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> Call me greedy, but within the constraints of a balanced budget, I would like to see an increased portion dedicated to science (be it a 'cancer moonshot' or a
by chriswarbo 11y ago
> Call me greedy, but within the constraints of a balanced budget, I would like to see an increased portion dedicated to science (be it a 'cancer moonshot' or an actual marsshot) vs social program
Note that this basically happened already. As Apollo wound down, the War on Cancer wound up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Cancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Cancer
Turns out it's far more difficult to cure cancer than to reach the moon.