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While I'm no fan of wasteful NASA spending, it feels wrong to explore for profit rather than curiosity.

• thelastidiot 8y ago
  It was never for curiosity at the beginning but for military goals.
• skookumchuck 8y ago
  Is it so noble to lose money?
  • JetSpiegel 8y ago
    Putting people on the moon was "lost money"? Only in the strict sense that money flowed into NASA from the Federal budget and did not flow back.
    • gbear605 8y ago
      Of course, a lot of that money did flow back, since it went to people who paid income taxes.
• bdamm 8y ago
  Profit is the foundation of truly sustainable human activity. Christopher Columbus was in it for the money, too. Government can only spend what profit creates, so even government programs like NASA ultimately are feeding from the trough of profit.