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It was a typical flags and footprints mission without much thought given to cost, so it ended up having a sticker price of about a trillion dollars, give or tak

It was a typical flags and footprints mission without much thought given to cost, so it ended up having a sticker price of about a trillion dollars, give or take. Congress hated it so much that they curtailed even the hint of talk about a Mars mission by NASA for well over a decade.

nickff 10y ago
The current president's plan is a 'flags and footprints mission' (over 20 years from now). Where are you getting the trillion dollars figure?[1] Even the 90-day report came out at less than that.[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_for_Space_Exploration#/media/File:NASA-Main_budget_chart_14-01-2004.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_for_Space_Exploration#/... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Exploration_Initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Exploration_Initiative
internaut 10y ago
Come on brah, you can 'lose' a couple of trillion down the backseat of the sofa at the Pentagon but you lose your shit when NASA asks for a mere 1 trillion dollars spread over a number of years? I feel pretty tall from this horse. Even the horse is feeling pretty aristocratic about the whole affair.
- logfromblammo 10y ago
  In fact, I didn't even blink when you implied that the military brass have sofas with back seats. Who else would have a couch with an entire other couch bolted to the back of it? At only 15x the cost of one normal couch, too.
  - internaut 10y ago
    For a hidden camera prank I want to go into the Pentagon's reception area, find a couch, and then struggle to pull out one of those enormous cheques with a lubricious number of zeros on it. Maybe I could even get some people in uniforms to help me yank it out. I would then finish by galloping (bearing the cheque) into the sunset on an empty road, and at the top of a mighty hill I would yank the reins and the horse would paw the air with its front hooves as I wave the cheque in triumph.

nickff 10y ago

The current president's plan is a 'flags and footprints mission' (over 20 years from now). Where are you getting the trillion dollars figure?[1] Even the 90-day report came out at less than that.[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_for_Space_Exploration#/media/File:NASA-Main_budget_chart_14-01-2004.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_for_Space_Exploration#/... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Exploration_Initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Exploration_Initiative

internaut 10y ago

Come on brah, you can 'lose' a couple of trillion down the backseat of the sofa at the Pentagon but you lose your shit when NASA asks for a mere 1 trillion dollars spread over a number of years? I feel pretty tall from this horse. Even the horse is feeling pretty aristocratic about the whole affair.

logfromblammo 10y ago
In fact, I didn't even blink when you implied that the military brass have sofas with back seats. Who else would have a couch with an entire other couch bolted to the back of it? At only 15x the cost of one normal couch, too.
- internaut 10y ago
  For a hidden camera prank I want to go into the Pentagon's reception area, find a couch, and then struggle to pull out one of those enormous cheques with a lubricious number of zeros on it. Maybe I could even get some people in uniforms to help me yank it out. I would then finish by galloping (bearing the cheque) into the sunset on an empty road, and at the top of a mighty hill I would yank the reins and the horse would paw the air with its front hooves as I wave the cheque in triumph.