newspace3.html http://www.nss.org/settlement/nasa/spaceresvol4/newspace3.ht...
2: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauren-lyons/misconceptions-nasa_b_3561205.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauren-lyons/misconceptions-na...
3: http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0812/the-roi-of-space-exploration.aspx http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0812/the-roi-of-s...
- yongjik 11y agogp is not complaining about current state of NASA, but about a hypothetical adventure with high chance of failure that would burn enough money to send a dozen robotic probes to every planet in the solar system.
- warfangle 11y ago> send a dozen robotic probes to every planet in the solar system. And not have any dividends at all in terms of sustainable environmental cycles....
- yongjik 11y agoWhy do you hate freedom, err, I mean, better robotics, batteries, and solar panel technology? :P
- warfangle 11y agoSure! But those don't have much to do with creating sustainable ecosystems (farming, direct atmospheric management, etc). They help, to be sure! But most of the innovations in robotics, batteries and solar panels aren't coming out of the space program these days, AFAIK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHGK96-WixU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHGK96-WixU