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The military application of rockets is only reason we got the tech to reach space and military application of satellites is why we figured out how to stay there
by njharman 9y ago
The military application of rockets is only reason we got the tech to reach space and military application of satellites is why we figured out how to stay there and the militaristic penis measuring between nations is only reason we reached moon.
Also,
- large part of budget is salaries and pensions.
- looks like %budget for military is lowest it's been in 20 years, (in 2015) 16% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...
- Dylan16807 9y ago> looks like %budget for military is lowest it's been in 20 years The point is the size of it, not the trendline. NASA got 2-4% to go to the moon. Right now it's at 0.5%. Imagine how much space they could do with 8%.